Datacentre Co-location Services
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview New Zealand Police is inviting registrations of interest for the supply of datacentre co-location and related services. About Police is a highly digitally enabled organisation with its front line operating through mobile delivered applications. This digital frontline capability needs a highly reliable and resilient infrastructure back-end to deliver the needed 24x7 service outcomes. Scope The successful provider will be expected to deliver: Continuous availability, such that no single facility, power, cooling, or connectivity failure interrupts Police mission critical emergency services platforms A facility pair that supports low latency synchronous replication and stretch clustering for protected resilient active/active workloads National resilience, with services continuing to operate through regional natural hazard events, consistent with the role of Police and emergency services as critical, post-disaster infrastructure Security and sovereignty, with facilities, personnel and processes meeting New Zealand Government protective security expectations, and all mission critical services delivered from New Zealand Operational independence, through high-quality, responsive technical services that allow Police to operate its estate remotely with confidence Proven low latency connectivity to cloud services Contract Terms and Conditions Initial contract term of five years, with options to extend for a further four years Contract commencement: November 2026 Instructions to Respondents It is Police's preference to transact via the GDDA Marketplace. If the selected supplier is not a Marketplace supplier, the supplier is encouraged to apply to be listed on the Marketplace (www.marketplace.govt.nz / GETS | Department of Internal Affairs, NZ Government Marketplace, Standing Open Invitation to Apply). Police will work with GDDA and provide reasonable assistance to the supplier in support of its application, if requested. If, after this contract has been executed, the supplier's offering becomes available through Marketplace, the parties will cooperate to transition the applicable services to the Marketplace. To request the ROI documentation (Reference: TN/26/07 Datacentre Co-location Services), please email: ICTstrategicsourcing@police.govt.nz. All correspondence and questions regarding this ROI must be directed to this email address. Deadline for questions: 2 September 2026 Enquiries Contact: Teina King Phone: 0212206830
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