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BID SPECIFICATIONCOVER PAGE (SUMMARY)

RFB REF. NO: RFB 1657/2017

DESCRIPTION

SUPPLY OF NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTALLATION &

IMPLEMENTATION OF NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR THE SITA

CENTURION DATA CENTRE AND THE SITA BETA DATA CENTRE IN

GAUTENG FOR A PERIOD OF 60 MONTHS

VENOR BRIEFING SESSION

COMPULSORY VENDOR BRIEFING SESSION WILL BE HELD AS

FOLLOWS:

DATE: 13 NOVEMBER 2017

TIME: 14:00 (SOUTH AFRICAN TIME)

VENUE: SITA CENTURION AUDITORIUM – JOHN VOSTER DRIVE.

NB: Bidders Must Bring Along Their ID Or Drivers Licence In Order

To Access the premises

CLOSING DATE FOR QUESTIONS / QUERIES 17 NOVEMBER 2017

RFB CLOSING DETAILS



PLACE: TENDER OFFICE, PONGOLA IN APOLLO, 459 TSITSA STREET,

ERASMUSKLOOF, PRETORIA (HEAD OFFICE)

PUBLIC OPENING OF RFB RESPONSES



PLACE: TENDER OFFICE, PONGOLA IN APOLLO, 459 TSITSA STREET,

ERASMUSKLOOF, PRETORIA (HEAD OFFICE)

RFB VALIDITY PERIOD 120 DAYS FROM THE CLOSING DATE

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ContentsANNEX A: INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 4

1. PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND......................................................................................................................... 4

1.1. PURPOSE........................................................................................................................................................41.2. BACKGROUND................................................................................................................................................4

2. SCOPE OF BID.................................................................................................................................................. 8

2.1. SCOPE OF WORK.............................................................................................................................................82.2. DELIVERY ADDRESS.........................................................................................................................................9

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT OVERVIEW............................................................................................................ 9

3.1. PRODUCT REQUIREMENT...............................................................................................................................93.2. SERVICE REQUIREMENT................................................................................................................................103.3. SOLUTION REQUIREMENT............................................................................................................................123.4. PROJECT AND SERVICES REQUIREMENTS.....................................................................................................13

4. BID EVALUATION STAGES.............................................................................................................................. 18

ANNEX A.1: ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION.............................................................................................19

5. ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS................................................................................19

5.1. ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION VERIFICATION.................................................................................195.2. ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS..............................................................................19

ANNEX A.2: TECHNICAL MANDATORY, FUNCTIONALITY AND PROOF OF CONCEPT REQUIREMENTS.....................20

6. TECHNICAL MANDATORY.............................................................................................................................. 20

6.1. INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA..................................................................................................206.2. TECHNICAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS...................................................................................................206.3. DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE...................................................................................................................25

7. TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY.......................................................................................................................... 25

7.1. INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA..................................................................................................257.2. TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY REQUIREMENTS..............................................................................................27

8. PROOF OF CONCEPT...................................................................................................................................... 33

8.1. INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA..................................................................................................338.2. PROOF OF CONCEPT REQUIREMENTS..........................................................................................................33

ANNEX A.3: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (SCC).......................................................................................34

9. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.............................................................................................................. 34

9.1. INSTRUCTION...............................................................................................................................................349.2. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT............................................................................................................349.3. DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE...................................................................................................................40

ANNEX A.4: COSTING AND PRICING..................................................................................................................... 41

10. COSTING AND PRICING.................................................................................................................................. 42

10.1. COSTING AND PRICING EVALUATION...........................................................................................................4210.2. COSTING AND PRICING CONDITIONS............................................................................................................4210.3. DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE...................................................................................................................4310.4. BID PRICING SCHEDULE................................................................................................................................44

ANNEX A.5: TECHNICAL SCHEDULES.................................................................................................................... 53

11. TECHNICAL SCHEDULES................................................................................................................................. 53

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11.1. LOCATION SCHEDULE...................................................................................................................................5311.2. EQUIPMENT AND QUANTITY SCHEDULE......................................................................................................5311.3. SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE............................................................................................................................5311.4. SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE...................................................................................................5311.5. PROJECT AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE..............................................................................................................53

ANNEX A.6: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS................................................................................................................. 54

1. ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................................................................ 54

2. DEFINITIONS................................................................................................................................................. 54

ANNEX A.7: BIDDER SUBSTANTIATING EVIDENCE................................................................................................55

ANNEX B: LOCAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS (SBD 6.2)......................................................................................56

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ANNEX A: INTRODUCTION

1. PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND

1.1. PURPOSE

The purpose of RFB is to invite Suppliers (hereinafter referred to as “bidders”) to submit bids for the Supply of network equipment and the Design, Installation, Implementation and Support of network equipment for SITA Data Centre Centurion and a SITA Beta Data Centre for a period of sixty (60) months.

1.2. BACKGROUND

The current state of State Information Technology Agency (SITA) datacentre facilities provide SITA with the ideal opportunity to re-engineer the entire environment into a modern state-of-the-art facility that includes the introduction of a cloud principles as articulated in the Cloud Strategy previously presented to the SITA Board.

The inclusion of Cloud Principles will allow SITA to leverage of the key characteristics that differentiates a cloud capability from a conventional hosting model namely:a) The pooling and sharing of resource in a multi-tenant environment;b) On-demand availability of highly scalable infrastructure with rapid elasticity; c) Measured services billed based on usage with the offering of the following pre-defined service

portfolio:i. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) - the hardware and software that powers it all - servers,

storage, networks, operating systems owned and hosted by a service provider and offered to consumers on-demand;

ii. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - an abstracted and integrated cloud-based computing environment that supports the development, running, and management of applications - owned and hosted by a service provider and offered to developers to fast track the development of services to be deployed via IaaS to customers; and

iii. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) - software applications that is deployed over the internet - applications provided to consumers as a service on demand, through a subscription, in a "pay-as-you-go" or “usage-based” model.

The introduction of cloud principles will allow the flexible, effective and cost efficient rendering of transversal business solutions such as:a) Microsoft cloud services: SITA has been under tremendous pressure to provision Microsoft

cloud capability together with e-mail and conferencing services in a private cloud to facilitate better Government collaboration and interaction through the deployment of Office 365 licences which has already been procured by at least 74 organs of state;

b) Government Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): The National Treasury is in the process of implementing and rolling-out a Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) ERP business solution. Due to the lifespan of transactional business solutions in Government it is paramount to ensure the longevity of the solution and not to implement and deploy end-of-life solutions; and

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c) Infrastructure services: SITA has been inundated with requests from customers to provide infrastructure cloud services to host their business applications data in the cloud and to provide disaster recovery for existing production environments.

The goal of SITA is to establish a Government Private Cloud (GPC), defined as an eco-system of different clouds, for exclusive access by Government Departments that will be operated and managed by SITA.

With Cloud Computing the concept of end-to-end request fulfilment is implemented that brings the following benefits:a) Elasticity to meet peak workloads;b) Internal IT staff can manage all environments at different levels to meet business needs;c) Workloads can be moved to the appropriate cloud platform based on the Government

departments' criteria; andd) Low risk without sacrificing agility.

End-to-end request fulfillment (as depicted in the figure below) consists of 4 major steps namely:a) Demand Planning and Management through Secure Access Channels;b) Intelligent Decision Making; c) Effective Supply Chain System; andd) Highly Flexible Architecture.

Figure 1: Request Fulfilment through Cloud Computing

The text highlighted in red in the figure above shows how end-to-end request fulfilment supports the five characteristics of Cloud Computing.

All datacentre facility re-engineering and modernisation must be governed and controlled to ensure that they are transitional steps towards achieving the envisaged target state.

The diagram below depicts the envisaged target state of the Cloud ecosystem:

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Figure 2: Overview of the Government Cloud Ecosystem

Services will be visible to Government customers through a single service catalogue and subscribing customers will access these services through an easy to use online service portal.

The Government Cloud Ecosystem is thus a hybrid environment consisting of the following:a) An On-Premise Government Private Cloud which will be established within the SITA data

centres and will be mainly used for the deployment of sensitive workloads;b) An On-Premise Oracle Private Cloud which will be also established within the SITA data

centres for the deployment of Oracle workloads;c) Off-Premise Hosted Private Cloud(s) in partnership with Industry for the hosting of various

other cloud workloads; andd) An Off-Premise Microsoft Hybrid Cloud for the deployment of Office 365 and other related

Microsoft workloads.

The diagram below pictorially represents the deployment domains of the ecosystem described above.

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Figure 3: Government Cloud Ecosystem deployment domains

This Cloud Ecosystem will provide seamless integration of the co-existing public and private clouds in a secure environment.

The establishment and implementation of this Cloud Ecosystem will be driven by SITA in conjunction with industry partnerships and will finally be operated and managed by SITA.

The implementation plan for the On-Premise GPC is as follows:a) The SITA Centurion Data Centre will function as the primary data centre for the on-

premise GPC and the SITA BETA Data Centre as the secondary facility. These two datacentres have been prepared and stabilised for this purpose; and

b) The core building blocks, Cloud Foundation Infrastructure, the Cloud Suite (CS) and the Datacentre Network, will be procured, implemented and configured via an open procurement process.

The implementation plan for the On-Premise Oracle Private Cloud is as follows:a) The SITA KZN Data Centre will function as the primary data centre for the on-premise

Oracle Private Cloud and the SITA Centurion Data Centre as the secondary facility. The SITA KZN datacentre has been prepared and stabilised for this purpose; and

b) The core building blocks to upgrade the existing KZN footprint and to establish the secondary footprint in SITA Centurion, will be procured, implemented and configured via procurement from the Oracle Framework Agreement (OFA).

The implementation plan for the Off-Premise Hosted Private Cloud(s) is as follow:a) The Off-Premise Hosted Private Clouds will be established as extended facilities to the

SITA Centurion Data Centre to allow for bursting of workload and operational overflow.b) A two-phased procurement process will be followed to establish this capability:

i) An open procurement process for the establishment of a list of preferred service providers; and

ii) A closed procurement process to the preferred service providers on an as-and-when required basis.

The implementation plan for the Off-Premise Microsoft Hybrid Cloud is as follow:

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a) Microsoft will establish 2 regions within the borders of South Africa to serve as a public cloud offering;

b) A Microsoft/SITA Public Partnership for the provisioning of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS in a Hybrid Model was announced and will:

i) Establish a private blueprint for the South African Government will be configured on top of the off-premise Microsoft Private Cloud; and

ii) Provision Microsoft Office 365 from this capability as a first order service.

The purpose of this bid is to implement the first transition of the re-engineering and modernisation of the current SITA datacentre facilities towards the upgrade of the DCN in SITA Centurion and SITA Beta as part of the GPC Ecosystem. This is indicated by means of the red blocks in the diagram below.

Figure 4 Cloud Computing Ecosystem

2. SCOPE OF BID

2.1. SCOPE OF WORK

(1) The scope of work by the bidders is to:

(a) Supply a Data Centre network solution (Infrastructure and Software in support of cloud and private solutions);

(b) Provide for legacy incorporation into the proposed Data Centre network Design and implementation of the solution;

(c) Provide Deployment and Configuration of Monitoring and Management Software tools in support of cloud and private solutions;

(d) Provide maintenance and support services of the solution for a period of 60 Months;

(e) Provide a design for the support function of the solution; and

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(f) Provide and develop formal training services for 15 identified SITA staff aligned to the support function of the Solution as per paragraph 2.1.(1)(e).

(2) The solution proposed should fit into the existing SITA ecosystem. This implies that the solution must:

(a) Integrate with SITA Network Operation Centre (NOC);

(b) Be locally managed (self-sustained); and

(c) Integrate with SITA IT Service Management Platform for automated incident tickets.

2.2. DELIVERY ADDRESS

(1) The goods or services must be supplied or provided at the following physical address(es):

No Physical Address GPS Coordinates (optional)1 SITA Centurion Data Centre, Pretoria2 SITA Beta Data Centre, Pretoria

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT OVERVIEW

3.1. PRODUCT REQUIREMENT

SITA requires that the following be provisioned by the service provider (bill-of-materials):

(1) Centurion Data Centre:

(a) Equipment :

(i) Two 100/40Gbps access cards to interconnect the data centre core switches to the ASR9010 Next Generation Network (NGN) Provider Edge (PE) routers;

(ii) Nodes to provide interconnectivity between Centurion Datacentre and Beta Data Centre;

(iii) Two data centre core switches that will accommodate transceivers, have enough ports to connect all access (leaf or similar) switches as per paragraph 3.1.(1)(a)(iv) and ASR and access switch connectivity (core switches connecting to each other at 40Gbps);

(iv) 8 X 48-port data centre access (leaf or similar) switches connecting to core switches at 40Gbps (access ports must support a minimum of 1Gbps up to maximum 10Gbps), and at least 1:5 contention of bandwidth;

(v) 1Gbps and 10Gbps network interface cards (on an as-and-when required basis) to connect peripherals (servers, storage, other) to the data centre network access switches; and

(vi) 47U, 1.2 meter deep racks with top and bottom cabling patch panels 16 cables per rack (on an as-and-when required basis). HVAC self-sustaining racks must be quoted as an additional option.

(b) Cabling :

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(i) CAT 6A cabling for connectivity from all peripherals to data centre access switches; and

(ii) Multi-mode fibre cabling to connect all data centre access switches to the data

centre core switches, and connect core switches to core switches.

(2) SITA Beta Data Centre:

(a) Equipment :

(i) Two 100/40Gbps access cards to interconnect the data centre core switches to the ASR9010 Next Generation Network (NGN) Provider Edge (PE) routers;

(ii) Nodes to provide interconnectivity between Centurion Datacentre and Beta Data Centre;

(iii) Two data centre core switches that will accommodate transceivers, ASR and access switches as per paragraph 3.1.(2)(a)(iv) connectivity (core switches connecting to each other at 100Gbps);

(iv) 8 X 48-port data centre access (leaf or similar) switches connecting to core switches at 40Gbps (access ports must be support minimum of 1Gbps up to maximum 10Gbps), and at least 1:5 contention of bandwidth;

(v) 1Gbps and 10Gbps network interface cards (on an as-and-when required basis) to connect peripherals (servers, storage, other) to the data centre network access switches; and

(vi) 47U, 1.2Meter deep Racks with top and bottom cabling patch panels 16 cables per rack (on an as-and-when required basis). (HVAC self-sustaining racks must be quoted as an additional option).

(b) Cabling :

(i) CAT 6A cabling for connectivity from all peripherals to data centre access switches; and

(ii) Multi-mode fibre cabling to connect all data centre access switches to the data centre core switches, and core switches to core switches.

(3) Tooling:

(a) Provide cable and connection marking tools to adhere to the established standard for upgrades and enhancements;

(b) Automation tool for configuration and management (i.e. APIC, Agile Controller as a minimum standard); and

(c) Data centre network analyser for monitoring of the data centre interconnected to the NOC.

3.2. SERVICE REQUIREMENT

SITA requires that the following be provisioned by the service provider:

(1) Centurion Data Centre:

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(a) Equipment :

(i) Installation and configuration of two 100/40Gbps access cards to interconnect the data centre core switches to the ASR9010 Next Generation Network (NGN) Provider Edge (PE) routers;

(ii) Installation and configuration of nodes to provide interconnectivity between Centurion Datacentre and Beta Data Centre.

(iii) Installation and configuration of two data centre core switches;

(iv) Installation and configuration of 8 X 48-port data centre access (leaf or similar) switches connecting to core switches; and

(v) Installation of racks with top and bottom cabling patch panels.

(2) SITA Beta Data Centre:

(a) Equipment :

(i) Installation and configuration of two 100/40Gbps access cards to interconnect the data centre core switches to the ASR9010 Next Generation Network (NGN) Provider Edge (PE) routers;

(ii) Installation and configuration of nodes to provide interconnectivity between Centurion Datacentre and Beta Data Centre.

(iii) Installation and configuration of two data centre core switches;

(iv) Installation and configuration of 8 X 48-port data centre access (leaf or similar) switches connecting to core switches; and

(v) Installation of Racks with top and bottom cabling patch panels.

(3) Tooling:

(a) Installation and configuration of automation tool for configuration and management; and

(b) Installation and configuration of data centre network analyser for monitoring of the data centre must be interconnected to the NOC.


3.3. SOLUTION REQUIREMENT

(1) SOLUTION TARGET ARCHITECTURE

(a) The target network deployment architecture is detailed in the figure below.

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Figure 5 - Network Deployment Architecture

(b) The target solution must:

(i) Provide a holistic Data Centre network management solution that:

1) Provides FCAPS ability; and

2) Provides Monitoring;

(ii) Provide Reporting:

1) On All Data Centre peripherals and software; and

2) On a real-time basis.

(iii) Have the capability for self-healing solution to reduce downtime and recover in case of failure;


(iv) Provide for legacy incorporation into the proposed Data Centre network;

(v) Provide for real-time configuration upgrades per connection;

(vi) Provide an uptime of 99.99890 % (over a month cycle) using redundancy and hot-swapping techniques; and

(vii) Ensure latency below 5ms and packet loss below 1% within the Data Centre Access Network solution.

(c) Provide a full working solution even when augmenting the design and solution requirement with no cost implications to SITA.

(d) Should a full working solution not be provided, any upgrades and costs to achieve a full working solution will be at the bidders cost.

(e) Provide, Design, install and configure 384 access ports per Datacentre with 100/40Gbps connectivity between Spine and Leaf switches and redundancy as required together with a throughput and capacity design reflecting redundant connectivity together with a motivation regarding:

(i) Improved ROI;

(ii) Performance;

(iii) Availability;

(iv) Unified characteristics;

(v) Software defined advantages; and

(vi) Holistic management software capabilities

(2) SOLUTION INTEGRATION REQUIREMENTS

(a) The solution proposed should fit into the existing ecosystem. This implies that the solution must:

(i) Integrate with SITA Network Operation Centre (NOC);

(ii) Be locally managed (self-sustained); and

(iii) Integrate with SITA IT Service Management Platform for automated trouble tickets.

3.4. PROJECT AND SERVICES REQUIREMENTS

(1) PROJECT DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND PERFORMANCE

(a) Bidder must supply and define project delivery time schedule reflecting commissioning of solution within 3 weeks from delivery of equipment; and

(b) Installation at both Datacentres must commence in no later than 8 weeks after receipt of purchase order.

(2) SERVICE DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND PERFORMANCE METRICS

(a) Maintenance and Support Services:


(i) Maintenance on all provisioned equipment must be completed (Replacement/fixing of faulty equipment) within two (2) hours.

(b) Professional services:

1) Planning, design and integration of the solution.

2) A detailed solution architecture with a detailed functional description of each component/service making up the total workable solution;

3) Installation and configuration service (once off) including:

4) Design support capability to support the end to end solution; and

5) Project Management.

(c) Managed Services:

(i) Administration and support services – Manage the day-to-day operations of the data centre network for a period of five years:

1) Year 1 – 8 hours per day;



4) Year 4 – 5 hours per week; and

5) Year 5 – 10 hours per quarter.

(d) Training Services:

(i) Develop formal training programme in line with the provided support function for SITA resources; and

(ii) Provide formal training services for fifteen (15) SITA resources (once off).

(e) Additional Services:The table below outlines all additional services to be provided as part of the proposal by the Bidder.

Table 1 – Service Required

No Services required Service Description Minimum Required Deliverables

a) Technical Services

1. Testing Establish, execute and manage a testing capability in a controlled environment as per the Bidder's proposed methodology;

Produce testing strategies, plans and schedules;

Design test cases that include expected results, alternative processing scenarios, positive and negative testing scenarios

Testing strategy and plan including at least: Test Phases and/or Test

Types; Acceptance metrics per Test

Phase and/or Test Type; Functional Testing; Performance Testing; Security Testing; Back-up and Recovery



Coordinate testing processes using appropriate resources from business and the programme;

Document results of testing; and Perform re-testing where primary test

results failed.

Testing; Data Migration Testing; and Usability Testing.

Test plans per test phase and/or test type;

Test cases and test scripts per test phase and/or test type incl. negative testing;

Traceability matrix of test scripts mapped to business processes and user requirements;

Traceability matrix of test scripts mapped to test results;

Testing progress and issues report; and

Final testing sign-offs.2. Go-live planning

and deployment to production DCN environment

Plan, execute and manage go-live readiness assessments;

Plan, execute and manage all deployment and go-live activities including aspects such as: system freeze dates; manual processes and catch-up

processing activities; dress rehearsals in preparation for

go-live; go-live activity schedule; support processes for trouble-

shooting and error-handling; and Contingency and roll-back strategy

and plans.

Go-live readiness checklist; Go-live readiness assessment; Go-live decision-making

framework; Deployment strategy, plans and

schedule; Deployment guide; Documented manual processes; Go-live activity schedule (hour by

hour); Go-live roles and responsibilities; Dress rehearsal / mock run

reports; Contingency / roll-back strategy

and plans; and Ensure dual connections do not

create loop backs.3. Problem and

incident management and helpdesk implementation

The bidder is required to establish, plan and provide a problem and incident management capability, as per the Bidder's proposed methodology, which is integrated with the SITA Service Management Centres (SMC) for the Production and Disaster Recovery Sites immediately after the first implementation up until 2 (two) months after the last lead-site

Call logging process;Problem and incident

management procedures;Agreed service level agreements Status reporting;Known error database; Integration strategy to Change

Management environment;Test FCAPS capabilities; and



go-live date to execute and manage the daily activities.

Call routing from 1st line to 2nd line will be provided by SITA SMC. Network and Datacentre call routing will be provisioned at 3rd line by this datacentre and the NOC.

The capability must include activities such as: develop problem and incident

management processes; definition of appropriate

datacentre Service Level Agreements (SLAs) per cloud provisioning requirements;

configuration of helpdesk software per incident requirements and SLAs;

definition of escalation procedures; and

The establishment of known error database.

Real-time monitoring portals.

4. Review data centre recovery procedures

Full data centre network solution. Self-healing and recovery strategy and plan.

5. Technology Stack certification

Certify the entire Technology Stack Provide written certification that the specifications being procured against are according to OEM’s inputs and standards.

Provide written certification that the infrastructure models, types, capacities and versions being procured are according to the OEM’s certification framework.

6. Service costing and pricing models

Develop costing and pricing models for the solution

Comprehensive costing framework that will allow for the costing of all Data Centre Network (DCN) services;

Costing methodology;Pricing framework that will be

used for the pricing of all services; and



Training for cost accountants on the costing and pricing of target and future services.

b) Training and Skills Transfer Services

7. Skills transfer, training and certification

Design, execution, evaluation and feedback of skills transfer processes per work stream/service required including but not limited to: Software and tools-of-trade

installation, configuration, maintenance, support and management; and

Methodologies proposed by Bidder.

Skills transfer strategy and approach;

Skills transfer project plan and schedule;

Evaluation / feedback of skills transfer activities; and

Formal certified training to configure and manage the total solution.

c) Administration and Support Services for both sites

8. Solution administration and support services

Support the solution environment in production until SITA personnel are fully trained and able to perform at full operational level.

Monthly Reporting to customers on usage, failures and recommendations;

Verification of successful/unsuccessful throughputs;

Management of availability of WAN and LAN Datacentre links;

Assist with ad hoc compliance reports as required by hosted customers;

Daily Monitoring & FCAPS Management;

Management of alerts (infrastructure, virtualization and applications);

Successful resolution of alerts; Deliver Scope of Work and

project plan; Facilitate sign off; and Facilitate data centre network

testing.


4. BID EVALUATION STAGES(1) The bid evaluation process consists of several stages that are applicable per the nature of

the bid as defined in the table below.

Stage Description Applicable for this bidStage 1 Administrative pre-qualification verification YESStage 1B Compulsory briefing session YESStage 2A Technical Mandatory requirement evaluation YESStage 2B Technical Functionality requirement evaluation YESStage 2C Technical Proof of Concept requirement evaluation NOStage 3 Special Conditions of Contract verification YESStage 4 Price / B-BBEE evaluation YES(2) The bidder must qualify for each stage to be eligible to proceed to the next stage of the

evaluation.


ANNEX A.1: ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION

5. ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

5.1. ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION VERIFICATION

(1) The bidder must comply with ALL of the bid pre-qualification requirements in order for the bid to be accepted for evaluation.

(2) If the Bidder failed to comply with any of the administrative pre-qualification requirements, or if SITA is unable to verify whether the pre-qualification requirements are met, then SITA reserves the right to –

(a) Reject the bid and not evaluate it, or

(b) Accept the bid for evaluation, on condition that the Bidder must submit within 7 (seven) days any supplementary information to achieve full compliance, provided that the supplementary information is administrative and not substantive in nature.

5.2. ADMINISTRATIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

(1) Submission of bid response: The bidder has submitted a bid response documentation pack –

(a) That was delivered at the correct physical or postal address and within the stipulated date and time as specified in the “Invitation to Bid” cover page; and

(b) In the correct format as one original document, two copies and one Compact Disc.

(2) Attendance at compulsory briefing session: If a compulsory briefing session was called, then the bidder has signed the briefing session attendance register using the same information (bidder company name, bidder representative person name and contact details) as submitted in the bidders’ response document.

(3) Registered Supplier: The bidder is, in terms of National Treasury Instruction Note 3 of 2016/17, registered as a Supplier on National Treasury Central Supplier Database (CSD).


ANNEX A.2: TECHNICAL MANDATORY, FUNCTIONALITY AND PROOF OF CONCEPT REQUIREMENTS

6. TECHNICAL MANDATORY

6.1. INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA

(1) The bidder must comply with ALL the requirements by providing substantiating evidence in the form of documentation or information, failing which it will be regarded as “NOT COMPLY”.

(2) The bidder must provide a unique reference number (e.g. binder/folio, chapter, section, page) to locate substantiating evidence in the bid response. During evaluation, SITA reserves the right to treat substantiation evidence that cannot be located in the bid response as “NOT COMPLY”.

(3) The bidder must complete the declaration of compliance as per section Error: Reference source not found below by marking with an “X” either “COMPLY”, or “NOT COMPLY” with ALL of the technical mandatory requirements, failing which it will be regarded as “NOT COMPLY”.

The bidder must comply with ALL the TECHNICAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS in order for the bid to proceed to the next stage of the evaluation.

6.2. TECHNICAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

TECHNICAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS Substantiating evidence of compliance(used to evaluate bid)

Evidence reference(to be completed by bidder)


(1) BIDDER CERTIFICATION / AFFILIATION REQUIREMENTSThe bidder must have a minimum OEM or OSM partnership accreditation for each of the products proposed in the solution to meet the product requirement as described in paragraph 3.1 Product Requirement.

For each of the products proposed in the solution provide a copy of a valid letter from every applicable OEM or OSM indicating:(a) The bidder name;

(b) The grade, level of the partnership;

(c) The date the partnership was established; and

(d) Information stating that the partnership is valid at time of bid.

Note: All letters, certificates or licenses must be in writing, dated, signed and on a letterhead of the entity that issued to letter.

<provide unique reference to locate substantiating evidence in the bid response – see Annex A.7>

(2) BIDDER EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS

The bidder must have provided similar scale projects in the Planning, Design, Operating, Maintenance and Support of a Data Centre network to at least two (2) customers in the past three years.

Provide one (1) affidavit indicating at least two customers to whom projects or services were delivered.

The affidavit must indicate:

(a) Project and/or service scope of work;

(b) Product and/or technology scope; and

(c) Project start and end date.



6.3. DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE

Comply Not ComplyThe bidder declares by indicating with an “X” in either the “COMPLY” or “NOT COMPLY” column that –

(1) The bid complies with each and every TECHNICAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENT as specified in SECTION 6.2 above; AND

(2) Each and every requirement specification is substantiated by evidence as proof of compliance.

7. TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY


(1) The bidder must complete in full all of the TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY requirements.

(2) The bidder must provide a unique reference number (e.g. binder/folio, chapter, section, page) to locate substantiating evidence in the bid response. During evaluation, SITA reserves the right to treat substantiation evidence that cannot be located in the bid response as “NOT COMPLY”.

(3) Evaluation per requirement. The evaluation (scoring) of bidders’ responses to the requirements will be determined by the completeness, relevance and accuracy of substantiating evidence. Each TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY requirement will be evaluated using the following generic 3-point scale:

Evaluation criteria (demonstration of technical functionality) ScoreIrrelevant (does not meet any requirement or no substantiation) 0Poor (far below minimum requirements) or Average (below the minimum requirements)

1

Good (meets the minimum requirements) 3Very Good (exceeds the minimum requirements) or Excellent (far exceeds the minimum requirements)

5


(4) Weighting of requirements: The full scope of POC demonstration on the technical functionality requirements will be determined by the following weights:

No. Technical Functionality requirements Weighting1. Network Switches 50

1.1 Connection 201.2 Access 101.3 OSI Layer 20

2. Network Management 403. Training 10

TOTAL 100 %

(5) Minimum threshold. To be eligible to proceed to the next stage of the evaluation the bid must achieve a minimum threshold score of 75%.


7.2. TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Substantiating evidence of compliance(used to evaluate bid)


(1) Network Switches: Connection

(a) The solution must provide Datacentre Switches that:

(i) Establishes 384 ports per datacentre;

(ii) Connects peripherals at 10Gbps at top and bottom of racks (redundantly); and

(iii) Connect to the Cisco ASR9010 MPLS network redundantly and Connect datacentre to datacentre separately from the MPLS Network.

Provide the following to illustrate full compliance:(a) The conceptual architecture

(Technical Solution Architecture requested in 3.2. SOLUTION REQUIREMENT;

(b) Bill of Materials (Equipment Quantity Schedule requested in 3.1 PRODUCT REQUIREMENT; and

(c) Product Specifications.

Evaluation:1 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance but there is no evidence of performance and functionality3 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance and provides 10Gbps contention rates at higher than 1: 5 contention rate and latency less than .5 Ms5 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance and provides 10Gbps contention rates at higher than 1: 5 contention rate and latency less than .5 Ms with software defined capabilities





(2) Network Switches: Access


(i) Has access connections to peripherals using a minimum of Cat 6a cabling;

(ii) Connects access switches at, at least 40Gbps using fibre to; and

(iii) Supports 10Gbps bandwidth per port.

Provide the following to illustrate full compliance:(a) The conceptual architecture (Technical

Solution Architecture requested in 3.2 SOLUTION REQUIREMENT);

(b) Bill of Materials (Equipment Quantity Schedule requested in 3.1 PRODUCT REQUIREMENT); and

(c) Product Specifications.

Evaluation:1 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance but there is no evidence of performance and functionality on cabling and connections3 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance and provides 10Gbps cat 6a cabling for access and fibre for 40Gbps.5 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance and provides 10Gbps cat 6a cabling for access and fibre for more than 40Gbps.





(3) Network Switches: OSI Layer


(i) Complies with OSI layer 3.

Provide the following to illustrate full compliance:(a) The conceptual architecture

(Technical Solution Architecture requested in 3.2 SOLUTION REQUIREMENT);


(c) Product Specifications indicating full compliance

Evaluation:1 = The substantiating evidence does not indicate compliance to OSI layer 33 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance to OSI layer 3 and provides SDN functions.5 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance to at least the OSI layer 3 and provides SDN functions, MPLS and VPLS definitions and fully supports cloud developments





(4) Network Management (i.e. APIC, Agile Controller. Minimum requirements)

(a) The solution must provide a management solution that:

(i) Complies and adheres to FCAPS management:

1) Configuration;

2) Accounting;

3) Performance; and

4) Security.

Provide the following to illustrate full compliance:

(a) The conceptual architecture (Technical Solution Architecture requested in 3.2 SOLUTION REQUIREMENT);



Evaluation:1 = The substantiating evidence only indicates management of the Network layer3 = The substantiating evidence only indicates management of the network layer and Storage/or application layer but not both5 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance to the management of the Network, Storage and Application layers





(5) Network Monitoring

(a) The solution must provide a monitoring solution that:

(i) Complies and adheres to FCAPS monitoring:

1) Fault;

2) Configuration;

3) Accounting;

4) Performance; and

5) Security.

Provide the following to illustrate full compliance:

(a) The conceptual architecture (Technical Solution Architecture requested in 3.2 SOLUTION REQUIREMENT);



Evaluation:1 = The substantiating evidence only indicates monitoring of the Network layer3 = The substantiating evidence only indicates monitoring of the network layer and Storage/or application layer but not both5 = The substantiating evidence indicates compliance to the monitoring of the Network, Storage and Application layers





(6) Network Management / Analyser

(a) The proposed solution must include an analyser as part of the management solution that:

(i) Complies and adheres to FCAPS monitoring and management:

1) Fault;

2) Configuration;

3) Accounting;

4) Performance; and

5) Security.

Provide the product specifications to illustrate full compliance.

Evaluation:1 = The substantiating evidence only indicates management of the Network layer3 = The substantiating evidence only indicates the management of network layer and Storage/or application layer but not both5 = The substantiating evidence indicates the management of the Network, Storage and Application layers


(7) Training

(a) The proposed solution must include formal training on the datacentre solution that:

(i) Provides administrator level content training to individual trainees for the total solution.

Provide the curriculum of the administrator level training to illustrate full compliance.

Evaluation:1 = The bidder only offers informal training3 = The bidder offers informal training and formal certified training5 = The bidder offers informal training, formal training and knowledge transfer.



8. PROOF OF CONCEPT


NOT APPLICABLE FOR THIS BID

8.2. PROOF OF CONCEPT REQUIREMENTS

NOT APPLICABLE FOR THIS BID


ANNEX A.3: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (SCC)

9. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

INSTRUCTION

(1) The successful supplier will be bound by Government Procurement: General Conditions of Contract (GCC) as well as this Special Conditions of Contract (SCC), which will form part of the signed contract with the successful Supplier. However, SITA reserves the right to include or waive the condition in the signed contract.

(2) SITA reserves the right to –

(a) Negotiate the conditions, or

(b) Automatically disqualify a bidder for not accepting these conditions.

(3) In the event that the bidder qualifies the proposal with own conditions, and does not specifically withdraw such own conditions when called upon to do so, SITA will invoke the rights reserved in accordance with subsection 9.1(2) above.

(4) The bidder must complete the declaration of acceptance as per section (1) below by marking with an “X” either “ACCEPT ALL” or “DO NOT ACCEPT ALL”, failing which the declaration will be regarded as “DO NOT ACCEPT ALL” and the bid will be disqualified.

9.2. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

(1) CONTRACTING CONDITIONS

(a) Formal Contract. The Supplier must enter into a formal written Contract (Agreement) with SITA Internal.

(b) Right of Award. SITA reserves the right to award the contract for required goods or services to multiple Suppliers.

(c) Right to Audit. SITA reserves the right, before entering into a contract, to conduct or commission an external service provider to conduct a financial audit or probity to ascertain whether a qualifying bidder has the financial wherewithal or technical capability to provide the goods and services as required by this tender.

(2) DELIVERY ADDRESS. The supplier must deliver the required products or services at

(a) The physical locations as specified in paragraph 2.2 (page 9).

(3) SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

(a) Bidder must supply and define project delivery time schedule reflecting commissioning of solution within 3 weeks from delivery of equipment.

(b) Installation at both Datacentres must commence 8 weeks after receipt of purchase order.

(c) Should a full working solution not be provided, any upgrades and costs to achieve a full working solution will be at the bidders cost.


(4) SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE METRICS

(a) The Supplier is responsible to provide the following services as specified in the Service Breakdown Structure (SBS):

SBS Service Element Service Grade Service Level1. Call Centre Platinum 2h x 7d x 24h

2. Incident Response Platinum Maximum 1 hour

3. Incident Restore Platinum Maximum 2 hours

(5) SCOPE OF TECHNICAL SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT

N/A

(6) SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE REPORTING

N/A

(7) CERTIFICATION, EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATION

(a) The Supplier represents that:

(i) It has the necessary expertise, skill, qualifications and ability to undertake the work required in terms of the Statement of Work or Service Definition and;

(ii) It is committed to provide the Products or Services; and

(iii) Perform all obligations detailed herein without any interruption to the Customer.

(b) The Supplier must provide the service in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with the practices and high professional standards used in well-managed operations performing services similar to the Services;

(c) The Supplier must perform the Services in the most cost-effective manner consistent with the level of quality and performance as defined in Statement of Work or Service Definition;

(d) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or Original Software Manufacturer (OSM) work. The Supplier must ensure that work or service is performed by a person who is certified by Original Equipment Manufacturer or Original Software Manufacturer.

(8) LOGISTICAL CONDITIONS

(a) Hours of work.

(i) Monday – Friday 07h30 – 16h30 (normal working days).

(b) In the event that SITA grants the Supplier permission to access SITA's Environment including hardware, software, internet facilities, data, telecommunication facilities and/or network facilities remotely, the Supplier must adhere to SITA's relevant policies and procedures (whereby policy and procedures are available to the Supplier on request) or in the absence of such policy and procedures, in terms of, best industry practice.


(c) Tools of Trade. Supplier must provide own tools.

(d) On-site and Remote Support. The supplier must arrange remote access for support purposes according to SITA policies and procedures.

(e) Support and Help Desk. The supplier must provide SITA with their support/helpdesk conditions and detail.

(9) SKILLS TRANSFER AND TRAINING

(a) The Supplier must provide certified training on the proposed solution or products to management and technical staff to enable SITA to operate and support the product or solution after implementation as specified by the provided support function.

(b) The nature of the training must be formal, informal, and hands-on.

(c) Access to on-line study material for duration of 3 years.

(10) REGULATORY, QUALITY AND STANDARDS

(a) The Supplier must, for the duration of the contract, ensure compliance with ISO/IEC General Quality Standards, ISO9001.

(b) The Supplier must, for the duration of the contract ensure that the proposed product or solution conform to the most recent Government Minimum Interoperability Standards (MIOS).

(11) PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCE

(a) The Supplier personnel who are required to work with information related to NATIONAL SECURITY must have a valid South African security clearance or must apply within 30 days of the signed contract for a security clearance to the level of CONFIDENTIAL, at the expense of the Supplier, from the South African State Security Agency or duly authorised Personnel Security Vetting entity of SA Government.

(b) The Supplier personnel who are required to work with GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIED information or access government RESTRICTED areas must be a South African Citizen and, at the expense of the Supplier, be security vetted (pre-employment screening, criminal record screening and credit screening).

(c) The Supplier must ensure that the security clearances of all personnel involved in the Contract remains valid for the period of the contract.

(12) CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE CONDITIONS

(a) The Supplier, including its management and staff, must before commencement of the Contract, sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding Confidential Information.

(b) Confidential Information means any information or data, irrespective of the form or medium in which it may be stored, which is not in the public domain and which becomes available or accessible to a Party as a consequence of this Contract, including information or data which is prohibited from disclosure by virtue of:

(i) the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act no. 2 of 2000);

(ii) being clearly marked "Confidential" and which is provided by one Party to another Party in terms of this Contract;


(iii) being information or data, which one Party provides to another Party or to which a Party has access because of Services provided in terms of this Contract and in which a Party would have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality;

(iv) being information provided by one Party to another Party in the course of contractual or other negotiations, which could reasonably be expected to prejudice the right of the non-disclosing Party;

(v) being information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to endanger a life or physical security of a person;

(vi) being technical, scientific, commercial, financial and market-related information, know-how and trade secrets of a Party;

(vii) being financial, commercial, scientific or technical information, other than trade secrets, of a Party, the disclosure of which would be likely to cause harm to the commercial or financial interests of a non-disclosing Party; and

(viii) being information supplied by a Party in confidence, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected either to put the Party at a disadvantage in contractual or other negotiations or to prejudice the Party in commercial competition; or

(ix) information the disclosure of which would be likely to prejudice or impair the safety and security of a building, structure or system, including, but not limited to, a computer or communication system; a means of transport; or any other property; or a person; methods, systems, plans or procedures for the protection of an individual in accordance with a witness protection scheme; the safety of the public or any part of the public; or the security of property; information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to cause prejudice to the defence of the Republic; security of the Republic; or international relations of the Republic; or plans, designs, drawings, functional and technical requirements and specifications of a Party, but must not include information which has been made automatically available, in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; and information which a Party has a statutory or common law duty to disclose or in respect of which there is no reasonable expectation of privacy or confidentiality;

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Contract, no Party is entitled to disclose Confidential Information, except where required to do so in terms of a law, without the prior written consent of any other Party having an interest in the disclosure;

(d) Where a Party discloses Confidential Information which materially damages or could materially damage another Party, the disclosing Party must submit all facts related to the disclosure in writing to the other Party, who must submit information related to such actual or potential material damage to be resolved as a dispute;

(e) Parties may not, except to the extent that a Party is legally required to make a public statement, make any public statement or issue a press release which could affect another Party, without first submitting a written copy of the proposed public statement or press release to the other Party and obtaining the other Party's prior


written approval for such public statement or press release, which consent must not unreasonably be withheld.

(13) GUARANTEE AND WARRANTIES. The Supplier warrants that:

(a) The warranty of goods supplied under this contract remains valid for twelve (12) months after the goods, or any portion thereof as the case may be, have been delivered to and accepted at the final destination indicated in the contract, or for eighteen (18) months after the date of shipment from the port or place of loading in the source country, whichever period concludes earlier;

(b) as at Commencement Date, it has the rights, title and interest in and to the Product or Services to deliver such Product or Services in terms of the Contract and that such rights are free from any encumbrances whatsoever;

(c) the Product is in good working order, free from Defects in material and workmanship, and substantially conforms to the Specifications, for the duration of the Warranty period;

(d) during the Warranty period, any defective item or part component of the Product be repaired or replaced within 2 (two) hours after receiving notice from SITA;

(e) the Products is maintained during its Warranty Period at no expense to SITA;

(f) the Product possesses all material functions and features required for SITA’s Operational Requirements;

(g) the Product remains connected or Service is continued during the term of the Contract;

(h) all third-party warranties that the Supplier receives in connection with the Products including the corresponding software and the benefits of all such warranties are ceded to SITA without reducing or limiting the Supplier’s obligations under the Contract;

(i) no actions, suits, or proceedings, pending or threatened against it or any of its third-party suppliers or sub-contractors that have a material adverse effect on the Supplier’s ability to fulfil its obligations under the Contract exist;

(j) SITA is notified immediately if it becomes aware of any action, suit, or proceeding, pending or threatened to have a material adverse effect on the Supplier’s ability to fulfil the obligations under the Contract;

(k) any Product sold to SITA after the Commencement Date of the Contract remains free from any lien, pledge, encumbrance or security interest;

(l) SITA’s use of the Product and Manuals supplied in connection with the Contract does not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party;

(m) the information disclosed to SITA does not contain any trade secrets of any third party, unless disclosure is permitted by such third party;

(n) it is financially capable of fulfilling all requirements of the Contract and that the Supplier is a validly organized entity that has the authority to enter into the Contract;

(o) it is not prohibited by any loan, contract, financing arrangement, trade covenant, or similar restriction from entering into the Contract;


(p) the prices, charges and fees to SITA as contained in the Contract are at least as favourable as those offered by the Supplier to any of its other customers that are of the same or similar standing and situation as SITA; and

(q) any misrepresentation by the Supplier amounts to a breach of Contract.

(14) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

(a) SITA retains all Intellectual Property Rights in and to SITA's Intellectual Property. As of the Effective Date, the Supplier is granted a non-exclusive license, for the continued duration of this Contract, to perform any lawful act including the right to use, copy, maintain, modify, enhance and create derivative works of SITA's Intellectual Property for the sole purpose of providing the Products or Services to SITA pursuant to this Contract; provided that the Supplier must not be permitted to use SITA's Intellectual Property for the benefit of any entities other than SITA without the written consent of SITA, which consent may be withheld in SITA's sole and absolute discretion. Except as otherwise requested or approved by SITA, which approval is in SITA's sole and absolute discretion, the Supplier must cease all use of SITA's Intellectual Property, at of the earliest of:

(i) termination or expiration date of this Contract;

(ii) the date of completion of the Services; and

(iii) the date of rendering of the last of the Deliverables.

(b) If so required by SITA, the Supplier must certify in writing to SITA that it has either returned all SITA Intellectual Property to SITA or destroyed or deleted all other SITA Intellectual Property in its possession or under its control.

(c) SITA, at all times, owns all Intellectual Property Rights in and to all Bespoke Intellectual Property.

(d) Save for the license granted in terms of this Contract, the Supplier retains all Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Supplier’s pre-existing Intellectual Property that is used or supplied in connection with the Products or Services.

(15) ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT. SITA, in terms of the PPPFA Regulation 2017 section 9(1), has an obligation to advance designated groups which includes black SMMEs (i.e. Exempted Micro Enterprises (EME) and Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE)) for the supply of certain ICT goods or services where feasible to subcontract for a contract above R30 million, an organ of state must apply subcontracting to advance designated groups.

a) The bidder is required to subcontract a minimum of 30% of the value of the contract to an EME or QSE which is at least 51% owned by black people, or to EMEs and/ or QSEs which are at least 51% owned by black people”.


9.3. DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE

ACCEPT ALL DO NOT ACCEPT ALL

(1) The bidder declares to ACCEPT ALL the Special Condition of Contract as specified in section 9.2 above by indicating with an “X” in the “ACCEPT ALL” column, OR

(2) The bidder declares to NOT ACCEPT ALL the Special Conditions of Contract as specified in section 9.2 above by -

(a) Indicating with an “X” in the “DO NOT ACCEPT ALL” column, and;

(b) Provide reason and proposal for each of the conditions that is not accepted.

Comments by bidder:Provide reason and proposal for each of the conditions not accepted as per the format:Condition Reference:Reason:Proposal:


ANNEX A.4: COSTING AND PRICING

QUALIFICATION NOTICE

To safeguard the integrity of the bidding process, the technical and financial proposals should be submitted in separate sealed envelopes, as per “National Treasury: Supply Chain Management a guide for Accounting Officers / Authorities, 2004”, section 5.9.4; therefore

All bid Pricing Schedules, as indicated in section 10 COSTING AND PRICING, must be submitted in a SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE, failing which the bid WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.


10. COSTING AND PRICING

10.1.COSTING AND PRICING EVALUATION

(1) ALL PRICING SCHEDULES MUST BE SUBMITTED IN A SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE, failing which the BID will be DISQUALIFIED.

(2) In terms of Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), the following preference point system is applicable to all Bids:

(a) The 80/20 system (80 Price, 20 B-BBEE) for requirements with a Rand value of up to R50 000 000 (all applicable taxes included); or

(b) The 90/10 system (90 Price and 10 B-BBEE) for requirements with a Rand value above R50 000 000 (all applicable taxes included).

(3) This bid will be evaluated using the PPPFA preferential points scoring system of 80/20.

(4) The bidder must complete the declaration of acceptance as per section 10.3 below by marking with an “X” either “ACCEPT ALL”, or “DO NOT ACCEPT ALL”, failing which the declaration will be regarded as “DO NOT ACCEPT ALL” and the bid will be disqualified.

(5) Bidder will be bound by the following general costing and pricing conditions and SITA reserves the right to negotiate the conditions or automatically disqualify the bidder for not accepting these conditions. These conditions will form part of the Contract between SITA and the bidder. However, SITA reserves the right to include or waive the condition in the Contract.

10.2.COSTING AND PRICING CONDITIONS

(1) The bidder must submit the Pricing Schedule(s) as prescribed in section 10.4 as well as the relevant enclosed Standard Bidding Document SBD 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3.

(2) SOUTH AFRICAN PRICING. The total price must be VAT inclusive and be quoted in South African Rand (ZAR).

(3) TOTAL PRICE

(a) All quoted prices are the total price for the entire scope of required services and deliverables to be provided by the bidder.

(b) The cost of delivery, labour, S&T, overtime, etc. must be included in this bid.

(c) All additional costs must be clearly specified.

(4) BID EXCHANGE RATE CONDITIONS. The bidders must use the exchange rate provided below to enable SITA to compare the prices provided by using the same exchange rate:

Foreign currency South African Rand (ZAR) exchange rate1 US Dollar1 Euro1 Pound


10.3.DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE

ACCEPT ALL DO NOT ACCEPT ALL

(1) The bidder declares to ACCEPT ALL the Costing and Pricing conditions as specified in section 10.2 above by indicating with an “X” in the “ACCEPT ALL” column, or

(2) The bidder declares to NOT ACCEPT ALL the Costing and Pricing Conditions as specified in section 10.2 above by -

(a) Indicating with an “X” in the “DO NOT ACCEPT ALL” column, and;

(b) Provide reason and proposal for each of the condition not accepted.

Comments by bidder:Provide the condition reference, the reasons for not accepting the condition.


10.4.BID PRICING SCHEDULE

a) Bidder must complete the pricing as per table below (or as per the attached spread sheet if applicable).

b) Line Prices are all VAT EXCLUDING, and TOTAL PRICE is VAT INCLUSIVE

(1) PRODUCT PRICING

(a) Centurion Data Centre Product

No Product/Service description Quantity Unit Price(VAT excl.)

Price Year 1(VAT excl.)

1. Cisco ASR 9000 100/40GE Modular Port Adapter, and fully populated with transceivers.

2

2. Fibre patch leads/cables to connect Access (Leaf or similar) switches to ASR 9010 at 100/ 40G over distance of up to 150 Meters and that will be compatible to the type of transceiver used.

8

3. Fibre patch leads/cables to connect Access (leaf or similar) switches to Core(Spine) switches at 100/40G over distance of up to 150M and that will be compatible to the type of transceiver used.

32

4. Core (Spine) switches with 100/40GE ports and fully populated with transceivers. 25. Supply of interconnectivity solution to inter-link Beta and Centurion Data centres. 16. 48-port access Switches (Leaf or similar) with 100/40G uplinks and fully populated

with transceivers, supporting speeds 1/10/40/100 Gigabit per seconds.8

SUBTOTAL (VAT Excl.)VAT (14%)

SUBTOTAL (VAT Incl.)

(b) Beta Data Centre Product

No

Product/Service description Quantity Unit Price(VAT excl.)






1. Cisco ASR 9000 100/40GE Modular Port Adapter, and fully populated with transceivers

2

2. Fibre patch leads/cables to connect Access (Leaf or similar) switches to ASR 9010 at 100/ 40G over distance of up to 150 Meters and that will be compatible to the type of transceiver used.

8

3. Fibre patch leads/cables to connect Access (leaf or similar) switches to Core(Spine) switches at 100/40G over distance of up to 150M and that will be compatible to the type of transceiver used.

32

4. Core (Spine) switches with 100/40G ports and fully populated with transceivers. 25. 48-port access Switches (Leaf or similar) with 100/40G uplinks and fully populated





(c) The following will be ordered on an as-and-when required basis

No







1. 47 U, 1.2-Meter-deep Racks 102. 3 Meter Cabling CAT 6A 11523. Fibre patch leads 1152



(d) Tooling Product

No

Maintenance and support Quantity Price Year 1(VAT excl.)





1. Data centre network management tool for the data centres (i.e. APIC, Agile Controller as a minimum standard).

1

2. Data centre network monitoring tool for the data centres. 1SUBTOTAL (VAT Excl.)

VAT (14%) SUBTOTAL (VAT Incl.)

(e) Centurion Data Centre Services







7. Installation and configuration of Cisco ASR 9000 100/40GE Modular Port Adapter 28. Installation and configuration of Access (Leaf or similar) switches connection to ASR

9010 at 100/ 40G.8

9. Installation and configuration Core (Spine) switches. 210. Installation and configuration of interconnectivity solution to inter-link Beta and

Centurion Data centres including maintenance and support1




(f) Beta Data Centre Services

No







1. Installation and configuration of Cisco ASR 9000 100/40GE Modular Port Adapter 22. Installation and configuration of Access (Leaf or similar) switches connection to ASR

9010 at 100/ 40G.8

3. Installation and configuration Core (Spine) switches. 24. Installation and configuration of interconnectivity solution to inter-link Beta and

Centurion Data centres including maintenance and support1



(g) Tooling Services







1. Installation and Configuration of Data centre network analyser for monitoring and management of the data centre.

1



(h) Professional Services

No







1. Training:Develop formal training programme to support the service for SITA resources; andProvide formal training services for 15 SITA resources (once off) including an administrator.

15

2. Professional Services:Installation and configuration service (once off) including:

1) Planning and Design of solution and integration requirements;2) A detailed solution architecture of the solution with a detailed functional description of each component/service making up the total workable solution;3) Design support capability to support the end to end solution; and4) Project Management.

3966 hours




(i) Maintenance and support

No

Maintenance and support Quantity Unit Price(VAT excl.)






1. Cisco ASR 9000 100/40GE Modular Port Adapter, and fully populated with transceivers

4

2. Core (Spine) switches with 100/400G ports and fully populated with transceivers. 43. 48-port access Switches (Leaf or similar) with 100/40G uplinks and fully populated


4. Data centre network analyser for monitoring and management of the data centre 15. Administration and support services – Manage the day-to-day operations of the data

centre network for a period of five years:a) Year 1 – 8 hours per day;

b) Year 2 – 4 hours per day;

c) Year 3 – 2 hours per day;

d) Year 4 – 5 hours per week; and

e) Year 5 – 10 hours per quarter.



(j) Total pricing

No

Product/Service description Price Year 1(VAT incl.)





a. Centurion Data Centre Productb. Beta Data Centre Productc. The following will be ordered on an as-and-when required basisd. Tooling Producte. Centurion Data Centre Servicesf. Beta Data Centre Servicesg. Tooling Servicesh. Professional Servicesi. Maintenance and support

BID TOTAL PER YEAR (VAT Incl.)BID TOTAL 5 years (VAT Incl.)

(2) RATE OF EXCHANGE PRICING INFORMATION

Provide the TOTAL BID PRICE for the duration of Contract and clearly indicate the Local Price and Foreign Price, where –(a) Local Price means the portion of the TOTAL price that is NOT dependent on the Foreign Rate of Exchange (ROE) and;

(b) Foreign Price means the portion of the TOTAL price that is dependent on the Foreign Rate of Exchange (ROE).

(c) Exchange Rate means the ROE (ZA Rand vs foreign currency) as determined at time of bid.

N Description Price YEAR 1 Price YEAR 2 Price YEAR 3 Price YEAR 4 Price YEAR 5


o (Vat Excl.) (VAT Excl.) (VAT Excl.) (VAT Excl.) (VAT Excl.)1. LOCAL Price (ZAR)2. FOREIGN Price (ZAR)3. Exchange Rate4. SUBTOTAL (VAT Excl.)5. VAT (14%)6. TOTAL (VAT Incl.)7. BID TOTAL


SBD 3.1PRICING SCHEDULE – FIRM PRICES

(PURCHASES)

NOTE: ONLY FIRM PRICES WILL BE ACCEPTED. NON-FIRM PRICES (INCLUDING PRICES SUBJECT TO RATES OF EXCHANGE VARIATIONS) WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

IN CASES WHERE DIFFERENT DELIVERY POINTS INFLUENCE THE PRICING, A SEPARATE PRICING SCHEDULE MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH DELIVERY POINT

Name of bidder: ………………………………………………………… Bid number:

Closing Time: 11:00 Closing date:

OFFER TO BE VALID FOR ……… DAYS FROM THE CLOSING DATE OF BID._______________________________________________________________________________ITEM QUANTITY DESCRIPTION BID PRICE IN RSA CURRENCYNO. ** (ALL APPLICABLE TAXES INCLUDED)

_______________________________________________________________________________

- Required by: THE STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY SOC LTD

- At: …………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

- Brand and model: …………………………………………………

- Country of origin: …………………………………………………

- Does the offer comply with the specification(s)? *YES/NO

- If not to specification, indicate deviation(s) ………………………………….

- Period required for delivery ………………………………….*Delivery: Firm/not firm

- Delivery basis ……………………………………

Note:All delivery costs must be included in the bid price, for delivery at the prescribed destination.

** “all applicable taxes” includes value- added tax, pay as you earn, income tax, unemployment insurance fund contributions and skills development levies.*Delete if not applicable


SBD 3.2PRICING SCHEDULE – NON-FIRM PRICES

(PURCHASES)

NOTE: PRICE ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE PERIODS AND TIMES SPECIFIED IN THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS.

IN CASES WHERE DIFFERENT DELIVERY POINTS INFLUENCE THE PRICING, A SEPARATE PRICING SCHEDULE MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH DELIVERY POINT

Name of Bidder: …………………………………………………………… Bid number:

Closing Time 11:00 Closing date:

OFFER TO BE VALID FOR ……… DAYS FROM THE CLOSING DATE OF BID.

________________________________________________________________________________ITEM QUANTITY DESCRIPTION BID PRICE IN RSA CURRENCYNO. **(ALL APPLICABLE TAXES INCLUDED)

________________________________________________________________________________

- Required by: THE STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY SOC LTD

- At: …….….……………………………….

- Brand and model …….………………………………….

- Country of origin ……...………………………………….

- Does the offer comply with the specification(s)? *YES/NO

- If not to specification, indicate deviation(s) ………………………………………….

- Period required for delivery ………………………………………….

- Delivery: *Firm/not firm

** “all applicable taxes” includes value- added tax, pay as you earn, income tax, unemployment insurance fund contributions and skills development levies.

*Delete if not applicable


SBD 3.3PRICING SCHEDULE

(Professional Services)

NAME OF BIDDER: ……………………………………………………………… BID NO:

CLOSING TIME: 11:00 CLOSING DATE:

OFFER TO BE VALID FOR ………… DAYS FROM THE CLOSING DATE OF BID._______________________________________________________________________________________ITEM DESCRIPTION BID PRICE IN RSA CURRENCYNO **(ALL APPLICABLE TAXES INCLUDED)_______________________________________________________________________________________

1. The accompanying information must be used for the formulationof proposals.

2. Bidders are required to indicate a ceiling price based on the totalestimated time for completion of all phases and including allexpenses inclusive of all applicable taxes for the project. R……….…………………………………………………...

3. PERSONS WHO WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AND RATES APPLICABLE (CERTIFIED INVOICES MUST BE RENDERED IN TERMS HEREOF)

4. PERSON AND POSITION HOURLY RATE DAILY RATE

----------------------------------------------------------------- R--------------------- -----------------

----------------------------------------------------------------- R--------------------- -----------------

----------------------------------------------------------------- R--------------------- -----------------

5. PHASES ACCORDING TO WHICH THE PROJECT WILL BECOMPLETED, COST PER PHASE AND MAN-DAYS TO BE SPENT

----------------------------------------------------------------- R----------------------- ----------------- days

----------------------------------------------------------------- R----------------------- ----------------- days

----------------------------------------------------------------- R----------------------- ----------------- days

----------------------------------------------------------------- R----------------------- ----------------- days


5.1 Travel expenses (specify, for example rate/km and total km, classof air-travel, etc.). Only actual costs are recoverable. Proof of theexpenses incurred must accompany certified invoices.

DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSE TO BE INCURRED RATE QUANTITY AMOUNT

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

TOTAL: R……………………….

** ”all applicable taxes” includes value- added tax, pay as you earn, income tax, unemployment insurance fund contributions and skills development levies.

5.2 Other expenses, for example accommodation (specify, e.g. Threestar hotel, bed and breakfast, telephone cost, reproduction cost,etc.). On basis of these particulars, certified invoices will be checkedfor correctness. Proof of the expenses must accompany invoices.

DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSE TO BE INCURRED RATE QUANTITY AMOUNT

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

…………………………………………………………………… ……………… …………….. R………………….

TOTAL: R………………………….6. Period required for commencement with project after

acceptance of bid ………………………………………………………………

7. Estimated man-days for completion of project ……………………………………………………………….

8. Are the rates quoted firm for the full period of contract? *YES/NO

9. If not firm for the full period, provide details of the basis on whichadjustments will be applied for, for example consumer price index.

……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………….

*[DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE]


ANNEX A.5: TECHNICAL SCHEDULES

11. Technical SchedulesInclude the schedules that that are referenced in the technical specifications sections.

11.1.LOCATION SCHEDULE

11.2.EQUIPMENT AND QUANTITY SCHEDULE

11.3.SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE

11.4.SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

11.5.PROJECT AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE


ANNEX A.6: Terms and definitions

1. ABBREVIATIONSIn alphabetical order

CM Change Management DCN Data Centre NetworkDR Disaster RecoveryFCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, SecurityICT Information and Communication TechnologyNOC Network Operation CentreOEM Original Equipment ManufacturerOSM Original Software ManufacturerPPPFA Preferential Procurement Policy Framework ActRFB Request for BidROI Return on InvestmentSITA State Information Technology AgencySLA Service Level Agreement

2. DEFINITIONSIn alphabetical order…include only the terms that are used in this technical bid specification. See also terms and definitions in the Main Bid Document to avoid inconsistency

<term> means ….


ANNEX A.7: BIDDER SUBSTANTIATING EVIDENCE

This section is reserved for the bidder to provide information related to the substantiating evidence or comments in the format as required by the bid specification (e.g. text, graphical representation, diagrams, statistical reports, lists, reference letters, copies of product of solution documentation, certificates, licences, memberships, etc.).

Note: The evidence provided in this section will be used by the bid evaluation committee to evaluate the bid. Therefore, each piece of substantiating evidence must be cross referenced to requirements specification section.


ANNEX B: LOCAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS (SBD 6.2)DECLARATION CERTIFICATE FOR LOCAL PRODUCTION AND CONTENT FOR DESIGNATED SECTORS

This Standard Bidding Document (SBD) must form part of all bids invited. It contains general information and serves as a declaration form for local content (local production and local content are used interchangeably).

Before completing this declaration, bidders must study the General Conditions, Definitions, Directives applicable in respect of Local Content as prescribed in the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2011, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved technical specification number SATS 1286:2011 (Edition 1) and the Guidance on the Calculation of Local Content together with the Local Content Declaration Templates [Annex C (Local Content Declaration: Summary Schedule), D (Imported Content Declaration: Supporting Schedule to Annex C) and E (Local Content Declaration: Supporting Schedule to Annex C)].

1. General Conditions

1.1. Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2011 (Regulation 9) makes provision for the promotion of local production and content.

1.2. Regulation 9. (1) prescribes that in the case of designated sectors, where in the award of bids local production and content is of critical importance, such bids must be advertised with the specific bidding condition that only locally produced goods, services or works or locally manufactured goods, with a stipulated minimum threshold for local production and content will be considered.

1.3. Where necessary, for bids referred to in paragraph 1.2 above, a two stage bidding process may be followed, where the first stage involves a minimum threshold for local production and content and the second stage price and B-BBEE.

1.4. A person awarded a contract in relation to a designated sector, may not sub-contract in such a manner that the local production and content of the overall value of the contract is reduced to below the stipulated minimum threshold.

1.5. The local content (LC) expressed as a percentage of the bid price must be calculated in accordance with the SABS approved technical specification number SATS 1286: 2011 as follows:

LC = [1 - x / y] * 100

Wherex is the imported content in Randy is the bid price in Rand excluding value added tax (VAT)

Prices referred to in the determination of x must be converted to Rand (ZAR) by using the exchange rate published by South African Reserve Bank (SARB) at 12:00 on the date of advertisement of the bid as indicated in paragraph 4.1 below.

The SABS approved technical specification number SATS 1286:2011 is accessible on http:/www.thedti.gov.za/industrial development/ip.jsp at no cost.


1.6 A bid may be disqualified if –

(a) this Declaration Certificate and the Annex C (Local Content Declaration: Summary Schedule) are not submitted as part of the bid documentation; and

(b) the bidder fails to declare that the Local Content Declaration Templates (Annex C, D and E) have been audited and certified as correct.

2. Definitions

2.1. “bid” includes written price quotations, advertised competitive bids or proposals;

2.2. “bid price” price offered by the bidder, excluding value added tax (VAT);

2.3. “contract” means the agreement that results from the acceptance of a bid by an organ of state;

2.4. “designated sector” means a sector, sub-sector or industry that has been designated by the Department of Trade and Industry in line with national development and industrial policies for local production, where only locally produced services, works or goods or locally manufactured goods meet the stipulated minimum threshold for local production and content;

2.5. “duly sign” means a Declaration Certificate for Local Content that has been signed by the Chief Financial Officer or other legally responsible person nominated in writing by the Chief Executive, or senior member / person with management responsibility(close corporation, partnership or individual).

2.6. “imported content” means that portion of the bid price represented by the cost of components, parts or materials which have been or are still to be imported (whether by the supplier or its subcontractors) and which costs are inclusive of the costs abroad (this includes labour or intellectual property costs), plus freight and other direct importation costs, such as landing costs, dock duties, import duty, sales duty or other similar tax or duty at the South African port of entry;

2.7. “local content” means that portion of the bid price which is not included in the imported content, provided that local manufacture does take place;

2.8. “stipulated minimum threshold” means that portion of local production and content as determined by the Department of Trade and Industry; and

2.9. “sub-contract” means the primary contractor’s assigning, leasing, making out work to, or employing another person to support such primary contractor in the execution of part of a project in terms of the contract.

3. The stipulated minimum threshold(s) for local production and content (refer to Annex A of SATS 1286:2011) for this bid is/are as follows:


Description of services, works or goods Stipulated minimum threshold

_______________________________ _______%

_______________________________ _______%

_______________________________ _______%

4. Does any portion of the services, works or goods offered have any imported content?

(Tick applicable box)

YES NO

4.1 If yes, the rate(s) of exchange to be used in this bid to calculate the local content as prescribed in paragraph 1.5 of the general conditions must be the rate(s) published by SARB for the specific currency at 12:00 on the date of advertisement of the bid.

The relevant rates of exchange information is accessible on www.reservebank.co.za.

Indicate the rate(s) of exchange against the appropriate currency in the table below (refer to Annex A of SATS 1286:2011):

Currency Rates of exchangeUS DollarPound SterlingEuroYenOther

NB: Bidders must submit proof of the SARB rate (s) of exchange used.

5. Were the Local Content Declaration Templates (Annex C, D and E) audited and certified as correct?(Tick applicable box)

YES NO

5.1. If yes, provide the following particulars:

(a) Full name of auditor: ………………………………………………………(b) Practice number:………………………………………………………………………..(c) Telephone and cell number: ……………………………………………………………….(d) Email address: ………………………………………………………………………..

(Documentary proof regarding the declaration will, when required, be submitted to the satisfaction of the Accounting Officer / Accounting Authority)


http://www.reservebank.co.za/

6. Where, after the award of a bid, challenges are experienced in meeting the stipulated minimum threshold for local content the dti must be informed accordingly in order for the dti to verify and in consultation with the AO/AA provide directives in this regard.

LOCAL CONTENT DECLARATION(REFER TO ANNEX B OF SATS 1286:2011)

LOCAL CONTENT DECLARATION BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR OTHER LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSON NOMINATED IN WRITING BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OR SENIOR MEMBER/PERSON WITH MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY (CLOSE CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR INDIVIDUAL)

IN RESPECT OF BID NO. .................................................................................

ISSUED BY: (Procurement Authority / Name of Institution):

.........................................................................................................................

NB

1 The obligation to complete, duly sign and submit this declaration cannot be transferred to an external authorized representative, auditor or any other third party acting on behalf of the bidder.

2 Guidance on the Calculation of Local Content together with Local Content Declaration Templates (Annex C, D and E) is accessible on http://www.thdti.gov.za/industrial development/ip.jsp. Bidders should first complete Declaration D. After completing Declaration D, bidders should complete Declaration E and then consolidate the information on Declaration C. Declaration C should be submitted with the bid documentation at the closing date and time of the bid in order to substantiate the declaration made in paragraph (c) below. Declarations D and E should be kept by the bidders for verification purposes for a period of at least 5 years. The successful bidder is required to continuously update Declarations C, D and E with the actual values for the duration of the contract.

I, the undersigned, …………………………….................................................... (full names),do hereby declare, in my capacity as ……………………………………… ………..of ...............................................................................................................(name of bidder entity), the following:

(a) The facts contained herein are within my own personal knowledge.

(b) I have satisfied myself that:

(i) the goods/services/works to be delivered in terms of the above-specified bid comply with the minimum local content requirements as specified in the bid, and as measured in terms of SATS 1286:2011; and

(ii) the declaration templates have been audited and certified to be correct.

(c) The local content percentage (%) indicated below has been calculated using the formula given in clause 3 of SATS 1286:2011, the rates of exchange indicated in paragraph 4.1 above and the information contained in Declaration D and E which has been consolidated in Declaration C:


http://www.thdti.gov.za/industrial%20development/ip.jsp

Bid price, excluding VAT (y) RImported content (x), as calculated in terms of SATS 1286:2011 RStipulated minimum threshold for local content (paragraph 3 above)Local content %, as calculated in terms of SATS 1286:2011

If the bid is for more than one product, the local content percentages for each product contained in Declaration C shall be used instead of the table above.The local content percentages for each product has been calculated using the formula given in clause 3 of SATS 1286:2011, the rates of exchange indicated in paragraph 4.1 above and the information contained in Declaration D and E.

(d) I accept that the Procurement Authority / Institution has the right to request that the local content be verified in terms of the requirements of SATS 1286:2011.

(e) I understand that the awarding of the bid is dependent on the accuracy of the information furnished in this application. I also understand that the submission of incorrect data, or data that are not verifiable as described in SATS 1286:2011, may result in the Procurement Authority / Institution imposing any or all of the remedies as provided for in Regulation 13 of the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2011 promulgated under the Preferential Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), 2000 (Act No. 5 of 2000).

SIGNATURE: DATE: ___________

WITNESS No. 1 DATE: ___________

WITNESS No. 2 DATE: ___________

END OF SBD 6.2


LOCAL CONTENT TARGETS

The table below depicts the sectors/sub-sectors/industry goods that have been designated by the DTI with a minimum threshold for local content.

No. Sector/sub-sector/ industry Minimum thresholds for local content

Bid specification requirements designated by

DTI (indicate with “X”)

SITA local content target

(%)

1 Buses (bus body) 80%2 Textiles, clothing, leather and

footwear100%

3 Power pylons 100%4 Canned/processed vegetables 80%5 Pharmaceutical products:

OSD tender Family planning tender

70% volumes50% value

6 Rolling stock 65%7 Set top boxes 30%8 Furniture products:

Office furniture School furniture Base and mattress

85%100%90%

9 Solar water heater components 70%10 Electrical and telecom cables 90% X 90%11 Valves products and actuators 70%12 Residential electricity meter:

Prepaid electricity meters Post-paid electricity meters Smart meters

70%70%50%

13 Working vessels/boats (all types):Components

60%10%-100%


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