Student Email Service Replacement for DET, NSW - 0701797

This RFT covers the provision of a student email service replacement for the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2011.

DET provides all NSW government school and TAFE students with an email service as part of an initiative announced by the NSW Premier in November 2000.

The continued provision of a student email service is a vital component of DET's ICT Strategy 2006 - 2008.

The student email service is expected to be available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year excluding agreed maintenance periods.

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Tender Briefing
A tender briefing is scheduled for Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 9.30am, at the McKell Building, Level 4.

Attendees must register with the Contact Officer by close of business on Friday, 30 November 2007.

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

Z_RFT_0701797.pdf (254 KB)

• Contract Award Notices:
  • CN0701797  SMS Consulting Group Limited

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Documents available for this RFT (as issued on 20/11/2007):

Only a softcopy (electronic downloadable files, including one in Dmax Lite v5.1 format) of the RFT documentation is available.

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IMPORTANT - Please read all the following

The main RFT documentation is in a "**** . DTT" file format type

This file requires Dmax Lite V5.1 software to open, read and also to prepare your tender.

Your tender response should include at least one file with a file extension of ****.DTR to be a conforming tender.

Summary Document file:

Also provided is a file in ****.pdf format for Viewing Only that provides Summary information to assist in your decision whether to participate in the tendering process, without purchasing Dmax Lite software or becoming a recorded prospective tenderer. This is not a copy of the full tender

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Obtaining the RFT Documents:

First time visitors to this web site who wish to participate ie. download, will need to self-register on this web site to gain access to the RFT documents, or a new copy of the software.

Download all files - which will include the following files:
*** . DTT - this is the main RFT documentation in a Dmax Lite database format.
In addition there are some other files which are handy Guides and a Transmittal form for the tender - do not incorporate this in your Dmax tender response file.
Send in the Transmittal form separately.

• A full soft copy of the RFT documents can be downloaded from this web site.
• You must download to your own computer all the files provided (including any addenda), by clicking on the blue "DOWNLOAD A SOFT COPY - free" link at the bottom of this page and following the on-screen instructions.
  
  

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Obtaining the required DMax Lite V5.1 software:

The RFT documents are made available in "* . DTT" format only. This format is specific to the software, 'DMax Lite', that is manufactured by 'DecisionMax Pty Ltd'.

Please note and act on the following -

To open the RFT main document file (ie the ***.DTT) and to prepare your tender you will need to use the 'Dmax Lite' software.

If you do not already have a current and licenced copy of 'Dmax Lite' v5.1 software, a copy of the software can be purchased and downloaded from this site as part of your download process.
After you log in and access the RFT more options will be presented to you relating to the software.

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Lodging a tender:

Your completed tender in the required software format MUST be lodged electronically via this RFT web page.
Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
As the tenderer you must be a registered user of this tendering web site.

Your tender MUST include at least one file in *.DTR format.

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Other PC requirements:
This web site has been optimised for the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator web browsers. The minimum requirements are as follows - IE version 5.5 or later, Firefox 1 or later, Netscape Navigator Ver 4.7 or later all with Cipher Strength = 128bit.
Your web browser MUST be set to accept cookies. You will not be able to register, access the documents, or lodge tenders if cookies have not allowed.

The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of all necessary software.