WAN Connectivity for the Government of Malta

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) announces that the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) intends publishing a Call for Tenders (CfT), later this year, for the procurement of fibre connectivity services connecting various government Ministries, Departments and Entities across Malta and Gozo to MITA’s two Data Centres. The current fibre connectivity …

CPV: 32400000 Hálózatok
A végrehajtás helye:
WAN Connectivity for the Government of Malta
Díjat odaítélő szervezet:
Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA)
Díj száma:

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA)
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : WAN Connectivity for the Government of Malta
Description : This Prior Information Notice (PIN) announces that the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) intends publishing a Call for Tenders (CfT), later this year, for the procurement of fibre connectivity services connecting various government Ministries, Departments and Entities across Malta and Gozo to MITA’s two Data Centres. The current fibre connectivity contract end date is 15th March 2027. MITA is issuing this PIN and eventual CfT at such an advanced timeframe to allow sufficient time for the selected Tenderer – duly licensed by the Malta Communications Authority to provide the services being requested – to plan and carry out works from their end to be able to provide the connectivity (the service) by beginning 2027. The fibre connectivity services are estimated at approximately €800,000 per annum (given the amount of current sites and their bandwidth). Currently, the number of government sites that make use of fibre connectivity amount to approximately 381 sites with 132 of these sites having dual fibre connectivity, whereby two fibre links are installed through totally separate physical routes. This is an essential requirement to ensure a high level of service uptime to these critical sites. Refer to Appendix A for a list of the current government sites, corresponding address and type of fibre connectivity installed. New sites can be added, or existing ones removed at any time, depending on client exigencies, also throughout the term of the procurement. Envisaged setup As part of this procurement, Ministry Chief Information Officers (CIOs), through MITA, will be able to procure either single fibre or dual fibre connectivity with speeds ranging between 100Mbps to 1Gbps. MITA will limit procurement to 3 or 4 specific options e.g. 100Mbps/250Mbps/500Mbps and 750Mbps. The connectivity to be provided between each site provisioned and MITA’s Data Centres must be over Layer 2 through the allocation of a number of VLANs per site. Through this procurement, MITA also intends to procure internet connectivity with DDoS protection, to be installed either centrally within MITA’s Data Centres, or if required within a client site. Network traffic flowing through the site links mentioned above will be aggregated at MITA’s Data Centres in Santa Venera and Mater Dei Hospital (MDH) on 10Gbps aggregation links such that it is then forwarded to the various services that would need to be consumed by government users e.g. internet, email, cloud services. Refer to the diagram uploaded on https://procurement.mita.gov.mt/ for a high-level overview representing this traffic flow. The links highlighted in green in the diagram available in the link will be procured as part of the new ‘WAN Connectivity for Government’ CfT.

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 32400000 Networks

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Malta
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA)
Registration number : MT19134013
Department : Finance and Contracts Department (MITA)
Postal address : Gattard House, National Road
Town : Blata Bajda
Postcode : HMR 9010
Country : Malta
Telephone : +356 21234710
Fax : +356 21234701
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : b33ca49f-0d80-4dfd-aa48-c62e2bc3d2e4 - 01
Form type : Planning
Notice type : Notice of the publication of a prior information notice or a periodic information notice on a buyer profile
Notice subtype : 1
Notice dispatch date : 2024-03-05+01:00 12:04:26+01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00137204-2024
OJ S issue number : 47/2024
Publication date : 2024-03-06Z