Question NW30 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
14 February 2019 - NW30
Rawula, Mr T to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)(a) On what date was the information technology (IT) infrastructure of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her last upgraded or updated, (b) what is the name of the company contracted to do the upgrades, (c) what was the monetary value of the contract and (d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded; (2) what is the (a) name of the company that is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her and (b) monetary value of the contract?
Reply:
Ser no |
ICT Systems Upgraded or Updated |
Service Provider/s |
Monetary Value |
Remarks |
|
a. |
b. |
c. |
d. |
1 |
Upgrade the DOD IBM Central Computing Platforms at the DOD Secondary- and Primary Data Centres. |
SITA & IBM |
Rm 35,803 |
Activity initiated during 2017 and completed mid-2018. |
2 |
Procurement of a Hyper Converged Infrastructure for the DOD Secondary- and Primary Data Centres. |
SITA and IT Agility |
Rm 77,640 |
A three year contract with effect from the FY 2018/19. |
3 |
Upgrade the DOD VMAX Storage Disk and communication switches for the DOD Secondary- and Primary Data Centres. |
SITA and EMC |
Rm 40,660 |
Activity initiated during 2017 and completed mid-2018. |
4 |
Upgrading of the DOD Bankserv System. |
SITA, Paytech, Koponong and Vivid Technologies |
Rm 1.876 |
Initiated in 2016 and commissioned Aug 18. |
5 |
Upgrading of the DOD Active Directory System. |
SITA, XON and Microsoft SA |
Rm 92,684 |
Requirement registered 19 Aug 14 and project completed 06 Aug 18. |
6 |
The upgrading of the DOD National Telecommunication Back Bone Infrastructure. |
XON |
FY 2018/19-Rm 66.3 FY 2019/20-Rm 115,3 FY 2020/21-Rm 113,768 FY 2021/22-Rm 119 392 |
A four year contract with effect from the Financial Year 2018/19. |
2. What is the (a) name of the company that is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her and (b) monetary value of the contract?
REPLY:
See attached Appendix