IT infrastructure equipment for railway applications – 2026

Summary

The tender covers the supply of virtualization infrastructure hardware and related services to support railway applications. The contracting authority seeks hardware based on Nutanix or an equivalent solution that is compatible with its existing production environment. The technical specification includes, among other items, HPE ProLiant DX385 Gen11 and Nutanix HPE DL360 Gen12 server configurations with processors, memory, NVMe drives, network equipment and cables. The supplier must install, configure and test the equipment and perform its initial start-up. The price must include three years of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure and Nutanix Cloud Manager licences for all cores in the new servers. The equipment must be delivered to the IP location specified in the tender documents in Lisbon, and the maximum period for delivery and work is 45 days from contract signature. The equipment must be new and no more than six months may elapse between manufacture and delivery. It is covered by a three-year warranty, including technical assistance, repair or replacement at no additional cost. The estimated value is EUR 360,000 excluding VAT; price is the sole award criterion. The contract is not divided into lots, and variant bids are not permitted. Bids must be submitted electronically by 30 October 2026 at 17:00. The submission must include the European Single Procurement Document, a price offer using the prescribed form and a technical data sheet for the servers. The bid must be in Portuguese; the server data sheet may be in English. The bid must be signed using a qualified certificate. The procurement programme states that bids must remain valid for 66 days, whereas the contract notice states 120 days; bidders should verify this discrepancy in the official tender documents. The successful bidder must also provide the required insurance documents and occupational risk-prevention plan.