UKF
Replacement of Trading Floor Network
Invitation to Tender
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Contents
1.1Project Goals and Objectives. 2
1.2Purpose of this Invitation to Tender 2
2.1Institution’s Background. 2
3SCOPE AND SCALE OF SYSTEMS.. 3
5DETAILED FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.. 4
8COST INFORMATION REQUIRED.. 4
9SUPPLIER INFORMATION REQUIRED.. 4
10IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.. 5
11INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPLIERS.. 6
UKF uses 2 trading floors in Manchester. The network in one of these is in urgent need of replacement. It no longer meets the stringent demands for availability and performance required for today’s trading floors. All hardware and cabling requires updating along with the design. We are looking for a solution that will not only meet current needs but will be future proof for the next 5 – 10 years, and so continue to deliver a service level that meets our needs for the foreseeable future.
Key goals and objectives for the new network include: –
This ITT lays out in detail the requirements for the new network, this includes any constraints and limitations. It provides all of the information required for the tender process including specific requirements.
Tenders will take the form of a report that will include all network diagrams and a detailed discussion of design decisions. The report will make clear links between specific requirements and how the design will address these.
See the ICA for details of Tender submission date.
UKF is one of the leading financial institutions in the UK today, we own two of the key trading floors in Manchester. Our Head Office is based in central London, and we have regional offices in Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. We provide financial services for a wide range of British businesses and industries.
Our technical environment is as follows: –
Business systems that the new network must support: –
The scope of this project is limited to our 2nd trading floor in Manchester. This includes the network services to the trading floor itself as well as services to the support office which must provide all services listed in section 2.3.
The trading floor will support 600 traders. There are 45 support staff and a management team of 15. All staff require a desktop PC. At present there are 30 networked printers in a room just off the trading floor. Management staff have their own networked printers.
The trading floor and support services operate on core hours of 6am to 6pm.
We require a new network that will meet the key requirements outlined in Section 4. The network will handle all of the data traffic for one of our central London trading floors. The data traffic from traders themselves must be handled with high performance and availability requirements. The requirements for all other traffic are less rigorous.
The new network must continue to provide this level of service for a minimum of 5 years, and so must be designed with this in mind. The network must provide a cost effective solution. The organisation is aiming to reduce its overall power usage by 25% over the next 10 years and so the new solution must be able to provide significant improvements on power usage.
Technical requirements
For the purposes of this exercise no cost information is required though information on power saving can be included. An explanation of how TCO is being kept to a minimum is also required.
8.1General Information
8.2Proof of Supplier’s sound Financial and Company Standing
8.3Evidence of Capacity to Deliver Contract Requirements
8.4Other
An overview of how the network will be implemented is required however dates/times etc. are not required.
See ICA for instructions on Submission.
APPENDICES
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