EGERTON
P.O Box 536-20115
Egerton-Kenya
UNIVERSITY
(051) 2217989
(051) 2113248
ADDENDUM NOTICE NO.1 27th June, 2024
15th Jun, 2024
Egerton University had invited bidders via tender notice published on the Public Procurement Information Portal website https://www.tenders.go.ke and on the University website, https://www.egerton.ac.ke dated 7th June, 2024 for the tender stated below:
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Tender Number |
Description |
Bid Security | Tender Document |
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EU/ONT/31/2023-2024 |
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Database Server, Application Server, Web Portal Server and Projector for Egerton University |
2,000,000.00 Validity 150 days |
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Please take note of the following clarification/ addendum,
The following amendments are made to the specified provisions of the tender document for the Tender document for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Database Server, Application Server, Web Portal Server and Projector for Egerton University.
1. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRINCIPALTENDER DOCUMENT
Save where expressly amended by the terms of this Addendum, the Principal tender document shall continue to be in full and effect.
The provisions of this Addendum shall be deemed to have been incorporated in and shall be read as part of the principal tender Document.
2. AMENDEMENTS /CLARIFICATIONS
A. CLARIFICATION
I. TENDER SECURITY
Question:
That a bidder sought clarification as follows:
Kindly clarify under technical specifications for the DB, App and Web Server respectively;
- Two 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with 28 cores per processor (Intel®
Xeon® Silver 4309Y 2.8G, 8C/16T, 10.4GT/s, 12M Cache, Turbo, HT (105W) DDR4-2666)
Kindly clarify whether you need a 28-core or 8-core processor for the DB server because the specifications are conflicting.
- Front bays: 3.5" Chassis with up to 8 Hard Drives (SAS/SATA), 1 CPU At least Populated with a total 40TB SSD 4 bays remain empty to allow future expansion(Maximum 16x 2.5-inch (Rear bays: ● Maximum 2x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) maximum 15.36 TB NVMe drives)
Kindly clarify because this specs for Drives are conflicting.
- 8 SFF SAS/SATA (SSD) max 128 TB 20TB
Kindly clarify because for E-2300 series processor the maximum Drive bays are four(4) which means it can only accommodate HDD of 8TB or 7.68TB SSD for the App and Web server.
In view of above set of clarifications, kindly consider extending the closing date for a further one(1) week to enable prepare a comprehensive proposal.
Clarification:
That the specifications for Application and Database Web Server have been reviewed and are amended to read as below:-
a) Application and Web Server specification
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PROCESSOR MODEL |
Intel Xeon E-2300 Series |
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FORM FACTOR |
Rack Mount |
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NO. OF PROCESSOR SOCKETS |
1 |
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MAX CORES |
8 Cores |
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RAM TYPE |
DDR4 |
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MEMORY |
128 GB |
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TOTAL MEMORY SLOTS |
4 DIMMs |
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FANS |
4 fans with full redundancy |
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SUPPORTED HARD DRIVES (HOT- PLUG) |
8 SFF SAS/SATA (HDD) max 128 TB |
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STORAGE |
Populated with atleast 20TB |
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SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM |
Canonical Ubuntu Server Citrix Hypervison Microsoft Windows Server Linux Enterprise Server |
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PCIE SLOTS (EXPANSION SLOTS) |
3 PCIe Slots 1×8 Gen4 (x16 connector) |
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RAID CONTROLLER |
HBA355f |
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REDUNTANT HOT-PLUG POWER SUPPLY |
600W Platinum |
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WARRANTY |
3 YEARS |
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DATABASE SERVER SPECIFICATIONS |
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Processor |
Two 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with 28 cores per processor |
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Processor Interconnect |
Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) |
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Memory |
= > 16 DDR4 DIMM slots |
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Supports RDIMM 1 TB |
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Speed maximum 3200 MT/s |
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Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only |
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Populated with at least 256GB Ram |
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Storage Drives |
Front bays: 3.5" Chassis with up to 8 Hard Drives (SAS/SATA) At least Populated with a total 40TB |
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Storage Controllers |
Internal controllers: PERC H345, PERC H745, PERC H755, PERC H755N, HBA355i |
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Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module or Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS S2): HWRAID 2x M.2 SSDs or Internal USB |
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External PERC (RAID): PERC H840, HBA355e |
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Software RAID: S150 |
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PCIe SSD |
Maximum 16x 2.5-inch (NVMe drives) |
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PCIe Slots |
Maximum 5x PCIe Gen4 slots Maximum 1x PCie Gen3 slots |
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Embedded NIC (LOM) |
2x 1GbE LOM |
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Networking Options (OCP 3.0) |
Maximum 1 OCP 3.0 |
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USB Ports |
Front ports. 1x Dedicated iDRAC micro-USB, 1x USB 2.0, 1x VGA |
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Rear ports: 1x USB 2.0, 1x Serial (optional), 1x USB 3.0, 2 x Ethernet, 1x VGA |
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Internal port: 1x USB 3.0 (optional) |
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Rack Height |
2U rack server |
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Power Supplies |
800 W Platinum AC/100 - 240 V |
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System Management |
● Lifecycle Controller 3.x OpenManage ● QuickSync 2.0 ● OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager ● Digital License Key ● iDRAC Direct (dedicated micro-USB port) ● Easy Restore |
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Availability |
Hot-plug drives Hot-plug redundant cooling Hot-plug redundant power supplies |
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Warranty |
3 Years |
I. TENDER CLOSING/ OPENING DATE
That the tender closing/ opening date is hereby clarified to be on Wednesday,3rd July, 2024 at
11.00 a.m.
That all interested bidders are advised to strictly adhere to the addendum notice. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
Thank you.
Ag. Head of Procurement Department FOR: VICE - CHANCELLOR
