Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2022-12-02
Buyer: Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö sr
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The purpose of this RFI is to collect information from the market for possible upcoming invitation to tender.
Aalto University is planning to find a supplier to host aalto.fi Drupal platform and its’ subpages. Requested solution needs to be PaaS  and need to meet the GDPR requirements. Solution will be integrated to version control system  (currently Gitlab) and it needs to offer tools & methods for continuous Integration (CI).
In this RFI we also request your view on how the selected service/solution will support and make possible for creation of new websites  by utilizing the joint codebase.
Note! This is NOT a prior information notice, a procurement notice, a contract notice nor an invitation to tender. This notification and/or answering to it do not create any obligations for the contracting authority or for those who choose to answer to it. The contracting authority does not pay any compensation for taking answering to this RFI. The information provided by the contracting authority is preliminary at this point and it is subject to change. Taking or not taking part in the RFI does not change the standing or status of a supplier in the procurement process.
We request you to inform us about your interest to participate in this RFI by Friday 16th of December 11:00 CET / 12:00 EET to sonja.mantyniemi@aalto.fi and to hannu.nieminen@aalto.fi (please use both names as recipient).
Please include the presentation of your company and a short description about the solution/service your company offers and how it would fit to our purpose. You can also ask questions from contracting authority if anything unclear.
Contracting authority may use the information it receives during the RFI process for the planning and preparation of the actual invitation to tender.
Aalto University reserves the right to invite suppliers for further discussions regarding this RFI to obtain information to necessary extent on market and suppliers providing relevant services, give out information regarding the needs of Aalto University and to clarify any issues related to the object of the procurement.
The purpose of this RFI is to collect information from the market for possible upcoming invitation to tender.
Aalto University is planning to find a supplier to host aalto.fi Drupal platform and its’ subpages. Provided solution needs to be PaaS  and need to meet the GDPR requirements. Solution will be integrated to version control system  (currently Gitlab) and it needs to offer tools & methods for continuous Integration (CI).
In this RFI we request your view on how the selected service/solution will support and make possible for creation of new websites  by utilizing the joint codebase.
Note! This is NOT a prior information notice, a procurement notice, a contract notice nor an invita-tion to tender. This notification and/or answering to it do not create any obligations for the contracting authority or for those who choose to answer to it. The contracting authority does not pay any compensation for taking answering to this RFI. The information provided by the contracting authority is preliminary at this point and it is subject to change. Taking or not taking part in the RFI does not change the standing or status of a supplier in the procurement process.
Aalto University is a multidisciplinary foundation university as provided in the Universities Act (558/2009) and has started operations in the beginning of 2010.
Aalto University has six schools in the fields of science, technology, business and art with nearly 20000 students and 4500 employees. Aalto University is building internationally com-petitive edge by combining knowledge from different disciplines to identify and solve complex challenges, and to educate future visionaries and experts.