{"id":5412,"date":"2026-06-11T20:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:41:55","slug":"call-for-tenders-for-the-procurement-of-a-server-and-software-licences-for-the-colombia-diversa-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/call-for-tenders-for-the-procurement-of-a-server-and-software-licences-for-the-colombia-diversa-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Tenders: Procurement of a server and software licences for the Colombia Diversa project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Located at Calle 30, No. #6-22, Office 801, in the city of Bogot\u00e1.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. PURPOSE OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS<\/strong>\r\nSelect the supplier offering the best technical, financial and warranty terms for the purchase of one (1) existing rack-mounted server, together with the relevant operating system licence, in accordance with the technical specifications set out in this document.<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2. MINIMUM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED<\/strong><br \/>\nThe equipment and software offered must be new, straight from the manufacturer, and must strictly meet or exceed the following specifications:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\">\u00a0<strong>Component \/ Feature <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\"><strong>Minimum Specifications Required <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Make and model <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">HPE ProLiant DL320 Gen11 (or a technologically equivalent model of a higher generation).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Processor <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">1 x Intel Xeon-B 3408U (8-core).<\/p>\n<p><em>Maximum chassis capacity: 1 processor. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>RAM <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">32 GB total (Installed: 1 x 32 GB or 2 x 16 GB) DDR5 4800 MHz RDIMM.<\/p>\n<p><em>Maximum chassis capacity: Up to 16 DIMM slots. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Storage (including hard drives) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">\u2022 1 x 1 TB Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1 x 4 TB Enterprise-class mechanical hard drive (HDD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Bays and Connection Plate <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">Hot-plug backplane for 3.5-inch (Large Form Factor \u2013 LFF) low-profile hard drives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Component \/ Feature <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">Minimum Specifications Required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" colspan=\"4\" width=\"579\"><em>Maximum capacity: 4 drive bays. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\"><strong>Storage Controller <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">Integrated SATA controller (AHCI or Intel SATA software RAID).<\/p>\n<p><em>Exclusive support for SATA RAID configurations. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\"><strong>Network Connectivity <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">Integrated network interface with 2 x 1GbE ports (embedded).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\"><strong>Power Supply <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">1 x HPE 500W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-Plug Low-Halogen Power Supply.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chassis capacity: Supports up to 2 power supplies (redundancy). <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\"><strong>Operating System (Licence) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">1 x Original licence for <strong>Windows Server 2025 <\/strong>(Standard Edition, 16-core processor), authorised retail channel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\"><strong>Manufacturer's Warranty <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"288\">Three (3) year warranty (3-3-3: parts, labour and on-site support).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>3. SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS (ELIGIBILITY)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Tenderers must enclose the following documents with their tender:<br \/>\n\u2022 Partner Certification: A valid document certifying the bidder as an authorised channel partner of the manufacturer (HPE and Microsoft) in the country.<br \/>\n\u2022 Legal Status: Certificate of incorporation and legal representation (issued by the Chamber of Commerce or equivalent) issued no more than 30 days ago.<br \/>\n\u2022 Route: Updated for 2026<br \/>\n\u2022 Experience: Provide evidence of at least two (2) completed contracts for the sale of hardware with similar specifications within the last three (3) years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. CONTENTS OF THE MANDATORY PROPOSAL<\/strong><br \/>\nProposals must be submitted by email to <strong>calls@colombiadiversa <\/strong>and divided into two components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Technical Proposal: Detailed technical specifications of the proposed server, including part numbers for storage components, memory and licences, to verify authenticity and compatibility with HPE.<\/li>\n<li>Financial Proposal: A formal quotation expressed in Colombian pesos, detailing the unit price, the total amount and statutory taxes (VAT). It must include the validity period of the offer and the warranty period.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>5. EVALUATION AND AWARD CRITERIA<\/strong><br \/>\nThe contract will be awarded under the following procedure: <strong>Complies\/Does not comply<\/strong> in technical terms, and the most favourable financial tender will be selected from amongst those that meet 100% of the requirements:<br \/>\n\u2022 Technical Assessment: Verification of strict compliance with the specifications table (Section 2). Tenders that do not meet the required processor, form factor or disk capacity will be rejected.<br \/>\n\u2022 Financial Evaluation: The contract will be awarded to the tenderer who, having met the technical requirements, submits the tender that is closest to the budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. DELIVERY TIME AND LOCATION<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Delivery Timeframe: The selected supplier must deliver the equipment and licences within a maximum of five (5) calendar days from the date of signing the contract or issuing the purchase order.<br \/>\n\u2022 Delivery Location: The goods will be delivered physically installed in a rack (mounting only; no software configuration) at the organisation\u2019s premises located at: Calle 30 A No. 6-22, Office 801, San Martin Building, Bogot\u00e1 D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. TIMELINE OF THE PROCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\"><strong>Activity <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"235\"><strong>Deadline \/ Time <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\">Publication of the call for applications<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">Thursday 11 June 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\"><strong>Closing date for applications (Submission of proposals)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correo: convocatorias@colombiadiversa.org<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">Friday 26 June 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\">Evaluation of proposals and awarding of contracts<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">From 26 June to 7 July 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBICADA EN LA CALLE 30 A #6-22 OFIC 801 EN LA CIUDAD DE BOGOTA. 1. OBJETO DE LA CONVOCATORIA Seleccionar al proveedor que ofrezca las mejores condiciones t\u00e9cnicas, econ\u00f3micas y de garant\u00eda para la adquisici\u00f3n de un (1) servidor de montaje en rack existente, junto con su respectiva licencia de sistema operativo, de acuerdo con [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-convocatoria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5412"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5426,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412\/revisions\/5426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}