Procurement and maintenance of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) hardware components and accessories

Summary

This tender concerns the procurement and maintenance of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) hardware components and accessories for Deutsche Welle (DW) as the lead buyer, with eligible institutions from ARD participating. The procurement is structured into four lots: Lot 1 – blade/hyper-converged servers and specialised servers with maintenance; Lot 2 – storage with maintenance; Lot 3 – SAN switches with maintenance; Lot 4 – HPE maintenance/support. The process is an open procedure with price-based evaluation, incorporating discount groupings. The evaluation uses price and discount (rabatt) as key criteria, with group discounts potentially affecting the final ranking and a configuration-management component included in the offer. Bidders must meet qualification criteria and comply with contract terms; invoices are processed through DW’s centralized system.