NNPC PRIMARY MPLS/VPN Enterprise Wide Area Network
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MPLS/WAN/VPN Bandwidth
Services at NNPC Nodal Hubs
Bid Document
September 2013
Information Systems Department
NNPC PRIMARY MPLS/VPN Enterprise Wide Area Network
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1. Invitation to Bidders
The invitation is to bid for the Provision of Primary WAN/MPLS/VPN based Bandwidth
Services to interconnect six (6) NNPC regional hubs with the Corporate Headquarters
Abuja.
The bidders are advised to study the tender document carefully. Submission of bids shall
be deemed to have been done after careful study and examination of the tender
document with full understanding of its implications.
This section provides general information about the Issuer.
Issuer
Information Systems Department, NNPC
Contact Person(s)
The following NNPC contacts may be reached for questions or clarifications
regarding the invitation to bid, service requirements or any other business related
to the Provision of Primary WAN/MPLS/VPN based Bandwidth Services at NNPC
Nodal Hubs:
1. Manager Networks, Information Technology Division
Block B, 3rd Floor, Room 23, NNPC Towers
: +234 (0)9 46082339
: network[email protected]
2. Project Manager (Provision of Primary WAN/MPLS/VPN based
Bandwidth Services at NNPC Nodal Hubs)
Block B,2nd Floor, Room 26, NNPC Towers
: +234 (0)9 46082220
:[email protected]
3. Address for Bid Submission and Correspondence The Secretary, E& T Dexcom Tenders Board, block A 10th, Floor room 1. NNPC Towers, Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja
mailto:[email protected]
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2. Project Profile
2.1 Statement of Purpose
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (otherwise called NNPC or the Corporation)
is desirous of providing a secure MPLS/VPN based Enterprise Wide Area Network as her
Primary and main connectivity between its CHQ and its Strategic Business Units and other
remote locations. This is to enable effective communication and collaboration, and to
extend shared services to users enterprise-wide. The required services will be high-speed
Fiber Optics (FOC) based managed data network services built on Multi-Protocol Label
Service (MPLS) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) across the six (6) NNPC Nodal Hubs.
2.2 Service Coverage
The NNPC locations to be covered by the service are as follows:
NNPC CHQ, Abuja
ITD Centre, Lagos
KRPC, Kaduna
WRPC, Warri
PPMC Area Office, Mosimi
ITD Centre, Benin
PHRC, Port Harcourt.
Bidders are expected to visit these locations for physical assessments.
2.3 Supported Applications
The following services amongst others will be carried across the link:
Exchange Email/SMTP
Active Directory
SAP
SUN Account
Microsoft Lync
Video/Voice Conferencing
Internet and Web Services
Database Services
Printing Services etc.
2.4 Envisaged Outcome
The implementation of the NNPC Primary and Main MPLS/VPN Based Enterprise
Wide Area Network Project is expected to provide:
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1. Highly available and seamless interconnectivity between the CHQ and the six
(6) NNPC Regional Hubs across the country;
2. An avenue for extending NNPC Enterprise Services across the Corporation
3. Scope of Work
3.1 Required Service
The proposed implementation shall be entirely service based; the bidder is
expected to own and provide the required Fiber Optics and radio links to the
regional offices backhauling the traffic to the head office. NNPC shall provide
appropriate connecting points to the WAN Providers installed Customer Edge (CE)
Cisco Routers at each location. The solution should allow for pool of bandwidth to
ensure end to end quality of service (Qos) from customer edge (CE) at the Regional
Nodes to the customer edge (CE) at the CHQ Abuja.
The project scope is as follows:
1.1 CHQ-Hubs Connectivity
1.1.1 Establish MPLS/VPN connection between the regional hubs and CHQ with
appropriate data security across the WAN
1.1.2 Installation of dual redundant links at each site, fibre on the primary link
and point to point licensed microwave radio on the secondary link to
guarantee 99.5% availability of service
1.1.3 Termination of links on two (2) separate managed Customer Edge (CE)
Cisco Routers provided by the Service Provider; The managed CE routers
will connect to the NNPC designated Local Network edge device(s) at the
respective sites
1.1.4 Implement end to end Quality of Service(Qos) between the Nodal Hubs
and the Head office, This will be implemented after analysing the traffic
(bulk data, best effort, transactional data, mission critical, call signalling,
voice and Video traffic etc.) for traffic priotization, congestion
management and avoidance based on NNPC Preference
1.1.5 Develop and build human Capacity in the Management of Wide Area
Networks (WAN) and end-user monitoring
1.1.6 Implement Network Management Solution for the WAN; Granular
statistics should be made available by the SP for all the links, which should
be accessible to NNPC 24/7
1.1.7 Testing and Commissioning
1.1.8 Ensure full HSE compliance at all locations
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Kaduna Area
Benin Area
Warri Area
PH Area
Lagos AreaKRPC
ITD CentrePHRC
ITD Centre
WRPC
MPLS VPN Cloud
CHQ Abuja
Mosimi AreaDR Centre
Implementation design
3.2 Required Bandwidth
The required bandwidth for each location is as follows:
1. Abuja CHQ - 60MBPS
2. Lagos - 10Mbps
3. Kaduna - 10Mbps
4. Warri - 10Mbps
5. Benin - 10Mbps
6. Port Harcourt - 10Mbps
7. Mosimi - 20Mbps
3.3 Required Availability
The required availability is 99.5%. Checks for compliance will be done at the
discretion of NNPC and penalties will be as contained in a Service Level Agreement
to be adopted.
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3.4 Network Management
The bidder shall offer management and reporting interface to NNPC on a 24x7
basis. Bidders must provide a complete range of monitoring tools specifically
designed to help NNPC keep track of bandwidth usage patterns in each site.
Provision of this service and tools to be provided in this regards MUST be clearly
stated in the bidders technical submission.
3.5 Documentations
The bidder shall be responsible for preparing documentations relating to the
provided services and shall present a copy to NNPC.
4. Tender Requirements
4.1 General Requirements
You are requested to submit to NNPC a proposal based on the tender documents
for the NNPC Primary MPLS/VPN Enterprise Wide Area Network Project.
The inquiry document consists of the following:
a) Invitation to Bid
b) Bid Document
c) Appendix I Bid Form
d) Appendix II Vendors Information Questionnaire
e) Appendix III Cost Breakdown Structure
f) Any addendum issued by NNPC before the bid closing date
You are to confirm that all applicable documents stated herein are in your
possession, and if any prove to be missing, please inform NNPC in order to obtain
same promptly.
4.2 Submission of Proposal
Submission of Documents/Closing Date
All completed bids should be submitted in two (2) separate envelopes marked
TECHNICAL, and COMMERCIAL respectively. Each of these should consist of one (1)
original and one (1) copy duly signed by the bidders executive representative.
PLEASE NOTE THAT TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BIDS SHOULD BE PUT IN SEPARATE
ENVELOPES, ALSO NO ELEMENT OF PRICING SHOULD BE CONTAINED IN THE TECHNICAL
BID. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION
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Proposals should be submitted in sealed envelopes and clearly marked Provision of
WAN/MPLS/VPN based Enterprise Wide Area Network between the NNPC CHQ and her
Strategic Business Units, addressed and returned to the address below.
The Secretary E&T Dexcom Tender Board Block A, 10th Floor. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District Abuja The closing date for the submission of bids is three (3) weeks from the date of
advertisement in the National dailies. Kindly indicate the name of the bidder at the
back of the envelope.
4.3 Proposal Format and Content
To ensure that NNPC receives all the information necessary to reach a decision on
selection of vendor to undertake NNPC Primary MPLS/VPN Enterprise Wide
Area Network Project., bidders are requested to submit their proposals in the
format described below:
4.4 Technical Submission
The Technical submission shall incl
