NSLC REFERENCE NO: SR-19-L-15

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1 REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFER TO PROVIDE EXTERNAL DATA CENTRE HOSTING COLOCATION NOVA SCOTIA LIQUOR CORPORATION 93 CHAIN LAKE DRIVE HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA NSLC REFERENCE NO: SR-19-L-15 NSLC Contact: Stephen Bayer, Manager Procurement & Tendering

2 1. Request for Standing Offer to supply external Colocation/Hosting services for the primary data center of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) for a two year period, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods for a total of five years, as per specifications. 2. The NSLC policy is to ensure that all firms interested in becoming government suppliers shall be given equitable access to contract opportunities, except that consideration may be shown to Atlantic Provinces suppliers, manufacturers and contractors whenever practical and economically feasible to do so, consistent with The Atlantic Procurement Agreement. 3. The Tender Response Form must be ed to Tenders@myNSLC.com prior to the tender closing date of August 14, ADT (Halifax local time). Please indicate the Tender Reference Number and Title on the s subject line. 4. The Tender Response Form must be completely filled out and signed. 5. Inquiries concerning this RSO are to be directed to Stephen Bayer, Manager Procurement & Tendering at stephen.bayer@mynslc.com and must be submitted no later than Tuesday August 11, Late proposals received after the closing date and time will be disqualified from competition. 7. Notification of successful bidder will be communicated to all unsuccessful suppliers immediately after the tender is awarded. 8. All submissions are subject to evaluation after opening and before award of contract. Submissions may be evaluated not only on the submitted price, but also on quality of goods, delivery, availability of supply, parts, servicing and the capacity of the respondent to meet the requirements of the procurement in accordance with the criteria stated in the tender document. On request, unsuccessful respondents are entitled to receive an explanation and a debriefing on their submission. All buying activity will attempt to seek out best value, which maximizes the effectiveness and profitability to the Corporation. 9. The NSLC is not obliged to award lowest proposal and reserves the right to re address the requirement should there be reasonable doubt that prices received are not competitive. This tender implies no obligation on the NSLC to accept this response or any response submitted. 10. The NSLC reserves the right to reject any or all bids. This tender implies no obligation on the NSLC to accept this bid or any bid submitted and has the right to cancel this tender if required. 2

3 11. The NSLC reserves the right at any time, with 30 days written notice, to cancel the contract with the successful proponent without giving specific reason. 12. All respondents should be aware only contracts or amendments signed by the President or designate of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation will be valid. 13. All contracts resulting from this tender will be governed under the laws of Nova Scotia. 14. Changes/amendments to Bid Submissions may be accepted by provided they are properly identified by company name, reference number and due date and are received by the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation prior to closing date and time. Amendment is to identify change in price only, not revealing the amount of the original bid submitted. For example your Amendment must state: Change (decrease/or increase) to the original bid excluding HST is $10, Do not show any HST as this is no longer required. Please use form provided. 15. Respondents should ensure that all calculations and totals are correct. If any discrepancies/errors are noted in the evaluation process, the unit price will prevail. 16. The respondent shall indicate in his tender form that he has based his prices on the specifications and all addenda issued during this course of tendering. All pricing must be in Canadian Funds, with FOB warehouse, unless otherwise specified. 17. The respondent shall ensure that he has in his possession at the time of submission, all addenda that may have been issued. Confirmation can be obtained by checking the tender document as posted on the Public Tenders website at Bid Evaluation Criteria: As outlined in the Specifications. 3

4 NOVA SCOTIA LIQUOR CORPORATION TENDER RESPONSE FORM NSLC REFERENCE NO. SR-19-L-15 STANDING OFFER TO PROVIDE EXTERNAL DATA CENTRE HOSTING COLOCATION, AS PER SPECIFICATIONS. For: The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation 93 Chain Lake Drive Bayers Lake Business Park Halifax, Nova Scotia B3S 1A3 From: I fully understand the requirements and specifications of the above Tender, and submit the following prices (Canadian Funds): Total shown below must include Complete Price to supply all services as per Specifications, EXCLUDING HST. TOTAL (Canadian Funds) $ PLEASE STATE TWO YEAR PRICE GUARANTEE: YES Price confirmed for two years, with option to renew for three additional one year periods. PLEASE STATE DELIVERY (AVAILABILITY)TIMEFRAME: WEEKS FROM PO ISSUE Signature: Printed Name/ Position Title: Company: Address: Date: Fax No.: Telephone No.: 4

5 NOVA SCOTIA LIQUOR CORPORATION AMENDMENT TO BID SUBMISSION Please this form to the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation before the tender closing date and time. Date & Time: Company: Re: Tender # SR-19-L-15 Number of Pages: MESSAGE: With reference to the above mentioned project, please adjust our sealed tender as follows: INCREASE BY: OR DECREASE BY: $ to the lump sum $ to the lump sum No tax portion is required. OFFICIAL SIGNATURE: 5

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7 SPECIFICATIONS External Data Centre Hosting Colocation REQUIREMENTS: Project Purpose/Description The purpose of this Request for Standing Offer (RSO) is to supply external Colocation/Hosting services for the primary data center of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC). These specifications provide vendors with the relevant architectural requirements of the system. The new data center is to be an extension of the existing data center for the short to medium term due to dependencies on the core networking equipment at head office. Existing Architecture The NSLC currently houses its primary data center at the head office location (93 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax, NS). The disaster recovery site is at another location in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Current state

8 Future state Current Hardware Dell M1000e blade chassis containing: o 10 Dell PowerEdge M620 o 2 Dell Force10 MXL blade switches o 2 Dell PowerConnect M6220 blade switches Dell Compellent SAN o 2 SC8000 controllers o 4 SC200 disk shelves Dell Equallogic PS6100 (fully populated with 600 GB SAS disks) Dell Equallogic PS6100 (fully populated with 6 x 400 GB SSD and 17 x 600 GB SAS) 2 Dell Force10 S5000 switches (each with 1 x 12 port 10 GB SFP module) 2 Cisco 3750G switches IBM Power 720 Oracle Database Appliance (V1) 3 Dell PowerEdge R720 servers 2 Citrix Netscaler 7500 The majority of this equipment connects to two metered power distribution units (PDUs), with a total power draw of approximately 3.5 kw. The current count on rack space is

9 approximately 50u, so two full racks will be required to accommodate and provide space for future growth. WAN Connection Requirements Resilient 1 GBPS fiber optic connectivity to head office (layer 2) with capacity for future expansion Proposal for options for connectivity between the new data centre and the existing DR site in the event that connectivity to head office is lost Carrier neutral Other Requirements Data centre located within 35 km radius of NSLC Head Office (93 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax, NS) Fully redundant power infrastructure Fully redundant UPS Fully redundant power generators Fully redundant cooling capacity Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) Fire Suppression System Physical separation of power and data cabling Monitored physical access and CCTV security throughout data center Bid Evaluation Criteria Step 1 Conforms to Specifications Pass / Fail Step 2 Price Delivery Timeframe Total 100%