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[null,null,"3600/14/11/2023 - Managed Bandwidth Links for the South African National Research Network (SANReN) to the CSIR."]
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[null,null,"INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS"]
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[1,null,"The bidder must complete the technical evaluation in full."]
[{"$f":"A5+1","v":2},null,"Adherence to the format of the compliance matrix is compulsory."]
[{"$f":"A6+1","v":3},null,"The Technical Compliance Matrix is a summary of the submission.  Bidders are encouraged to provide supporting documentation separately. Bidders are also requested to reference the applicable section in the supporting documentation per criterion where applicable."]
[4,null,"Bidders must provide responses to each criterion. Bidders must note how each criteria will be evaluated and the applicable score for each criterion."]
[5,null,"The bidder will fail the evaluation if they score 0 for any criterion. "]
[6,null,"Proposals with a weighted technical score of less than the pre-determined minimum overall percentage or less than each specific minimum in the technical Compliance Matrix on any of the individual criteria will be eliminated from further evaluation."]
[7,null,"The following table summarises the expected response in each column for each individual criterion. "]
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[null,null,"General Criteria (Quality, Reliability, Technical Capability of Tenderer, Viability, and Durability)"]
[null,null,"Criterion Name","Required Response","Evaluation Method","Response","Score"]
[null,null,"Column will contain the name of the criterion being evaluated","Column will describe the response that SANReN expects","Column will describe how SANReN will evaluate the response","The Bidder will have to select between\n● Comply\n● Partial Compliance\n● Do not comply","Based on the response and the evidence provided, SANReN will issue a score of either 0, 5, or 10. (Described in more detail next to each criteria)"]

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[null,"3600/14/11/2023 - Managed Bandwidth Links for the South African National Research Network (SANReN) to the CSIR."]
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[null,"Link 1: Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (Pretoria) to University of Mpumalanga (Mbombela)"]
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[null,"Annexure B: TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE MATRIX"]
[null,"Criterion Name","Required Response","Evaluation Method","Response","Summarise your response. Provide references to other documents included in bid where a complete response is provided","Criteria Failed?","Weighting of Criteria","Score","Weighted score"]
[null,"Link Criteria (100%)",{"$nulls":4},5,{"$f":"SUM(H15:H31)","v":{"v":1.0000000000000002,"d":"100.00%"}},null,{"$f":"SUMPRODUCT(I15:I31,H15:H31)/10","v":{"v":0,"d":"0.0%"}}]
[null,"Committed Link capacity rate of 10Gbps","Bidders are to explicitly state the capacity they will provide for each link in the summary response column.","Bidders will comply if the proposed circuits comply with 10Gbps requirement for the links specified in section 3 of Annexure B1 =10 \n\nBidders who offer anything other than the required capacity for each link or those that do not explicitly state the capacities for each link in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and will fail the evaluation = 0\n\n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)",null,null,{"$f":"I15<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E15 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E15 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E15 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H15*10*I15","v":0}]
[null,"Direct Physical Routing","Bidders to provide a diagram or a detailed text description of the route per link that shows that the service is routed in a reasonably direct (physical) manner between all end points. If the physical route does not exist, the bidder must provide the diagram/description of the planned route.","Bidders will comply if they submit a diagram or detailed description of their existing infrastructure over which the circuit(s) will be provisioned as specified in section 3 of Annexure B1. (A high level routing diagram is sufficient but if a text description is provided, it must be detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between of each of the links). \nThis diagram or description will be used to evaluate that the service is routed in a reasonably direct way. If the service is physically routed on a route that is more than 2 times the Line of Sight (LoS) distance between end points for any link, a partial compliance score will be given, unless an explanation is provided in the summary column (note that road distances will be used to determine the route distance when only high level details are provided). Bidders who do not provide a diagram or detailed description will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation.\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nNo diagram or description provided = 0\nHigh level diagram with description provided = 5\nDetailed diagram and description detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between each of the links provided = 10",null,null,{"$f":"I16<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,{"$f":"H16*10*I16","v":0}]
[null,"Existing Core Infrastructure","Bidders must summarise, for each link (excluding access builds), the distance of existing infrastructure that will be utilised and the distance of new infrastructure that needs to be built/deployed. Bidders must confirm that their existing core infrastructure is capable of provisioning the required 10Gbps circuit between the specified end points.  If a bidder leases the required circuit from a bidder that has existing infrastrucure, this can be counted as existing infrastrucure.","Bidders will comply if the new infrastructure portion is less than 30% of the total link distances. Bidders will partially comply if the new infrastructure portion is between 30% and 70% of the total link distances. Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if the new infrastructure portion is greater than 70% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\n< 30% new infrastructure portion = 10\nbetween 30% and 70% new infrastructure portion = 5\n> 70% new infrastructure portion = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I17<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underground Fibre Preferred","\n\nBidders must indicate for each link (excluding access builds) the percentage of the link that will be provisioned with underground fibre ","\n\nBidders will comply if the underground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance. Bidders will partially comply if the undeground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nBidder must indicate, in their response, the percentage of the link that will be underground.\n\nUnderground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance = 10\nUnderground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance = 5",null,null,{"$f":"I18<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Circuits are end-to-end and based on fixed-line fibre infrastructure.","\nBidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits that each link/circuit is supplied end-to-end (i.e. starting and ending at the data centre/server room where SANReN's equipment is housed within the specified addresses of the sites provided) based on fixed line fibre infrastructure in the summary response column.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance unless contradicting evidence is identified (e.g. a portion of the required circuit is identified as being provisioned over a wireless link or the circuit is not provisioned end-to-end). Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if they do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. (a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nComplied with requirement = 10\nDid not comply with requirement = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underlying infrastructure","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposing is provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure (either through lease agreements, IRUs, or other arrangements) and if so, from whom. ","Bidders may comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Bidders may also comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider in the summary column. Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nProposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider  = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Infrastructure shared with other services provided to SANReN","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposingl shares infrastructure with any other services that they themselves have provided to SANReN (that are not part of this tender). If shared infrastructure with other services exist, details must be provided. ","Bidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided (details of the shared infrastructure can be marked on the submitted diagram above or described in the summary column). Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nBidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Demarcation  Equipment","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible)","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible) = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"AC Power at end points","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Link Loss Forwarding","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled = 10 \nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Jumbo Frames","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Ethernet handoff with  10GBASE\n-LR (LAN) PHY interface","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"End-to-end service quality is managed with an availability of 99% per link","Bidders are to explicitly state the link availability that they will guarantee in the summary response column. Bidders must also submit their standard service level agreement offered with the service(s).","Bidders will comply if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis)  and if they submit a sample SLA or supporting document that complies with the requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders may receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain the link without specifying the link availability but do commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5\n\nBidders may also receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis) but do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5\n\nBidders that do not commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% and who do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Bidder Maintenace undertakings and associated procedures","Bidders must respond by selecting \"Comply\" in the response column and explicitly state that they will maintain the links as we require. In so doing, the bidder commits to maintain each fibre as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1. Information about the maintenance activities of the bidder must be provided as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1, including details of the downtime and fault logging procedures.","Bidders will comply if they explicitly state that they will underake the maintenance activites required in the summary column and provide the downtime and fault logging procedures = 10\n\nBidders who fail to submit downtime and fault logging procedures will score only a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not explicitly state the maintenance undertaking will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Commitment to deliver the required link at the specified times","Bidders must submit a summary of the link delivery dates per link in the summary column. Bidders must select \"Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select \"Partial Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 9 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select Do Not Comply\" if they cannot deliver all links within 9 months from when the contract is signed.","Bidders will receive a compliance score if they can deliver all the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed = 10\n\nBidders will receive a partial-compliance score if they can deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed = 5\n\nBidders will receive a non-compliance score if they do not provide link delivery dates per link in the summary column or if they cannot deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed =0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Project Plan","Bidders must submit a project plan that aligns to their link delivery commitments.","The evaluator will check if all of the line items specified by the CSIR in section 6 of Annexure B1 is contained in the project plan =10\n\nIf the Project plan does not align to the link delivery times that they have committed to in their response above, the bidder will receive a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nNot submitting a project plan with the line items specified in section 6 of Annexure B1 will result in a non-compliance score = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Acceptance Documentation","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to perform a soak test and supply the required acceptance documentation as required for the project. (Sample acceptance documentation must be provided for evaluation) ","Bidders will comply if they respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column and submit samples of the required Acceptance Documentation as stated in Section 7 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders who submit sample acceptance documentation but do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column or Bidders who respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column but do not provide sample acceptance documentation will receive a partial compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not submit sample acceptance documentation and who do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E31 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E31 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E31 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H31*10*I31","v":0}]
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[null,"3600/14/11/2023 - Managed Bandwidth Links for the South African National Research Network (SANReN) to the CSIR. and Eastern Cape Provinces."]
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[null,"Link 2: Tshwane University of Technology (eMalahleni) to Tshwane University of Technology (Mbombela)"]
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[null,"Annexure B: TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE MATRIX"]
[null,"Criterion Name","Required Response","Evaluation Method","Response","Summarise your response. Provide references to other documents included in bid where a complete response is provided","Criteria Failed?","Weighting of Criteria","Score","Weighted score"]
[null,"Link Criteria (100%)",{"$nulls":4},5,{"$f":"SUM(H15:H31)","v":{"v":1.0000000000000002,"d":"100.00%"}},null,{"$f":"SUMPRODUCT(I15:I31,H15:H31)/10","v":{"v":0,"d":"0.0%"}}]
[null,"Committed Link capacity rate of 10Gbps","Bidders are to explicitly state the capacity they will provide for each link in the summary response column.","Bidders will comply if the proposed circuits comply with 10Gbps requirement for the links specified in section 3 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders who offer anything other than the required capacity for each link or those that do not explicitly state the capacities for each link in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and will fail the evaluation = 0\n\n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)",null,null,{"$f":"I15<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E15 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E15 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E15 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H15*10*I15","v":0}]
[null,"Direct Physical Routing","Bidders to provide a diagram or a detailed text description of the route per link that shows that the service is routed in a reasonably direct (physical) manner between all end points. If the physical route does not exist, the bidder must provide the diagram/description of the planned route.","Bidders will comply if they submit a diagram or detailed description of their existing infrastructure over which the circuit(s) will be provisioned as specified in section 3 of Annexure B1. (A high level routing diagram is sufficient but if a text description is provided, it must be detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between of each of the links). \nThis diagram or description will be used to evaluate that the service is routed in a reasonably direct way. If the service is physically routed on a route that is more than 2 times the Line of Sight (LoS) distance between end points for any link, a partial compliance score will be given, unless an explanation is provided in the summary column (note that road distances will be used to determine the route distance when only high level details are provided). Bidders who do not provide a diagram or detailed description will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation.\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nNo diagram or description provided = 0\nHigh level diagram with description provided = 5\nDetailed diagram and description detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between each of the links provided = 10",null,null,{"$f":"I16<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,{"$f":"H16*10*I16","v":0}]
[null,"Existing Core Infrastructure","Bidders must summarise, for each link (excluding access builds), the distance of existing infrastructure that will be utilised and the distance of new infrastructure that needs to be built/deployed. Bidders must confirm that their existing core infrastructure is capable of provisioning the required 10Gbps circuit between the specified end points.  If a bidder leases the required circuit from a bidder that has existing infrastrucure, this can be counted as existing infrastrucure.","Bidders will comply if the new infrastructure portion is less than 30% of the total link distances. Bidders will partially comply if the new infrastructure portion is between 30% and 70% of the total link distances. Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if the new infrastructure portion is greater than 70% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\n< 30% new infrastructure portion = 10\nbetween 30% and 70% new infrastructure portion = 5\n> 70% new infrastructure portion = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I17<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underground Fibre Preferred","\n\nBidders must indicate for each link (excluding access builds) the percentage of the link that will be provisioned with underground fibre ","\n\nBidders will comply if the underground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance. Bidders will partially comply if the undeground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nBidder must indicate, in their response, the percentage of the link that will be underground.\n\nUnderground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance = 10\nUnderground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance = 5",null,null,{"$f":"I18<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Circuits are end-to-end and based on fixed-line fibre infrastructure.","\nBidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits that each link/circuit is supplied end-to-end (i.e. starting and ending at the data centre/server room where SANReN's equipment is housed within the specified addresses of the sites provided) based on fixed line fibre infrastructure in the summary response column.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance unless contradicting evidence is identified (e.g. a portion of the required circuit is identified as being provisioned over a wireless link or the circuit is not provisioned end-to-end). Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if they do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. (a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nComplied with requirement = 10\nDid not comply with requirement = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underlying infrastructure","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposing is provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure (either through lease agreements, IRUs, or other arrangements) and if so, from whom. ","Bidders may comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Bidders may also comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider in the summary column. Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nProposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider  = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Infrastructure shared with other services provided to SANReN","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposingl shares infrastructure with any other services that they themselves have provided to SANReN (that are not part of this tender). If shared infrastructure with other services exist, details must be provided. ","Bidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided (details of the shared infrastructure can be marked on the submitted diagram above or described in the summary column). Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nBidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Demarcation  Equipment","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible)","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible) = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"AC Power at end points","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Link Loss Forwarding","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled = 10 \nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Jumbo Frames","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Ethernet handoff with  10GBASE\n-LR (LAN) PHY interface","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"End-to-end service quality is managed with an availability of 99% per link","Bidders are to explicitly state the link availability that they will guarantee in the summary response column. Bidders must also submit their standard service level agreement offered with the service(s).","Bidders will comply if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis)  and if they submit a sample SLA or supporting document that complies with the requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 10. \n\nBidders may receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain the link without specifying the link availability but do commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5. \n\nBidders may also receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis) but do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5. \n\nBidders that do not commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% and who do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section section 5.1 of Annexure B1 will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Bidder Maintenace undertakings and associated procedures","Bidders must respond by selecting \"Comply\" in the response column and explicitly state that they will maintain the links as we require. In so doing, the bidder commits to maintain each fibre as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1. Information about the maintenance activities of the bidder must be provided as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1, including details of the downtime and fault logging procedures.","Bidders will comply if they explicitly state that they will underake the maintenance activites required in the summary column and provide the downtime and fault logging procedures = 10\n\nBidders who fail to submit downtime and fault logging procedures will score only a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not explicitly state the maintenance undertaking will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Commitment to deliver the required link at the specified times","Bidders must submit a summary of the link delivery dates per link in the summary column. Bidders must select \"Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select \"Partial Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 9 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select Do Not Comply\" if they cannot deliver all links within 9 months from when the contract is signed.","Bidders will receive a compliance score if they can deliver all the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed = 10\n\nBidders will receive a partial-compliance score if they can deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed = 5\n\nBidders will receive a non-compliance score if they do not provide link delivery dates per link in the summary column or if they cannot deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed =0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Project Plan","Bidders must submit a project plan that aligns to their link delivery commitments.","The evaluator will check if all of the line items specified by the CSIR in section 6 of Annexure B1 is contained in the project plan =10\n\nIf the Project plan does not align to the link delivery times that they have committed to in their response above, the bidder will receive a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nNot submitting a project plan with the line items specified in section 6 of Annexure B1 will result in a non-compliance score = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Acceptance Documentation","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to perform a soak test and supply the required acceptance documentation as required for the project. (Sample acceptance documentation must be provided for evaluation) ","Bidders will comply if they respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column and submit samples of the required Acceptance Documentation as stated in Section 7 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders who submit sample acceptance documentation but do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column or Bidders who respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column but do not provide sample acceptance documentation will receive a partial compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not submit sample acceptance documentation and who do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E31 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E31 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E31 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H31*10*I31","v":0}]
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[null,"3600/14/11/2023 - Managed Bandwidth Links for the South African National Research Network (SANReN) to the CSIR. and Eastern Cape Provinces."]
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[null,"Link 3: Central University of Technology (Welkom) to University of the Free State (Bloemfontein)"]
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[null,"Annexure B: TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE MATRIX"]
[null,"Criterion Name","Required Response","Evaluation Method","Response","Summarise your response. Provide references to other documents included in bid where a complete response is provided","Criteria Failed?","Weighting of Criteria","Score","Weighted score"]
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[null,"Committed Link capacity rate of 10Gbps","Bidders are to explicitly state the capacity they will provide for each link in the summary response column.","Bidders will comply if the proposed circuits comply with 10Gbps requirement for the links specified in section 3 of Annexure B1 = 10. \n\nBidders who offer anything other than the required capacity for each link or those that do not explicitly state the capacities for each link in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and will fail the evaluation = 0\n\n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)",null,null,{"$f":"I15<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E15 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E15 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E15 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H15*10*I15","v":0}]
[null,"Direct Physical Routing","Bidders to provide a diagram or a detailed text description of the route per link that shows that the service is routed in a reasonably direct (physical) manner between all end points. If the physical route does not exist, the bidder must provide the diagram/description of the planned route.","Bidders will comply if they submit a diagram or detailed description of their existing infrastructure over which the circuit(s) will be provisioned as specified in section 3 of Annexure B1. (A high level routing diagram is sufficient but if a text description is provided, it must be detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between of each of the links). \nThis diagram or description will be used to evaluate that the service is routed in a reasonably direct way. If the service is physically routed on a route that is more than 2 times the Line of Sight (LoS) distance between end points for any link, a partial compliance score will be given, unless an explanation is provided in the summary column (note that road distances will be used to determine the route distance when only high level details are provided). Bidders who do not provide a diagram or detailed description will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation.\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nNo diagram or description provided = 0\nHigh level diagram with description provided = 5\nDetailed diagram and description detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between each of the links provided = 10",null,null,{"$f":"I16<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,{"$f":"H16*10*I16","v":0}]
[null,"Existing Core Infrastructure","Bidders must summarise, for each link (excluding access builds), the distance of existing infrastructure that will be utilised and the distance of new infrastructure that needs to be built/deployed. Bidders must confirm that their existing core infrastructure is capable of provisioning the required 10Gbps circuit between the specified end points.  If a bidder leases the required circuit from a bidder that has existing infrastrucure, this can be counted as existing infrastrucure.","Bidders will comply if the new infrastructure portion is less than 30% of the total link distances. Bidders will partially comply if the new infrastructure portion is between 30% and 70% of the total link distances. Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if the new infrastructure portion is greater than 70% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\n< 30% new infrastructure portion = 10\nbetween 30% and 70% new infrastructure portion = 5\n> 70% new infrastructure portion = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I17<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underground Fibre Preferred","\n\nBidders must indicate for each link (excluding access builds) the percentage of the link that will be provisioned with underground fibre ","\n\nBidders will comply if the underground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance. Bidders will partially comply if the undeground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nBidder must indicate, in their response, the percentage of the link that will be underground.\n\nUnderground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance = 10\nUnderground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance = 5",null,null,{"$f":"I18<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Circuits are end-to-end and based on fixed-line fibre infrastructure.","\nBidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits that each link/circuit is supplied end-to-end (i.e. starting and ending at the data centre/server room where SANReN's equipment is housed within the specified addresses of the sites provided) based on fixed line fibre infrastructure in the summary response column.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance unless contradicting evidence is identified (e.g. a portion of the required circuit is identified as being provisioned over a wireless link or the circuit is not provisioned end-to-end). Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if they do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. (a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nComplied with requirement = 10\nDid not comply with requirement = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I19<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underlying infrastructure","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposing is provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure (either through lease agreements, IRUs, or other arrangements) and if so, from whom. ","Bidders may comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Bidders may also comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider in the summary column. Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nProposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider  = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Infrastructure shared with other services provided to SANReN","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposingl shares infrastructure with any other services that they themselves have provided to SANReN (that are not part of this tender). If shared infrastructure with other services exist, details must be provided. ","Bidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided (details of the shared infrastructure can be marked on the submitted diagram above or described in the summary column). Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nBidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Demarcation  Equipment","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible)","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible) = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"AC Power at end points","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Link Loss Forwarding","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled = 10 \nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Jumbo Frames","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Ethernet handoff with  10GBASE\n-LR (LAN) PHY interface","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"End-to-end service quality is managed with an availability of 99% per link","Bidders are to explicitly state the link availability that they will guarantee in the summary response column. Bidders must also submit their standard service level agreement offered with the service(s).","Bidders will comply if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis)  and if they submit a sample SLA or supporting document that complies with the requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders may receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain the link without specifying the link availability but do commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5. \n\nBidders may also receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis) but do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5. \n\nBidders that do not commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% and who do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Bidder Maintenace undertakings and associated procedures","Bidders must respond by selecting \"Comply\" in the response column and explicitly state that they will maintain the links as we require. In so doing, the bidder commits to maintain each fibre as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1. Information about the maintenance activities of the bidder must be provided as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1, including details of the downtime and fault logging procedures.","Bidders will comply if they explicitly state that they will underake the maintenance activites required in the summary column and provide the downtime and fault logging procedures = 10\n\nBidders who fail to submit downtime and fault logging procedures will score only a partial-compliance score = 5 \n\nBidders who do not explicitly state the maintenance undertaking will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Commitment to deliver the required link at the specified times","Bidders must submit a summary of the link delivery dates per link in the summary column. Bidders must select \"Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select \"Partial Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 9 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select Do Not Comply\" if they cannot deliver all links within 9 months from when the contract is signed.","Bidders will receive a compliance score if they can deliver all the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed = 10\n\nBidders will receive a partial-compliance score if they can deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed = 5\n\nBidders will receive a non-compliance score if they do not provide link delivery dates per link in the summary column or if they cannot deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed =0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Project Plan","Bidders must submit a project plan that aligns to their link delivery commitments.","The evaluator will check if all of the line items specified by the CSIR in section 6 of Annexure B1 is contained in the project plan =10\n\nIf the Project plan does not align to the link delivery times that they have committed to in their response above, the bidder will receive a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nNot submitting a project plan with the line items specified in section 6 of Annexure B1 will result in a non-compliance score = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Acceptance Documentation","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to perform a soak test and supply the required acceptance documentation as required for the project. (Sample acceptance documentation must be provided for evaluation) ","Bidders will comply if they respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column and submit samples of the required Acceptance Documentation as stated in Section 7 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders who submit sample acceptance documentation but do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column or Bidders who respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column but do not provide sample acceptance documentation will receive a partial compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not submit sample acceptance documentation and who do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E31 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E31 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E31 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H31*10*I31","v":0}]
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[null,"3600/14/11/2023 - Managed Bandwidth Links for the South African National Research Network (SANReN) to the CSIR."]
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[null,"Link 4: University of Fort Hare (Alice) to Rhodes University, Struben Building (Makhanda)"]
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[null,"Annexure B: TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE MATRIX"]
[null,"Criterion Name","Required Response","Evaluation Method","Response","Summarise your response. Provide references to other documents included in bid where a complete response is provided","Criteria Failed?","Weighting of Criteria","Score","Weighted score"]
[null,"Link Criteria (100%)",{"$nulls":4},5,{"$f":"SUM(H15:H31)","v":{"v":1.0000000000000002,"d":"100.00%"}},null,{"$f":"SUMPRODUCT(I15:I31,H15:H31)/10","v":{"v":0,"d":"0.0%"}}]
[null,"Committed Link capacity rate of 100Gbps","Bidders are to explicitly state the capacity they will provide for each link in the summary response column.","Bidders will comply if the proposed circuits comply with 100Gbps requirement for the links specified in section 3 of Annexure B1 =10\n\nBidders who offer anything other than the required capacity for each link or those that do not explicitly state the capacities for each link in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and will fail the evaluation =0 \n\n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)",null,null,{"$f":"I15<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E15 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E15 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E15 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H15*10*I15","v":0}]
[null,"Direct Physical Routing","Bidders to provide a diagram or a detailed text description of the route per link that shows that the service is routed in a reasonably direct (physical) manner between all end points. If the physical route does not exist, the bidder must provide the diagram/description of the planned route.","Bidders will comply if they submit a diagram or detailed description of their existing infrastructure over which the circuit(s) will be provisioned as specified in section 3 of Annexure B1. (A high level routing diagram is sufficient but if a text description is provided, it must be detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between of each of the links). \nThis diagram or description will be used to evaluate that the service is routed in a reasonably direct way. If the service is physically routed on a route that is more than 2 times the Line of Sight (LoS) distance between end points for any link, a partial compliance score will be given, unless an explanation is provided in the summary column (note that road distances will be used to determine the route distance when only high level details are provided). Bidders who do not provide a diagram or detailed description will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation.\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nNo diagram or description provided = 0\nHigh level diagram with description provided = 5\nDetailed diagram and description detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between each of the links provided = 10",null,null,{"$f":"I16<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,{"$f":"H16*10*I16","v":0}]
[null,"Existing Core Infrastructure","Bidders must summarise, for each link (excluding access builds), the distance of existing infrastructure that will be utilised and the distance of new infrastructure that needs to be built/deployed. Bidders must confirm that their existing core infrastructure is capable of provisioning the required 100Gbps circuit between the specified end points.  If a bidder leases the required circuit from a bidder that has existing infrastrucure, this can be counted as existing infrastrucure.","Bidders will comply if the new infrastructure portion is less than 30% of the total link distances. Bidders will partially comply if the new infrastructure portion is between 30% and 70% of the total link distances. Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if the new infrastructure portion is greater than 70% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\n< 30% new infrastructure portion = 10\nbetween 30% and 70% new infrastructure portion = 5\n> 70% new infrastructure portion = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I17<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underground Fibre Preferred","\n\nBidders must indicate for each link (excluding access builds) the percentage of the link that will be provisioned with underground fibre ","\n\nBidders will comply if the underground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance. Bidders will partially comply if the undeground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nBidder must indicate, in their response, the percentage of the link that will be underground.\n\nUnderground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance = 10\nUnderground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance = 5",null,null,{"$f":"I18<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Circuits are end-to-end and based on fixed-line fibre infrastructure.","\nBidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits that each link/circuit is supplied end-to-end (i.e. starting and ending at the data centre/server room where SANReN's equipment is housed within the specified addresses of the sites provided) based on fixed line fibre infrastructure in the summary response column.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance unless contradicting evidence is identified (e.g. a portion of the required circuit is identified as being provisioned over a wireless link or the circuit is not provisioned end-to-end). Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if they do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. (a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nComplied with requirement = 10\nDid not comply with requirement = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I19<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underlying infrastructure","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposing is provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure (either through lease agreements, IRUs, or other arrangements) and if so, from whom. ","Bidders may comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Bidders may also comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider in the summary column. Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nProposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider  = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Infrastructure shared with other services provided to SANReN","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposingl shares infrastructure with any other services that they themselves have provided to SANReN (that are not part of this tender). If shared infrastructure with other services exist, details must be provided. ","Bidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided (details of the shared infrastructure can be marked on the submitted diagram above or described in the summary column). Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nBidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Demarcation  Equipment","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible)","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible) = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"AC Power at end points","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Link Loss Forwarding","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled = 10 \nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Jumbo Frames","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Ethernet handoff with  100GBASE\n-LR (LAN) PHY interface","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to supply 100Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 100GBASE-LR4 PHY interface.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to supply 100Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 100GBASE-LR4 PHY interface = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"End-to-end service quality is managed with an availability of 99% per link","Bidders are to explicitly state the link availability that they will guarantee in the summary response column. Bidders must also submit their standard service level agreement offered with the service(s).","Bidders will comply if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis)  and if they submit a sample SLA or supporting document that complies with the requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 10 \n\nBidders may receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain the link without specifying the link availability but do commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5\n\nBidders may also receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% (calculated on a quarterly basis) but do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5 \n\nBidders that do not commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99% and who do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Bidder Maintenace undertakings and associated procedures","Bidders must respond by selecting \"Comply\" in the response column and explicitly state that they will maintain the links as we require. In so doing, the bidder commits to maintain each fibre as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1. Information about the maintenance activities of the bidder must be provided as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1, including details of the downtime and fault logging procedures.","Bidders will comply if they explicitly state that they will underake the maintenance activites required in the summary column and provide the downtime and fault logging procedures = 10\n\nBidders who fail to submit downtime and fault logging procedures will score only a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not explicitly state the maintenance undertaking will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Commitment to deliver the required link at the specified times","Bidders must submit a summary of the link delivery dates per link in the summary column. Bidders must select \"Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select \"Partial Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 9 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select Do Not Comply\" if they cannot deliver all links within 9 months from when the contract is signed.","Bidders will receive a compliance score if they can deliver all the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed = 10\n\nBidders will receive a partial-compliance score if they can deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed = 5\n\nBidders will receive a non-compliance score if they do not provide link delivery dates per link in the summary column or if they cannot deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed =0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Project Plan","Bidders must submit a project plan that aligns to their link delivery commitments.","The evaluator will check if all of the line items specified by the CSIR in section 6 of Annexure B1 is contained in the project plan =10\n\nIf the Project plan does not align to the link delivery times that they have committed to in their response above, the bidder will receive a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nNot submitting a project plan with the line items specified in section 6 of Annexure B1 will result in a non-compliance score = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Acceptance Documentation","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to perform a soak test and supply the required acceptance documentation as required for the project. (Sample acceptance documentation must be provided for evaluation) ","Bidders will comply if they respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column and submit samples of the required Acceptance Documentation as stated in Section 7 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders who submit sample acceptance documentation but do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column or Bidders who respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column but do not provide sample acceptance documentation will receive a partial compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not submit sample acceptance documentation and who do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E31 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E31 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E31 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H31*10*I31","v":0}]
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[null,"3600/14/11/2023 - Managed Bandwidth Links for the South African National Research Network (SANReN) to the CSIR."]
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[null,"Annexure B: TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE MATRIX"]
[null,"Criterion Name","Required Response","Evaluation Method","Response","Summarise your response. Provide references to other documents included in bid where a complete response is provided","Criteria Failed?","Weighting of Criteria","Score","Weighted score"]
[null,"Link Criteria (100%)",{"$nulls":4},5,{"$f":"SUM(H15:H31)","v":{"v":1.0000000000000002,"d":"100.00%"}},null,{"$f":"SUMPRODUCT(I15:I31,H15:H31)/10","v":{"v":0,"d":"0.0%"}}]
[null,"Committed Link capacity rate of 10Gbps","Bidders are to explicitly state the capacity they will provide for each link in the summary response column.","Bidders will comply if the proposed circuits comply with 10Gbps requirement for the links specified in section 3 of Annexure B1 = 10. \n\nBidders who offer anything other than the required capacity for each link or those that do not explicitly state the capacities for each link in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and will fail the evaluation = 0.\n\n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)",null,null,{"$f":"I15<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E15 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E15 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E15 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H15*10*I15","v":0}]
[null,"Direct Physical Routing","Bidders to provide a diagram or a detailed text description of the route per link that shows that the service is routed in a reasonably direct (physical) manner between all end points. If the physical route does not exist, the bidder must provide the diagram/description of the planned route.","Bidders will comply if they submit a diagram or detailed description of their existing infrastructure over which the circuit(s) will be provisioned as specified in section 3 of Annexure B1. (A high level routing diagram is sufficient but if a text description is provided, it must be detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between of each of the links). \nThis diagram or description will be used to evaluate that the service is routed in a reasonably direct way. If the service is physically routed on a route that is more than 2 times the Line of Sight (LoS) distance between end points for any link, a partial compliance score will be given, unless an explanation is provided in the summary column (note that road distances will be used to determine the route distance when only high level details are provided). Bidders who do not provide a diagram or detailed description will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation.\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nNo diagram or description provided = 0\nHigh level diagram with description provided = 5\nDetailed diagram and description detailed enough to understand the physical routing and shared infrastructure between each of the links provided = 10",null,null,{"$f":"I16<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,{"$f":"H16*10*I16","v":0}]
[null,"Existing Core Infrastructure","Bidders must summarise, for each link (excluding access builds), the distance of existing infrastructure that will be utilised and the distance of new infrastructure that needs to be built/deployed. Bidders must confirm that their existing core infrastructure is capable of provisioning the required 10Gbps circuit between the specified end points.  If a bidder leases the required circuit from a bidder that has existing infrastrucure, this can be counted as existing infrastrucure.","Bidders will comply if the new infrastructure portion is less than 30% of the total link distances. Bidders will partially comply if the new infrastructure portion is between 30% and 70% of the total link distances. Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if the new infrastructure portion is greater than 70% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\n< 30% new infrastructure portion = 10\nbetween 30% and 70% new infrastructure portion = 5\n> 70% new infrastructure portion = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I17<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underground Fibre Preferred","\n\nBidders must indicate for each link (excluding access builds) the percentage of the link that will be provisioned with underground fibre ","\n\nBidders will comply if the underground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance. Bidders will partially comply if the undeground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance. \n(a score of 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)\n\nBidder must indicate, in their response, the percentage of the link that will be underground.\n\nUnderground portion of the link is at least 95% of the total link distance = 10\nUnderground portion of the link is less than 95% of the total link distance = 5",null,null,{"$f":"I18<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Circuits are end-to-end and based on fixed-line fibre infrastructure.","\nBidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits that each link/circuit is supplied end-to-end (i.e. starting and ending at the data centre/server room where SANReN's equipment is housed within the specified addresses of the sites provided) based on fixed line fibre infrastructure in the summary response column.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance unless contradicting evidence is identified (e.g. a portion of the required circuit is identified as being provisioned over a wireless link or the circuit is not provisioned end-to-end). Bidders will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation if they do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. (a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nComplied with requirement = 10\nDid not comply with requirement = 0",null,null,{"$f":"I19<$G$14","v":false},{"v":0.08,"d":"8.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Underlying infrastructure","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposing is provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure (either through lease agreements, IRUs, or other arrangements) and if so, from whom. ","Bidders may comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Bidders may also comply by indicating that the proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider in the summary column. Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nProposed circuit/s are not provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure. Proposed circuit/s are provisioned on another supplier's underlying infrastructure and provide the name of their downstream provider  = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Infrastructure shared with other services provided to SANReN","Bidders must indicate in the summary column whether the circuit/s that they are proposingl shares infrastructure with any other services that they themselves have provided to SANReN (that are not part of this tender). If shared infrastructure with other services exist, details must be provided. ","Bidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided (details of the shared infrastructure can be marked on the submitted diagram above or described in the summary column). Bidders will receive a partial compliance score if they do not provide a response to this criterion. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 5 otherwise) \n\nBidders will comply if there is no shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders, or if details of the shared infrastructure between the circuits in this proposal and other circuits that the bidder themselves provided to SANReN in other tenders is provided = 10\nNo response = 5",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Demarcation  Equipment","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible)","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to terminate on active provider-owned and managed equipment at either end point and further commits to hand off the circuit to SANReN on LC compatible Optical fibre connectors (the hand off can be on a patch panel or on the device itself, but the interface must be LC compatible) = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"AC Power at end points","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to deploy only AC powered equipment at the specified client end points = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Link Loss Forwarding","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service with Link Loss Forwarding enabled = 10 \nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Jumbo Frames","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes. ","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to configure the service to handle Jumbo Frames of 9000 bytes = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Ethernet handoff with  10GBASE\n-LR (LAN) PHY interface","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface.","The evaluator will take the bidder’s confirmation to this requirement as compliance. No further information is required on the summary column. If a bidder does not respond Comply in the response column, they will receve a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation. \n(a score of 10 will be given to bidders that comply and 0 to bidders that do not comply)\n\nBidder commits to supply 10Gbps Ethernet handoffs on the 10GBASE-LR (LAN) PHY interface = 10\nNo responce = 0",null,null,false,{"v":0.03,"d":"3.00%"},false,0]
[null,"End-to-end service quality is managed with an availability of 99.5% per link","Bidders are to explicitly state the link availability that they will guarantee in the summary response column. Bidders must also submit their standard service level agreement offered with the service(s).","Bidders will comply if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99.5% (calculated on a quarterly basis)  and if they submit a sample SLA or supporting document that complies with the requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 10. \n\nBidders may receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain the link without specifying the link availability but do commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5. \n\nBidders may also receive a partial compliance score if they commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99.5% (calculated on a quarterly basis) but do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in section 5.1 of Annexure B1 = 5. \n\nBidders that do not commit to maintain a link availability of at least 99.5% and who do not provide any details to commit to the minimum requirements set out by the CSIR in ssection 5.1 of Annexure B1 will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0. \n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Bidder Maintenace undertakings and associated procedures","Bidders must respond by selecting \"Comply\" in the response column and explicitly state that they will maintain the links as we require. In so doing, the bidder commits to maintain each fibre as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1. Information about the maintenance activities of the bidder must be provided as per Section 5.2 of Annexure B1, including details of the downtime and fault logging procedures.","Bidders will comply if they explicitly state that they will underake the maintenance activites required in the summary column and provide the downtime and fault logging procedures = 10\n\nBidders who fail to submit downtime and fault logging procedures will score only a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not explicitly state the maintenance undertaking will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.1,"d":"10.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Commitment to deliver the required link at the specified times","Bidders must submit a summary of the link delivery dates per link in the summary column. Bidders must select \"Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select \"Partial Comply\" if they can deliver the link within 9 months from when the contract is signed. Bidders must select Do Not Comply\" if they cannot deliver all links within 9 months from when the contract is signed.","Bidders will receive a compliance score if they can deliver all the link within 6 months from when the contract is signed = 10\n\nBidders will receive a partial-compliance score if they can deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed = 5\n\nBidders will receive a non-compliance score if they do not provide link delivery dates per link in the summary column or if they cannot deliver all link within 9 months from when the contract is signed =0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Project Plan","Bidders must submit a project plan that aligns to their link delivery commitments.","The evaluator will check if all of the line items specified by the CSIR in section 6 of Annexure B1 is contained in the project plan =10\n\nIf the Project plan does not align to the link delivery times that they have committed to in their response above, the bidder will receive a partial-compliance score = 5\n\nNot submitting a project plan with the line items specified in section 6 of Annexure B1 will result in a non-compliance score = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},false,0]
[null,"Acceptance Documentation","Bidders must respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column. In so doing, the bidder commits to perform a soak test and supply the required acceptance documentation as required for the project. (Sample acceptance documentation must be provided for evaluation) ","Bidders will comply if they respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column and submit samples of the required Acceptance Documentation as stated in Section 7 of Annexure B1 = 10\n\nBidders who submit sample acceptance documentation but do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column or Bidders who respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column but do not provide sample acceptance documentation will receive a partial compliance score = 5\n\nBidders who do not submit sample acceptance documentation and who do not respond with a \"Comply\" in the response column will receive a non-compliance score and fail the evaluation = 0\n(a score of 0, 5 or 10 will be given to bidders based on their response)",null,null,false,{"v":0.05,"d":"5.00%"},{"$f":" IF(E31 = \"Comply\",10,IF(E31 = \"Partial Compliance\", 5, IF(E31 = \"Do Not Comply\", 0)))","v":false},{"$f":"H31*10*I31","v":0}]
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