Offsite Disaster Recovery Solution – PT2015/1814-07-2015

Tender Overview

Current Environment• Network

• Science campus Data Centre

• Core systems

Questions and Answers Session

Open and Welcome

Procurement Process •Mandatory requirements

•Response templates

•Interaction with UNISA

Mandatory Requirements

The following documentation must be submitted, failure to comply and submit any

one of the documents will disqualify the submission:

Annexure A1: Proof of attendance of compulsory information session Annexure A2: Completed and signed Supplier List Application Form (F25) Annexure A3: Resolution to sign on behalf of the tendering unit Annexure A4: Current and valid original SARS Clearance Certificate Annexure A5: Copy of company registration documents indicating list of shareholders / members from CIPC / CIPRO Annexure A6: Pricing template. Annexure A7: Minimum of three recent (not older than five (5) years from the date of the submission) contactable references from customers to which the tenderer has provided or is providing goods/services that are substantially similar to the goods/service required.

Mandatory Requirements

Annexure A8: Financial Statementsi. One set (2 years comparative figures) of the most recent

audited financial statements for companies or financial statements signed by the accounting officer for close corporations

ii. Where the financial statements of the holding company are submitted, a signed letter be included from the holding company that they would be liable if the subsidiary defaulted. Failure to submit such a letter will disqualify the tender submission

iii. The financial statements should be submitted as a separate bound document

 Annexure A9: Response template must be completed in full. Annexure A10: The bidders DR site must be a minimum of Tier / Rate Three (3). To confirm that the bidder is Tier / Rate three (3) or above, a valid copy of certification must be provided by either Uptime Institute, or ANSI/TIA

Note: All electronic responses are to be submitted in Microsoft Excel / Word format, PDF documents will not be allowed.

The project seeks a three year contract with a service provider capable of meeting UNISA’s requirements to provide either a Hot site or a Cold site for recovery.

ICT has a mandate to ensure that UNISA will be able to recover its data in the event of a disaster.

The Objectives are:•Provide a DR solution at a TIER 3 location outside Gauteng

•Provide suggested RTO and RPO per solution

•Insurance that none of UNISA’s data will leave South African boarders

•UNISA anticipates conducting two tests per year

•Provide work area recovery for ICT Emergency Response Team

Network

Rack layout at Science Campus Data Centre.

Dell Equipment

Science Campus Data Centre. Oracle Exadata IBM Storage devices IBM server and storage

  Nr of servers CPU's Memory Storage used

MyUnisa 84 308 1.18TB 21.4TB

Millennium 3 28 76GB 1.2TB

AD 16 46 900GB 3.75TB

Exchange 7 40 896GB 5.1TB

Uniflow 4 32 14GB 1TB

Maximo 2 14 64GB 360Gb

Commvault 2 2 64GB 46TBExadata (MyUnisa / Student System / Databases / EBS) ¼ Rack Standard Standard 105TB

IBM (Application) 1 8 100GB 20TB

Hardware requirements for UNISA’s Core Systems.

Q & AClosing date: 29 July 2015

The following questions were asked:

1.Value of the KIT to be relocated?R30 million

2.Weight of KIT per rack?Exadata = 380KgIBM tape library = 200KgIBM storage = 400KgDell = between 300Kg and 400Kg for the 3 racks

3.SANRen POPs?Contact TENET 021 763 7147

1.Workspace for the ICT Emergency response teamSpace needed for 20 Unisa ICT staff which will visit the site in the event of a disaster or DR test

Thank You !