Availability

HEAnet client members serving the education and research sectors.

What products are available under this Agreement?

This framework covers the supply of Apple hardware and Software plus associated services from the qualified Vendors.

Contact resellers within the Agreement for further information.

Benefits of this Agreement

• Covers hardware, software and associated services
• Streamlines procurement compliance requirements
   

Expiry:

The agreement has been extended until 1st August 2013.

More Detailed Information:

Resellers within the framework

Workflow to guide you through the mini tender process:

1. Identify your required APPLE Hardware and/or Software
2. Check your organisation’s procurement threshold requirements to see if a mini-tender is the appropriate method. E.g. for very small value orders a verbal or email quote from 1 or 3 suppliers may be sufficient to satisfy your procurement rules
3. Use the email template at TemplateAppleFWMiniTender.doc to compose a mini tender request. Complex mini-tenders should allow 10-15 working days for responses. Simpler tenders should allow 3-5 working days for responses
4. Email the mini tender request to: HEANET-APPLE-MINITENDER2010@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE. This will email all resellers in the framework. Evaluate responses received with reference to the evaluation criteria used
5. Award the contract subject to agreed terms and conditions and complete a call-off-contract. Notify the successful and unsuccessful Tenderers. A sample call off contract is located at Template-call-off-contract-Apple.docx.
    

For running a mini-tender against this Apple Framework reasonable practise is to select a subset of criteria originally used in the RFT. E.g. for a mini-tender with no items that require value added services Ultimate Cost 80% and Delivery Ability 20% might be appropriate.  You are free to select your own criteria and weightings. See the sample cost spreadsheet at CostScoringTemplate.xlsx for scoring cost correctly in a mini-tender.

Criteria and Weightings used in the Original RFT:

1. Company background and ability to provide value added services 15%
2. Quality and level of maintenance, warranty, support and spares proposal offered. 15%
3. Account management and reporting 10%
4. Staff and Student purchase ability 5%
5. Delivery ability 5%
6. Environmental Characteristics 5%
7. Online order fulfilment ability 10%
8. Ultimate Cost 35%

Other Documentation:
Hardware and Software Samples
Original Descriptions of Weightings used

If you have any questions or require more information, please contact: scm@heanet.ie