Connectivity to the SWIFT Interbank Network (SWICONN3)
Item Details:
- Organisation: European Union
- Reference Number: European Union
- Published: 17/10/2022
- Deadline: 17/11/2022 at 12:00 hours
- Time zone: Local time
- Street: Rue Montoyer 15
- City: Brussels
- Country: Belgium
- Zip/Postal Code: 1049
- Expires: This ad has expired
Item Description:
The European Commission is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
The European Commission, DG BUDG – Budget, referred to below as the contracting authority, is planning to award the contract resulting from the above procurement procedure. The procurement documents consist of the contract notice, the invitation letter, the draft contract and tender specifications with their respective annexes. All documents are available in the attached ZIP File.
Subject of this call for tenders
The subject of this call for tenders is to provide connectivity services to the SWIFT Interbank Network (SWICONN3). Connectivity to the SWIFT Interbank Network (SWICONN3).
This call for tenders is divided into 2 lots:
Lot 1 “OSCAR” (Odd lines)
The lot 1 covers the installation, configuration, and maintenance of 2 leased lines operating in Alliance Connect Gold setups, one for each of the Telecom Centres (WINDHOF and HOST) as detailed in the Annex 7.
Lot 2 “ECHO” (Even lines)
The lot 2 covers the installation, configuration, and maintenance of 2 leased lines operating in Alliance Connect Gold setups, one for each of the Telecom Centres (WINDHOF and HOST) as detailed in the Annex 7.
Segregation of providers
For its Alliance Connect Gold solution, SWIFT “highly recommends” that customers use two different Network Partners to benefit from the highest resilience and service level (cf. namely Alliance Connect Gold Service Description SWIFT document).
The Contracting Authority follows this recommendation and for this purpose has defined the two lots detailed in points 1.3.1 and 1.3.2. of the Tender Specifications.
Important: The tenderer must submit an offer for each lot.
Background and objectives
The Contracting Authority, through its BUDGET Directorate-general, uses SWIFT to communicate payment instructions within the framework of the execution of the European Union budget.
In order to fulfil its missions, the Contracting Authority needs four secured certified leased lines to connect its financial systems to the SWIFT network (two per data centres).
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