Closed ATM View - ATM C11796 - 2023
Hybrid Compute and Storage Services
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
Through this RFT, the Department is seeking to engage a Service Partner that will deliver Hybrid Compute and Storage (HCS) Services, in order to deliver:
- HCS Services for the purpose of providing compute, storage, Data Centre network and cloud services to support Department Applications;
- Data Centre Presence Management Services for the purpose of managing Equipment at Data Centres and Equipment Locations;
- a Service Establishment Plan to evolve HCS capabilities through a series of capability releases and starting with a defined baseline capability. This includes the HCS Service Partner working with the Incumbent Service Partner on an agreed Disengagement process;
- integration with contemporary ICT delivery practices including Agile or DevOps ways of working, including the Department-specified Agile delivery framework; and
- end-to-end Platform Engineering Services across the lifecycle of a heterogenous platform.
An Industry Briefing will be held at 13:00 AEDT on Friday, 6 October 2023 in person at Agriculture House, 70 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT and via Microsoft Teams.
Further details of the Industry Briefing are set out at clause 2.4 of Part 1 - Conditions of Tender in the RFT.
Tenderers are to provide written notice to the Contact Officer no later than 17:00 AEDT Tuesday, 3 October 2023 setting out the names and contact details (email address) for all persons who will be attending the Industry Briefing (either in person or virtually).
Attendance at the Industry Briefing is optional and not a mandatory condition for participation of the RFT.
As defined in the RFT Conditions of Tender
May 2024 to May 2027 (with opportunity for extensions up to a maximum term of 10 years subject to compliance with Commonwealth contracting policies)