Infrastructure & End User Computing Refresh

As part of this procurement, suppliers are requested to provide a comprehensive financial proposal for the full list of equipment outlined in this tender, based on a three (3) year lease agreement. The proposal must include a monthly payment profile covering the entire lease period, with all costs-such as hardware, warranty, support, and any associated service fees-fully itemised and included in the monthly figure.

At the conclusion of the 36 month lease term, the organisation must retain full ownership of all supplied equipment, with no residual or balloon payment due. Suppliers should ensure that their lease offering is compliant with public sector procurement standards and includes clear terms regarding early termination, replacement of faulty equipment, and continuity of warranty throughout the full lease duration.

This tender invites suppliers to provide, deliver, complete infrastructure and end user computing refresh, encompassing virtualisation servers, core network switching, and a range of desktop, laptop, and all in one devices. The solution must deliver a resilient and secure platform capable of supporting modern workloads and organisational operational needs.

All server hardware must include a minimum of four (4) years advanced parts replacement warranty, while all end user computing devices must include a minimum of one (1) year warranty. To comply with the organisation's security standards, all supplied systems must incorporate Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology to support hardware rooted security functions and secure device management.

As part of this procurement, suppliers are requested to provide a comprehensive financial proposal for the full list of equipment outlined in this tender, based on a three (3) year lease agreement as per the specification. Or By Lot (1) Computer Hardware (2) Servers The proposed solution is a four-node Hyper-V failover cluster designed for resilient virtualisation and Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).

Each 2U node shall be equipped with a 32-core processor, 512GB DDR4 ECC memory, enterprise NVMe storage, and dual redundant hot swap power supplies. A dedicated 25GbE RDMA storage fabric shall be provided using Intel E810 based adapters and a 25GbE Top of Rack switch with 24×25Gb SFP28 ports and 4×100Gb QSFP28 uplinks, supporting modern L3 features such as MLAG and EVPN VXLAN, and not requiring any feature licensing.

The selected FS S5850-24B4C switch meets these requirements with native 25Gb SFP28 connectivity and enterprise feature support for the cluster fabric. Client facing connectivity shall be delivered via dual port 10GbE adapters per host. Cluster storage shall be delivered using 7.68TB NVMe U.2 SSDs per node, enabling a minimum of 40TB usable capacity across the four-node cluster when deployed with appropriate S2D configurations.