Issuing Organization
Mhlontlo Local Municipality
Location
Eastern Cape
Closing Date
20 Mar 2026
Tender Type
Request for Information
Delivery Location
Kumkani Mhlontlo Municipality 96 General Mabindla Street - Qumbu - Qumbu - 5180
Organization Type
GOVERNMENT
Published
04 Feb 2026
OCDS Reference
ocds-9t57fa-146489
Municipality seeks a 36-month ICT server infrastructure solution with off-site disaster recovery; suitable for ICT integrators with dr capabilities. NO compulsory briefing; respond to the RFI by 20 mar 2026.
Median Estimate
R 800 000
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Kumkani Mhlontlo Municipality 96 General Mabindla Street - Qumbu - Qumbu - 5180
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Date & Time
Friday, 20 March 2026 - 12:00
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Information and Communication Technology plays an important role in local government by
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improving responsiveness, increasing efficiency, transparency and enhancing service delivery to the
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communities. The use of ICT in local government includes the use of latest technologies in
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administration to simplify the operations in various systems used for day-to-day for service delivery
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purposes.
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The Kumkani Mhlontlo Local Municipality is inviting all suitable qualified and experienced service
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provider to submit proposals for ICT Server infrastructure support and maintenance, extension of
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Original Equipment Manufacturer (EOM) warranty and software licenses including offsite Disaster
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Recovery for a period of 36 Months (3) Years. The Municipality has a solution in place being
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managed by a service provider. However, the contract is coming to an end and the municipality is
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sourcing the services of other service provider to continue with the service.
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2. SCOPE TO WORK
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• The service provider is required to Support, hosting and maintenance of off-site Disaster
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Recovery (DR) to the Kumkani Mhlontlo local Municipality.
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• The service provider will be required to provide disaster recovery solutions compatible with
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Microsoft windows and VMware platform.
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• The service provider will be responsible for replication schedule between production and
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DR sites.
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• The service provider must ensure data is encrypted between the different platforms when
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at rest, in motion or in use.
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• The service provider will be responsible for managing the link between the municipal
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premises to the DR site.
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• The service provider will be responsible to test and ensure data is recoverable.
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• The service provider must also ensure a backup of municipal data is kept in a remote site
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located in South Africa.
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• The service provider must perform four (4) DR tests per annum for critical systems and
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applications.
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• The provisioning of DR services must cater for all municipal legacy systems as well as
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latest platforms, software versions, databases and system upgrades.
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• Provide pricing schedule according to Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time
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Objective (RTO) with proposed Service level agreement (SLA)
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• Municipal RTO for critical systems is 8 hours and 24 hours for RPO.
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HPE additional/extensions of warranties and technical support products for a period of thirty-six (36)
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months for the below listed existing servers namely:
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• HPE Remote Tech Support
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• HPE Hardware Tech Support
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• HPE HW Maintenance Onsite Support (Parts replacement)
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Item Product Equipment type Serial Quantity
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Number Number
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1 P28948-B21 HPE DL360 Gen10+ 8SFF NC CZJ3160XVQ 1
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CTO Svr
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2 P28948-B21 HPE DL360 Gen10+ 8SFF NC CZJ3160XVR 1
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CTO Svr
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3 P05174-B21 HPE DL380 Gen10+ 12LFF NC CZ23170307 1
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CTO Svr
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4 R0Q85B HPE MSA 1060 16Gb FC SFF ACV313W3M7 1
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Storage
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Extension of software licenses and support on the below environment server software:
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Item Server Software Quantity
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Number
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1 VMware 1
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2 Veeam Enterprise Plus 10
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No specific requirements found
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04 Feb
2026
Tender Published
Tender was published
20 Mar
2026
Closing Date
Tender closing date
Tender document for Provision of the municipal ICT server infrastructure support and maintenance including off-site disaster recovery for a period of 36 months (002).pdf
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Kumkani Mhlontlo Local Municipality is a local government in the OR Tambo District of the Eastern Cape.
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