Single Party Framework Agreement the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and associated services to Dublin City Council

Description

Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and Associated Services with a 24/7/365 SLA to provide email transport, security and filtering, to include live statistics, reporting, email continuity and supplementary services. A managed DNS services is also required, to include registration, maintenance and hosting of the DCC’s DNS records. The approach must be a software as a service (SaaS) solution with no local installation required.The framework period will be for 4 years.However, contracts may be awarded which extend beyond the lifetime of the Framework.An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months,at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council. Lot 1: Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and Associated Services with a 24/7/365 SLA to provide email transport, security and filtering, to include live statistics, reporting, email continuity and supplementary services. A managed DNS services is also required, to include registration, maintenance and hosting of the DCC’s DNS records. The approach must be a software as a service (SaaS) solution with no local installation required. The framework period will be for four years. However, contracts may be awarded which extend beyond the lifetime of the Framework. An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for two further periods of 12 months, at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council. DCC may award additional contracts in respect of other related services including but not limited to additional cover, per diem drawdowns, additional related services etc. during the course of the Framework. DCC fully reserves the right not to use this framework and to engage the services of Third Party partners in respect of other available framework agreements or contracts.