RT15-2016: SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO THE STATE APPENDIX A – TECHNICAL RESPONSE COMPLIANCE SHEET Page 1 of 24 Bidders to submit a detailed technical proposal that covers all elements as listed below. In addition, bidders to complete the technical response compliance sheet and indicate compliance or non-compliance. No Element Indicate Compliance/ Non-Compliance Substantiation Reference to Annexure E 1 Enterprise Operability and Scalability 1.1 The desired solution should be a one subscription account per Department that integrates all users within a Department for voice and data requirements. 1.2 The solution should be scalable for varying Departmental requirements and the technical proposal must respond to these. 1.3 Bidders are encouraged to offer options and solutions which in an innovative way, contribute to the reduction of costs within the State as well as giving the State quality services that enhances service delivery. 1.4 The solution should be able to respond to multiple layers of complex operational requirements and service severity in terms of service delivery eg. South African Police Services, Defence, Water, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Labour, etc. Bidders are encouraged to visit our websites at Treasury (www. treasury.gov.za)
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Bidders to submit a detailed technical proposal that covers all elements as listed below.
In addition, bidders to complete the technical response compliance sheet and indicate compliance or non-compliance.
No Element
Indicate
Compliance/
Non-Compliance
Substantiation Reference to
Annexure E
1 Enterprise Operability and Scalability
1.1 The desired solution should be a one subscription account per Department that
integrates all users within a Department for voice and data requirements.
1.2 The solution should be scalable for varying Departmental requirements and the
technical proposal must respond to these.
1.3 Bidders are encouraged to offer options and solutions which in an innovative way,
contribute to the reduction of costs within the State as well as giving the State
quality services that enhances service delivery.
1.4 The solution should be able to respond to multiple layers of complex operational
requirements and service severity in terms of service delivery eg. South African
Police Services, Defence, Water, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Labour, etc.
Bidders are encouraged to visit our websites at Treasury (www. treasury.gov.za)
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or the Government website (www.gov.za) for further information on National and
Provincial Departments within the Country.
1.5 Bidders should indicate a high level project plan of work in order to on-board the
large number of Departments
1.6 The solution should blend with the various Departmental policy engagement
models of where:
1.6.1 A department pays on behalf of users with and without value limits and with split
billing/ soft locking mechanisms to manage costs.
1.6.2 Where employees receive an allowance and either subscribes directly or through
a Departmental Corporate account.
1.6.3 Where employee pays and claims for usage on a monthly basis with and without
policy value limits.
1.6.4 Where employees bring their own devices and get an allowance.
1.6.5 Where Departments split the purchasing of devices and airtime.
1.7 The solution should integrate voice, data and SMS and have allocation rules and
capabilities to be pushed to users from an enterprise combination pool of voice,
data, sms, universal service structured data (USSD), and be able to apply reverse
billing in the allocations.
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1.8 Must be able to provide any enterprise combination of cellular voice / data
packages and devices for an estimated total of 400 000 SIM cards. The Service
Provider/s must also be able to provide any additional number of packages during
the period of the contract should the need arise.
1.9 Employees should be able to add data and voice bundles if and when required to
supplement individual usage
1.10 All current numbers are to be retained and ported to new contract. The various
Departments and employees currently do have contracts with service provider/s
that expire at various timeframes over the next 18 months. The National Treasury
has placed a temporary freeze on upgrading of lines and it is expected that a fair
amount of lines will expire within the first year which would ease the on-boarding
process.
1.11 Bidders would be required to take a broad view across all Departments to explore
optimal ways of porting/ migrating numbers without cost implications to the State.
The sequencing of implementation for Departments with awarded service
provider/s will be handled by the National Treasury.
1.12 Bidders must indicate in the proposal how the migration of existing contracts from
the multiple service providers will be handled without inconvenience to the
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officials using cellular devices.
1.13 Successful bidder/s will be required, if applicable, to port numbers onto their
network and this should be done free of charge within 14 days.
1.14 Convergence solutions with Departmental fixed line solutions - Bidders must
indicate capabilities to work with the fixed telephony supplier/s to implement any
routing required on the main PABX which for example may automatically prefix
the mobile number dialled to route the call to the appointed mobile provider’s
network. This permits mobiles to be treated as internal extensions and routes all
land to mobile calls via the appointed mobile provider.
1.15 Backhauls or other means to consolidate/concentrate and route/trunk
voice/data/messaging within and between major sites/metros to reduce costs
(e.g. between Pretoria and Johannesburg and Cape Town)
1.16 The solution should be able to cater for uncapped voice and data users
1.17 The solution should adopt ceiling limits for certain users and have options for soft
locking and split billing capabilities
1.18 Data access point naming or similar capabilities for managing data centrally
1.19 Enabling closed user groups or hybrid solutions to enable grouping within a
Department;
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1.20 Provision of customised IMS and USSD solutions for Government
1.21 Data Messaging Services as follows:
1.21.1 Departments have various requirements in terms of citizen and employee
messaging and these requirements will be picked up at each of the Departments
by the successful service provider/s.
1.21.2 These include bulk messaging services, automated vehicle location tracking
services, short code services inbound and outbound, including reverse billing
applications.
1.21.3 Departments require from time to time communication with staff and subscribers
across all 4 Mobile Network Operator (MNO) via a single interface to send and/or
receive bulk messages, i.e SMS Bundles, WASP Services & Bulk SMS. Service
providers to ensure that the WASP partners are full WASPA members and they
comply with WASP Code of Conduct and other industry regulations.
1.21.4 Short Code Messaging Services inbound and outbound with reverse billing
capabilities
2 Coverage and Reach Quality Requirements
2.1 Bidders must have the requisite coverage and quality that meets the criterion to
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provide services to the National and Provincial Departments of the Government of
South Africa. A minimum coverage signal of EDGE is required.
2.2 Coverage map indicating cities, towns, population and land
2.3 Coverage signal indicators for 2G, 3G and LTE for cities, towns, population and
land
2.4 Signal speed indicators for cities, towns, population and land
2.5 Indication of measures in place for improving the quality of service within
Government where poor quality signal exists.
3 Enterprise Mobility Management
3.1 The State requires an Enterprise Mobility Management Solution that meets
growing user demand. The growing need for workers to be able to access and
conduct their work from anywhere has created a need for the use of mobile
devices. To do this, a new generation of automated and dynamically adjustable
Enterprise Mobility management based on security management must be
deployed. This includes mobile access to email, calendar, business applications,
databases and documents making employees more productive and informed by
giving them the information they need, when they need it, right at their fingertips.
3.2 Mobile Device Management to include:
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a. Provisioning
b. Configuration management, including detection of unauthorized or
potentially dangerous changes such as jail breaking, verification,
function locking (where appropriate) and more.
c. Inventory management, which includes both devices and apps, is
particularly important in enterprise-liability implementations.
d. OS Configuration Management
e. Execute remote actions like remote wipe or selective remote wipe
3.3 Mobile Content management to enables users to access secure content from
their mobile devices. The mobile content management function within EMM suites
has three fundamental roles:
a. Secure Container (containerization)— Containerization provides
complete separation of corporate and personal data on devices,
securing corporate resources and maintaining employee privacy.
b. A client-side application that enables a user to store content securely on
a mobile device. The EMM can enforce policies such as authentication,
file sharing and copy/paste restriction.
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c. Contain Sensitive Corporate Data:
i. Protect data in an encrypted container
ii. Set and enforce granular policies for strong mobile security and
DLP controls
iii. Stop outsiders from accessing sensitive data by enforcing
authentication and enabling authorization
iv. Fully wipe a device and any confidential data if it’s lost or stolen
v. Traffic is directed between devices and the gateway; they cannot
read any encrypted data
vi. Content Access — A connection to a back-end repository where
users can pull content to their devices. Specific capabilities include
Support for specific back-end repositories (SharePoint,
Documentum, etc., restrict downloads while roaming and audit
logging to track who accesses/downloads files
3.4 Mobility intelligence, monitoring and analytics system(s), which cover multiple
services and various related charges, multiple operators, white-list/black-list, are
accessible, available and useful for departments and service provider(s) to
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optimise services/costs (mobile expense management) in almost-real-time
4 Security
4.1 Mobile security embodies a number of vulnerabilities and these must be
addressed. Bidders must address concerns of losing control of sensitive
corporate data that is on a device that is lost, stolen or in the possession of
someone who leaves the company. There are also issues with regard to
protecting information in transit, contact numbers, compromised applications and
the potential for introducing viruses and malware
4.2 Mobility security applications on the device, spend management, ability to
separate private and corporate data
4.3 Data Protection solutions (encryption solutions) are required, which defend
access to secure data on storage systems, smartphones, tablets, etc.
4.4 A comprehensive range of integrated and centrally managed data protection
solutions, extending from smartphones, tablets to securing data on applications
like e-mail and others.
5 Devices
5.1 The list of devices is not limited and may be expanded subject to the business
needs of Departments and changes in technology. It comprises standard mobile
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handsets; smartphone handsets; mobile broadband devices; and mobile tablets.
5.2 The mobile devices shall conform to all digital GSM standards and be approved
by ICASA. No inferior or grey cellular devices and/or accessories will be
accepted. Only ICASA approved devices will be accepted.
5.3 All devices must be SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) Compliant to ensure they
could be integrated into the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Unified
Communication Solution (UCS) used by the Department that will be making use
of the Departmental Wi-Fi network, which integrates with the UCS network.
5.4 Brochures of all handsets that are offered on the contract with their technical
specification must be submitted with the bid document on a separate file. All
brochures and specification of the handsets offered must also be in softcopy in
PDF format and on a separate CD than the bid document.
5.5 Each cellular phone and accessories shall be packaged in its own container and
be accompanied with the respective delivery note. The packaging must be
sufficiently robust to prevent damage.
5.6 Bidders to provide a catalogue of low, medium and high end specifications for
devices which includes cellular phones, modems, routers and tablets. Catalogue
should include pricing for outright purchase and subsidised cost over 12 and 24
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months.
5.7 The State reserves the right to benchmark pricing at any stage to ensure value for
money during the contract phase.
5.8 Handset Accessories – all mobile devices should be supplied with A rapid
charger; A battery and standard accessories i.e. earphones. Appropriately boxed
and come complete with the following accessories: user guide, re-charging
device, and battery. Any additional accessories that you may choose to offer with
each handset as part of the contract shall be detailed in your brochures
submitted.
5.9 USB Modem with the following minimum specification:
a. HSPA+/HSDPA/HSUPA/3G/EDGE/GPRS
b. Plug and Play Software
c. Windows 7 (and later versions)/ Apple Mac/Android?
5.10 Router, 21 Mbps – 150 Mbps
a. Micro SD Slot
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b. Connects 10 Devices
c. 3 G Failover
5.11 Tablet Packages
a. Tablets supplied with compatible pouches fitted with Bluetooth keyboards
b. Technology GSM/ HSPA/ LTE
c. Wifi and Bluetooth Enabled
d. 4 G/ LTE Enabled
e. Internet and business email enabled
f. Approximately 10‖
g. Micro Sim
h. Touchscreen
i. Memory – internal 64 Gb, Micro SD card slot
j. Latest version Android or IOS
k. HD Camera with at least 8 megapixels and front HD camera with at least 4
megapixels with camera flashlight
5.12 Device Warrantees and Damages
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a. The bidder should provide a two year guarantee on all equipment.
b. During the period of guarantee the bidder shall at his own expenses, carry
out all necessary repair work, including material & labour if it is a factory fault.
c. All devices must come with a 14 day replacement warrantee.
d. The bidder shall replace all faulty phones and or accessories, per item or the
complete kit, during the entire period within one (1) week after a fault was
reported to the bidder, at the cost of the bidder, unless the cellular phone and
or accessories shows abuse by the Department, in which cases the
Department will be liable for the replacement or repair costs.
6 Value Added Services
6.1 Free value-added-services must be proposed that would optimise use, reduce
costs, wastage and duplication including 'Apps' information. Examples may
include -
a) Calling line identification presentation (CLIP)
b) Detailed Billing
c) SIM Card Replacement Cost: The cost of the SIM card replacement and
swop due to theft, loss or damage,
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d) Bidders to provide information and rates for Insurance. The insurance rates
must remain valid for two years after commencement of the contract;
insurance will be per device.
e) Any other
7 Special Coverage and Reach Requirements
7.1 Multiple hosting or other means which automatically switches over to another
network when the current one does not have coverage in an area to ensure
maximum coverage
7.2 International roaming solutions for employees travelling abroad when required
and for employees that are permanently stationed abroad;
7.3 Bidder shall indicate roaming partners in Countries around the world. Where the
Tenderer has international voice and data roaming agreements, it is important
that the Tenderer can provide:
a. A list of international carriers with which it has agreements;
b. The countries covered by these agreements; and
c. Details of the limitations or benefits for Mobile Carriage Services in those
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countries.
7.4 Bidders to provide proposals on end user education that can be implemented to
lower the costs of cross border communications
7.5 Provision of ongoing advice and guidance to Departments regarding the most
cost effective solution/s for meeting local and international voice and data
roaming requirements.
7.6 Service offering for cross border operations for the security cluster of Government
7.7 Air Operations - Coverage signal and capabilities for air operations within certain
Government Departments. Cell phone coverage is required in order to make
contact with the Airborne Law Enforcement Office on board of the helicopter or
fixed wing aircraft or the Pilot of such especially during air to ground operations or
during rescue operations at approximately 10,000ft (+- 3KM) in the case of
emergencies e.g. helicopter to land on Table Mountain or the Drakensburg. Radio
communication is not always effective which then forces personnel to make use
of a cellular phone to make contact with the control room or other rescue vehicle
on the ground.
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7.8 Special Task Force Requirements - From time to time there is a dependence on
cellular communication in extremely poor reception areas e.g. Operation Rhino in
the KNP. Drones are used with a GPS signal which requires a cellular network to
operate.
7.9 Sea Operations - Shore line paroles are done alongside the shores of SA. Three
(3) nautical miles (6 km) range from the shore line will be adequate outside the
Port of Entry Area.
7.10 Provision of a ―mobile transmitter/receiver‖ on which only a limited total of cellular
phones can be operated from in a case of a major disaster and where all cellular
communication is off or the closest tower is out of action then certain critical
cellular telephones can still be used.
Also useful where cellular signals are being jammed critical cellular telephones
can still operate in the specific operational areas.