Several big ticket contracts have been awarded in recent months.The Department of Defence, through its version of the State IT Agency, Armscor, has awarded IT companies contracts worth over R18 million in recent months.
In November, Armscor awarded Belay Knowledge Management a R771 440 deal for a Verity upgrade, as well as SharePoint modules. Real IRM scored a R500 000 contract at the Naval Dockyard in Simon`s Town, near Cape Town, and The Document Warehouse was paid R34 200 for “rendering an off-site archival service”. This was a follow-on contract from a R573 908.97 tender awarded in September.
Datacentrix was paid R1 355 387 in September for unspecified equipment and software. Business Connexion received R620 709.36 for a server blade purchase and maintenance, the deal being a continuation of work won in a bid in 2006. T-Systems won a R12 767 963.83 contract in June to render an “IT service to Armscor” and the agency paid Rentworks R43 213.42 to rent computer equipment.
Other noteworthy contracts awarded recently are:
Reference |
Description |
Value |
Vendor |
Date awarded |
ETEL/2006/254 |
Supply, delivery and installation of transmission (SDH and PDH) equipment |
R39 126 436.00 |
30 Mar 2007 |
|
ETEL/2006/269 |
Supply, installation and testing of Siemens Hipath 4500, Hipath 3000 and Hipath 2000 PABX Systems and upgrade of Hipath 4300 PABX System |
R2 904 630.78 |
7 Dec 2006 |
|
ETEL/2006/272 |
Supply of Vocality V100 multiplexers, documentation and training to the SANDF |
R1 628 852.90 |
18 Oct 2006 |
|
ETEL/2006/293 |
Supply satellite RF subsystem (Terrasat or Viasat) to the SANDF |
R1 796 603.20 |
3 Nov 2006 |
|
ETEL/2006/294 |
Supply and installation of Viasat Linkway 2100 satellite modem subsystems for the SANDF |
R476 821.00 |
7 Dec 2006 |
|
ETEL/2006/322 |
Supply and installation of electronic private automatic branch exchanges for the SA Air Force |
R6 662 885.34 |
9 Nov 2006 |
|
ETEL/2006/335 |
Cisco router and switching equipment |
R1 681 370.00 |
26 Oct 2006 |
|
ETEL/2006/360 |
Preliminary hazard analysis to determine the level of software assurance in terms of RTCA DO-278/ED-109 for a radio switching system for the South African Air Force |
R120 140.00 |
9 Feb 2007 |
|
EEQP/2006/634 |
Software safety assurance and certification support |
R2 645 816.00 |
5 Apr 2007 |
|
EQIT/2006/474 |
Supply, installation, configuration and maintenance of a high-availability server platform to consolidate and virtualise the server environment at Armscor head office |
R5 225 575.02 |
3 Jan 2007 |
|
EQIT/2006/536 |
Supply of thin client devices to Armscor and subsidiaries |
R882 000.00 |
24 Jan 2007 |
|
EQIT/2006/582 |
Supply, installation, configuration and maintenance of a high-availability storage platform to consolidate the storage environment at Armscor head office |
R2 478 322.97 |
28 Mar 2007 |
|
IMN/S2006/0020 |
Microsoft software |
R5 429 415.00 |
29 Mar 2007 |
|
IMN/S2007/0021 |
Microsoft software |
R289 554.24 |
19 Apr 2007 |
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