Provision of Managed Services and Works for the ECB Unified Communication and Collaboration (EUCC) Solutions

Description

The European Central Bank (ECB) awarded contracts to provide and manage the ECB unified telecommunication and collaboration services, telecommunication connectivity services and trading communication/collaboration services. The ECB established one framework contract with a single operator for each lot. Lot 1: Managed ECB Unified Telecommunication and Collaboration Services The ECB established a framework agreement with a managed service provider, aiming at modernising the existing telephony and communication infrastructure with a state-of-the-art and standardised solution. Lot 2: Telecommunication Connectivity Services The ECB established a framework agreement with a managed service provider for telecommunication and network connectivity services to migrate the current ISDN based PSTN service to an All-IP SIP Trunking solution that is to be integrated in the MS Teams platform deployed by the ECB. This includes respective hardware (e.g. session boarder controllers (SBC)). Furthermore, other telecommunication connectivity services (e.g. DSL connections and/or other kinds of telecommunication lines) will be required, as well as respective managed services. Lot 3: Trading Communication/Collaboration Services The ECB established a framework agreement with a managed service provider to provide telecommunication facilities specific for the traders at the ECB, including trading devices that allow the traders to fulfill their daily tasks, procedures and activities integrating with the services described in lot 1 and lot 2.