Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-09-16
Buyer: NORDUnet
Country: DK
Region: DK011
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30000000 | 30200000 | 30210000 | 30233100 | 30234000
Estimated value: 480000 EUR
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The scope of this tender is to secure a new storage system for the NORDUnet I/O intensive Media Management services. The storage system is also used as general-purpose storage, but the performance driver is the Media Services. The current storage system is based on IBM ESS, installed in two data centres in the Copenhagen area. Due to performance we are looking for a system based on disc or flash storage media.
Common for the media services are that they provide fine grained access control to the content, so no videos are served directly from storage to the end consumer.
The media files cover a wide range of sizes, as both length and resolution vary greatly from very short clips to feature length recordings of lectures. 
The new system must ensure high availability, scalability, and performance to meet the demanding needs of NORDUnet's Media Management services. Additionally, it must be compliant with the latest security standards to safeguard the sensitive research and educational content stored within.
The procurement will be conducted through an open procedure.
Potential bidders are expected to demonstrate their capability to deliver a robust and future-proof system, highlighting their previous experience in providing similar solutions, their technical expertise, and their commitment to ongoing support and maintenance.
Options
• The contract will include an initial purchase of a redundant storage system and at least 2 Peta bytes of usable storage per site, including 5 years support.
• There is an option for additional upgrades of the storage capacity in steps of 1 Peta byte of usable storage. The option can be executed one time per calendar year, with 3 months’ notice anytime within the initial contract period.
The criterion “TCO (Price)” is evaluated on the “Evaluation Key” found in tab “TCO” in the document “Vol 3 TCO reply form.

Initial Scoring Method:
The following scoring method will be applied as a default:
• A maximum of 40 points is awarded to Tenders with a TCO evaluation key score of 35 or lower.
• A score of 0 points is awarded to Tenders with a TCO evaluation key score of 55 or higher.
• Tenders with a TCO evaluation key score between 35 and 55 will receive points calculated by linear interpolation between these thresholds.

A graph is shown and adjustments are described in the ITT.
This sub-criterion is evaluated based on the responses provided by the Bidder to the Evaluation Criteria outlined in the document “Volume 2 – Statement of Requirements”.

The sub-criterion “Answer to Evaluation Criteria (Quality)” has been further divided into four (4) categories, referred to as part-criteria, each of which is assigned a specific weight as detailed in Table 2 above. Within each category, there are multiple evaluation criteria, each with an individual weight reflecting its relative importance. The weight of the part-criteria and evaluation criteria is listed in the Detailed Scoring Sheet document.

The maximum total score for all weighted evaluation criteria within this sub-criterion is 60, which corresponds to the total weight of the sub-criterion 'Answer to Evaluation Criteria (Quality).' A total score of 60 represents the highest and most desirable outcome.


Winner: Atea A/S
Award value: 480000
Number of bids: 5