Guest Internet Access Service

Descriptions

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is seeking a cloud based solution for the provision of a resilient Internet access service to guests and clients visiting public service offices.The initial requirement is for a Guest Internet Access solution that facilitates up to 6,000 guest internet connections per day. As demand for this service may exceed 6,000 connections per day over the term of the contract, the Contracting Authority is including an option to increase the number of guest connections in additional increments of 2,000 connections per day. For example when the threshold of 6,000 connections per day is exceeded the Contracting Authority will increase the number of connections per day to 8,000. If the threshold of 8,000 connections is reached the Contracting Authority will increase the no. of connections per day to 10,000 etc.. The ‘guest WiFi’ will connect via “Government Networks” which is the name given to a high-speed IP backbone that facilitates the peering of multiple carriers. Initially1GB of connectivity must be delivered to the following Data centres: •Equinex Data Centre at Kilcarbery Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22; and•Interxion Dub2 Unit 24 Hume Avenue, Parkwest Park, Dublin 12It should be noted that the Contracting Authority is including an option to increase the bandwidth in increments of 1Gb at the above Data Centres if demand for the service results in traffic levels that exceeds the available bandwidth.The Contracting Authority does not commit to calling off any additional capacity for user connections or connectivity bandwidth over and above the initial requirements.