Provision of Internet bandwidth Services for UNAMI Office in Erbil, Iraq

1.0 United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) intends to solicit bids for the provision of internet bandwidth to UNAMI Office in Erbil, Iraq, with the initial contract of 1 year and a possible extension for One (1) more years, availability of funds and satisfactory performance by the prospective contractor(s) 2.0 UNAMI requirement can be summarized as follows: 2.1 Provision of Dedicated 50/50 Mbps Internet service in UNAMI office in Erbil which the ‘last-mile’ connectivity should be the primary through Fiber Connection. Details will be provided during the site visit. 2.2 Vendor to provide minimum of 14 usable Global IP address for this circuit i.e. /28 subnet in Erbil 2.3 The Vendor will need to provide an alternate means of connection through Microwave link, which will serve as a backup to the Fiber link. 2.4 Vendor should provide Microwave on rental basis that should be charged one time. Full details of Microwave equipment should be provided (Data sheet and technical specs) with bidding.Vendor should use licensed Microwave Link equipment. It should carry minimum of 100 Mbps. It should be of renowned model that gives stable and reliable connection. 2.5 Vendor should provide Routers/Switches for failover and/or load balance purposes between primary and backup link, that too should be on rental basis which should be charged one time. The router/switch should have licensed IOS and support various routing technology such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP, and HSRP. The router must have at least two in number fiber Gbps interfaces (should support fiber connection). It should be compatible with UNAMI network devices which are of Cisco. Full details (data sheet and technical specs) should be provided with bidding 2.6 The Vendor to quote one-time rental, installation and commissioning cost of all the equipmentand activation charge for service 2.7 The Vendor must provide information on their backbone/upstream and must ensure that there is at least dual backbone/upstream connectivity in order to ensure service availability 2.8 MANDATORY SITE VISIT: UNAMI will be organizing site visit which is mandatory for all bidder to evaluate the local conditions and to verify any requirement specified in the tender document. 2.9 upon awarding and signing the contract for the site, the service will be fully activated and operational within 21 Calendar days UNAMI will provide space on tower for microwave (that has height of maximum of 120 feet)and uninterrupted power supply in the equipment room. Installation, configuration of equipment and activation will be the responsibility of the vendor. MSDS information (Material Safety Data Sheet) in English and Arabic along with contact point must be posted at each storage location covering all products being used . 3.0 UNAMI intends to enter into a non-exclusive Internet Services Contract starting from 01 Nov 2019 to secure provision of recurring Internet services to main and secondary server rooms . IMPORTANT NOTE: UNAMI may consider split award provided all mandatory requirements are met and it is commercially viable 4.0 The service should be executed by qualified and experienced company, based on Scope of work (SOW), Specifications, Plans, UN General Conditions of Contracts and other related documents which will be provided later on by UNAMI to qualified companies who express their interest and respond to this EOI 5.0 For this purpose, UNAMI will undertake a competitive bidding exercise shortly, accordingly would issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to those companies who would express their interest and provide initial relevant information as to their ability to fulfill UNAMI’s requirement. 6.0 Please note on the following: • This EOI is not an invitation to submit a bid/proposal. • UNAMI reserves the right in selecting the invitees for the competitive bidding based on substantial and proven records of performance in the subject field of activities and mere expressing an interest would not automatically warrant for RFP document. • UNAMI reserves the right to reject EOIs received after the above deadline.