Provision of Enterprise Storage Technology Solution to UNGSC.

The United Nations Global Service Centre/United Nations Logistics Base (UNGSC/UNLB) wishes to establish a leasing contract for the provision of a storage technology solution both at the United Nations Logistics Base (UNLB) in Brindisi, Italy and the United Nations Support Base (UNSB-V) in Valencia, Spain. The Contractor shall provide a turn-key solution comprising the provision of hardware, software licenses and man-power to setup an enterprise storage array in the Data Centre at the two locations. The requirement will include: Design of the Solutiion; Project Management for the implementation of the solution; Provision of Storage Array and all components; Provision of Software and included licenses; Installation of Hardware and all included software; Configuration of hardware and software according to the need of the Data Centre Infrastructure; Data Migration; Host Migration; Early-life Support. The full technical requirements and details will be provided with a formal solicitation document to be issued at a later stage, soon after the closing date for this EOI. General Conditions: Vendors are invited to express their interest via fax or email citing the full name of the company, complete address, telephone and fax number as well as the name and title of a designated point of contact. This notice does not constitute solicitation. The UNLB reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement at any time in the EOI and/or solicitation process. The UNLB Procurement considers a firm's qualifications and experience in the particular commodity/service area, and previous performance, when preparing a list of invitees. Therefore, in case of EOIs concerning equipment or supplies, for responding vendors who are not manufacturers, full details of the vendor's status, as a factory-appointed wholesaler or distributor, must be provided if not already on file with UNLB Procurement.