Firstly:  We need to know what the Department is planning, are they looking at a centralized backup point at Head office with a replication site?  Or more than one centralized point such as the bigger regional offices and replication sites accordingly. 

Service provider to advise

Second:  How much Terabytes of data are we talking about?

80 Terabytes with annual growth of 40%

Thirdly:  Give us a run down on what you currently have?  How do you backup, is it still the EMC Tape backup systems? 

Please refer to the Terms of Reference included in the tender document. We use different tape libraries 

Fourthly:  What system applications are DWAF now running, is Novell still used, with Microsoft and Unix Sun Solaris?

Please refer to Background in the Terms of Reference included in the tender document.

Fifth:  What servers do you have, Dell, HP, Sun and more?

Please refer to Current Environment in the Terms of Reference included in the tender document.

Sixth:  What do you have in mind to be covered by the consolidation? In other words, are you looking at network appliances that can help you backup, such as mail backup units?  Any other specific need?

Please refer to Current Environment in the Terms of Reference included in the tender document.