This Terms of Reference (ToR) covers the evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the ICT environments of The Government’s Off Premise Data Centre (gCloud), On-Premise Data Centre (Cable Beach), and the wide area network infrastructure (g-Net)

Background

The Government of The Bahamas has made several graduated steps over the years in its digitization efforts.  In 2001 it started with the Government Wide Area Network (GWAN) and the first official web site, and in 2010 there was a move to a new GWAN, and the launch of the e-Government Online Portal inclusive of online services.  In 2015 a new wide area network, gNet, and the off premise data centre, gCloud, were launched.  A Disaster Recovery site was also established in 2010 and had upgrades over the ensuing years.

In 2019 the Government initiated another step with the “Government Digitization for Competitive Strengthening” Project.  This initiative by the end of five years will boast over 200 online services, an interoperability platform, and a new centralized e-government portal.

In preparation for this new phase, the Government thought it prudent to carry out a thorough and in-depth evaluation of its current infrastructure not only to determine its readiness but to ensure that the current environment is working at standard or better and, if not, to have a determination of what is required to get it optimally ready.

Interested bidders are to obtain the full TOR from www.bahamas.gov.bs or https://suppliers.gov.bs/ or by clicking the link below:

• Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Environment of the Government of The Bahamas

The Proposal must be submitted no later than 24 June 2020 at 5:00 p.m. local time

NOTE:  THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE TOR BUT AN ADVERTISEMENT