MAHARA HOSTING SERVICES FOR xxxxxxx FACULTY
Technical Proposal
Higher Colleges Of Technology
P.O. Box: xxxxx xxxxxx, xxxx
This proposal is prepared and reviewed by the Teaching & Learning Department
Mahara Hosting Services for xxxxxx Faculty Technical Project Proposal
1. INTRODUCTION
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (xxxxxxx) is a community of approximately 20,000 students and 2,000 staff based
on 17 campuses throughout the xxxxxxxxxxxx (xxx). It is the largest higher education institution in the
xxx.
It is planning to use Mahara for a cohort of 200 teachers as a pilot project.
2. REQUIREMENTS
Please provide your proposal with the following details for a cloud-based hosted solution of Mahara.
We expect to require about 100-200 users, with no more than 50 simultaneous users, maximum.
1) Overview of your services and solutions related to the latest version of Mahara
2) Hosting infrastructure and servers (an overview)
a. How service can be scaled up if required during the subscription year
3) Technical details including connectivity speed from the UAE – if known
a. Backup procedures
b. Availability targets
c. Disaster Recovery details including Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point
Objective (RPO)
4) Single Sign-On (SSO) with Blackboard
5) Active Directory Integration
6) Details of the service:
a. storage limits and server connectivity details
b. Help desk hours and SLAs
7) Maintenance & Quality Assurance services to the Mahara Project
8) Mahara Security
9) Costing table that includes server specs, storage and connectivity details
10) Clients in the UAE with contact details for reference – if any
3. VALIDITY OF OFFER
Your quotation should be valid for a period of Ninety (90) days from the date of closing.
4. SUBMISSION OF OFFER
Please submit your quotation no later than 13:00Hrs Tuesday, 16th
September, 2014 via
e-mail to : xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx, and clearly addressed as below:
Mr. xxxxx xxxxxxx
Head, Procurement and Contracts Services
Central Services
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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