RFI-306-20-OI-01-IT Support for DABS.pdf

REQUES FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Issuance Date: November 27, 2019

Questions/Comments Due: December 21, 2019

Subject: Request for Information (RFI), RFI-306-20-OI-01- IT Support for DABS Existing

Data Center, New Disaster Recovery Center and Load Centers

Dear Interested Offerors, The U.S Agency for International Development Mission in Afghanistan (USAID/Afghanistan) is issuing this Request for information (RFI) in order to identify sources that can fulfil the subject requirement as fully described in Attachment 1 “Draft Statement of Work (SOW)”.

USAID requests all interested parties to review and comment on Attachment 1. All responses or questions to this RFI must be submitted in writing by the due date via email to kbloaaoiteam@usaid.gov. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted.

This RFI is solely issued to gather information for planning purposes as an attempt to identify capabilities of potential offerors and to gain feedback on the draft SOW (Attachment 1).

Therefore, interested offerors are advised that any information submitted may be used to inform the development of the anticipated SOW. This RFI is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), a solicitation, or an indication that USAID will contract for the requirement contained in this RFI.

Interested offerors are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this

RFI will be solely at the interested Offeror’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Contract Opportunities website currently located at beta.SAM.GOV. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the federal contract opportunity site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The Product and NAICS codes for the equipment and services listed under this RFI are as follows:

Product Service Code: D325 – IT AND TELECOME – DATA CENTERS AND STORAGE

NAICS Code: 423430 – COMPUTER AND COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT AND

SOFTWARE MERCHANT WHOLESALERS

General guidelines/ Submission Instructions for responses:

Responses to this RFI shall include the following as a minimum:

• Title - Please include the title “IT Support for DABS Existing Data Center, New Disaster

Recovery Center and Load Centers” Project in the subject line of your e-mail and/or attachment (if applicable)

• Business Type - Indicate your organization type (e.g. U.S, Non-U.S., small business, large business). The information collected from this RFI will be used to help make planning decisions and will not be released publicly.

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ATTACHMENT 1

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

C1. ACTIVITY IDENTIFICATION

1.1. Activity Title: DABS IT Support for Existing Data Center, New Disaster Recovery

Center and Load Centers

1.2. Location:

1.2.1 Existing DABS Data Center in Kabul

1.2.2 New Disaster Recovery (DR) Data Center at the Tarakhil Power Plant, Kabul

1.2.3 Load Centers in Kabul, Kandahar, Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar Provinces

C2. BACKGROUND

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is transforming and automating its business operations with the support of Information Technology (IT) to improve transparency and productivity with the goal of becoming a commercially successful and sustainable Power Utility. As part of this program, DABS has implemented the “mPower” software application suite to automate its core business processes, including metering, billing, revenue collection, customer care, mobile workforce, energy auditing, asset registration and asset management. DABS also initiated the implementation of Microsoft Great Plains (GP) for automating its internal functions, including finance, accounting, procurement, HR and Inventory Management System (IMS).

1. DABS HQ Data Center in Kabul:

The DABS HQ Data Center houses the existing IT infrastructure and is the current repository of all data collected by DABS. Currently the data gathered by DABS is not backed up. In case of any interruptions, the business operations of DABS will be adversely affected. To mitigate disruption of business operations, DABS plans to establish a Disaster Recovery Data Center at the Tarakhil Power Plant.

2. Disaster Recovery Data Center at Tarakhil Power Plant in Kabul:

All the critical business applications including mPower and Microsoft GP ERP are centralized at

DABS Data Center in Chaman Hazouri Kabul without any backup data center. To address the lack of data backup, DABS intends to establish a disaster recovery data center to be housed in the National Load Control Center (NLCC) building located at the Tarakhil Power Plant, Kabul.

The disaster recovery data center IT infrastructure will mirror the existing IT infrastructure at

DABS HQ Data Center.

3. Load Centers:

The mPower application suite and Microsoft GP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application have also been deployed in five major Load Centers in Kabul, Kandahar, Balkh, Herat and

Nangarhar provinces. To support the full implementation of mPower, DABS need IT equipment and accessories (see Schedule No. 2).

C3. SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall perform the following tasks:

Task No.1 DABS HQ Data Center in Kabul:

In order to facilitate the interface with the disaster recovery data center, the contractor shall perform the following:

Sub-Task No.1.1: As-is Study

Sub-Task No.1.2: Surveying and documentation of the existing network connectivity

Sub-Task No.1.3: Re-configuration of existing data center, as applicable

Sub-Task No.1.4: Supply of minor equipment as needed

Sub-Task No.1.5: Update of all the Systems and Applications

Sub-Task No.1.6: System Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

Sub-Task No.1.1: As-is Study

Perform an as-is study of the existing system and conduct a detailed inventory of the existing servers and other equipment along with the Bios, Firmware, Redundant Array of Independent

Disk (RAID) configurations, Operating Systems (OS), partitions, network configuration, application versions, etc. and prepare an existing system report.

Deliverable under Sub-Task No.1.1:

• As-is Study Report

Sub-Task No.1.2: Surveying and documentation

Survey and document the existing network connectivity for the local area network (LAN), internal and external interfaces and develop a detailed existing diagram of the network.

Deliverable under Task No.1.2:

• System Documentation

• Network Layout1; and

• Propose list of required repairs and associated hardware and software (if needed)

Sub-Task No.1.3: Re-configuration of existing data center as applicable

The contractor shall reorganize, reconfigure and recommission the existing system. Based on review of the current system setup, the contractor shall provide clear write-up on how the system shall be built and deployed by integrating various components. A pictorial representation in

AutoCAD or similar software diagram describing how the solution will be built by integrating various devices and applications and how they will work after final deployment.

1 Layout shall include technical drawings for future reference and troubleshooting, showing connection, equipment, placement of equipment after the system is up and running.

Deliverables under Sub-Task No.1.3:

• Technical Solution Report: The technical report shall cover the following but not limited to:

1. Hardware and Servers Setup

2. Network Environment setup

3. SAN Storage and Backup environment setup

4. Vmware Virtual environment setup

5. Operating System and Application Environment setup

6. Database Environment setup

7. DC and DR Replication setup

8. Migrating the Application and Databases

The report will serve as a reference guide to DABS for operation and maintenance of the existing

Data Center and help facilitate data migration between the DABS - HQ Existing data center

(DC) and the New Disaster Recovery data center (DR). To achieve this, the contractor shall therefore do the following.

Sub-Task No.1.4: Supply of minor equipment

No assessment has been done on equipment that may be needed. Based on the contractor’s assessment, supply of minor equipment may be necessary in order to facilitate the transfer of data to the Disaster Recovery Data Center.

Deliverable under Sub-Task No.1.4:

• Equipment Supplied, installed, tested and commissioned

• Prepare layouti of the existing data center.

Sub-Task No.1.5: Update all the Systems and Applications

• All the software applications – including the operating system, application and database components – must be updated with the latest patches.

• SAN, networks, servers and other related hardware equipment must be updated with the latest firmware and bios components.

Deliverable under Sub- Task No.1.5:

Confirmation Letter, signed by Contractor, DABS and QA Representative, stating that all the required updates have been completed.

Sub-Task No.1.6: System Operation and Management (O&M)

• The Contractor must develop O&M manuals for existing data center system and equipment.

• The O&M manual must be practical and specific to the existing data center.

Deliverable under Sub- Task No.1.6:

O&M Manuals

Task No.2: Disaster Recovery Data Center at Tarakhil Power Plant in Kabul

To establish the new disaster recovery data center, the contractor must perform the following:

Sub-Task No.2.1: Assessment, Design and Configuration of IT infrastructure

Sub-Task No.2.2: Supply of Equipment

Sub-Task No.2.3: Equipment Configuration and Data Migration

Sub-Task No.2.4: Networking and Installation of Equipment infrastructure

Sub-Task No.2.5: System O&M

Sub-Task No.2.1: Assessment, Design and Configuration of IT infrastructure

1. The contractor must assess the site and make sure the new equipment for data recovery can be delivered, installed, tested and commissioned. The contractor shall make sure that there is proper, and enough space, easy connectivity, easy grounding and sufficient power supply exists. The Contractor shall identify if any of the mentioned conditions are not available and suggest an alternative solution.

2. The Contractor must prepare layout of the entire system. The layout must include but not limited to i) general layout/arrangement, ii) network layout, iii) grounding details,

iv) equipment installation details, v) rack configuration, vi) cable trays configurations,

vii) power connectivity, etc.

3. The contractor must configure all the equipment in Schedule No.1.

a. Hardware and Servers Setup

i. All the Servers, network equipment, Storage Area Network (SAN), and other devices will be commissioned in the Network and server Racks as per the approved design package. The racks shall be provisioned with dual power sources connected to UPS backup power.

ii. Provide proper grounding and bonding for all server racks and equipment.

iii. All the Servers must be commissioned in the server’s racks with ball bearing rail kits and cable guides. All of them connected and configured to a KVM switch for remote management.

iv. The network equipment must be installed in network rack per the approved design package.

v. The SAN and related equipment, including the storage processors, disk enclosures and fabric switches shall be commissioned in the rack as per the approved design package.

vi. Servers, storage and other equipment having a management console shall be configured to the management Local Area Network (LAN) along with IP and cabling.

vii. All the equipment shall be updated to the latest firmware, and bio-related firmware.

viii. All the equipment shall be equipped with redundant power connections.

b. Network Environment Setup

i. A detailed network plan must be developed with IP Planning. The plan should detail the overall network setup in the data recovery (DR) center and how it would be connected to the DABS HQ.

ii. Network security is to be configured in the Disaster recovery Center through

Cyberoam, ASA or similar device provided by the DABS. The network must be segmented as LAN, WAN, DMZ and appropriate routing and policies to protect the servers and application and route the traffic based on required priorities.

iii. Virtual Private Network (VPN) service shall be implemented between the DR and DC to secure communication between both sites.

iv. The 10-Gigabit Switch is to be deployed to form a core switch. All advance features available with the devices to improve network functionality should be utilized effectively. The existing legacy network must be completely transformed from establishing the 10Gig in the core and setup trunk to remote switches through Fiber

Channel (FC) links. Required VLAN routing, cabling, etc. will also be completed.

v. All servers should be connected to the core switch through a 10Gig Ethernet connection to provide adequate bandwidth for the server. There should be a separate virtual local area network (VLAN) to be configured for production servers, testing and development and traffic needs to be filtered between the VLANs.

vi. Implement a NTP (Network time protocol) service and configure all network equipment to synchronize the time with the NTP daemon (NTPD).

c. SAN Storage and Backup Environment Setup

i. SAN controllers / Processors shall be configured for the best performance, throughput and failover redundancy.

ii. Disk enclosures shall be integrated to the storage controllers through redundant high-speed back-end connectivity.

iii. Management network shall be configured, and an Active Directory-based integration shall be configured for storage access if the above feature is supported.

iv. Storage controllers shall be interconnected with the Fabric switches in a redundant path.

v. All servers shall be interconnected to the Fabric switches through redundant paths.

vi. Fabric Zones shall be created with WWN names or as per the best practice recommendation of the OEM.

vii. Separate Disk groups shall be created for VMware and Database applications as per the best practice recommendations of the above-mentioned OEMs. IO sizing shall be done to ensure that there will be no bottlenecks.

viii. RAID 5 and RAID 10 groups shall be created as per the IT Team requirements for the applications and Data.

ix. The tape library shall be integrated with the fabric interface.

x. Symantec Net-backup applications shall be implemented, and the tape library shall be configured to backup all data via the backup application.

xi. Weekly full backup and daily incremental backup shall be performed on all data.

xii. Windows and Linux net backup agents shall be installed on the database and other important servers. Agent-based backup shall be performed for the DB2 operating systems.

xiii. Database and all other data shall be backed up through an LAN-free backup method.

The required method shall be disk-to-disk and tape for optimum performance.

d. VMware Virtual Environment Setup

i. Implement the VMware Vsphere environment.

ii. Setup the VMware Vcenter server, integrate the Vcenter server with the Active

Directory-based authentication and access control.

iii. Implement DRS, Vmotion, fault tolerance on the VMware and ESXi servers and integrate them with the Vcenter for centralized management.

iv. Present RAID-10 and RAID-5 LUN’s to the VMware environment. The RAID groups and Disk spindles shall be configured as per the best practices for VMware environment.

v. Create a dedicated VMnetworks for user access and internal communication.

vi. Create a High-Availability and failover VMware DRS Cluster to ensure that the virtual machines would failover on to the other available nodes in case of failure of any node in the Cluster.

vii. Create Virtual Machine templates for Linux, Windows virtual machines based on approved drawing package.

viii. Virtual Machine Operating system partition shall be on the RAID-10 and the Swap space shall be configured in the Local Disks of the VMware Server. Additional storage shall be configured for the Virtual machine as per the approved drawing package and recommendation of the IT Team.

e. Operating System and Application Environment Setup

i. Implement Jboss/Glassfish cluster environment on 4 nodes on Red Hat Express Linux

(RHEL) 6.x and updated with the latest patches and fixes. Performance tuning shall also be performed as per the best practice recommendations.

ii. Implement HAPROXY application for network load balancing on two Virtual

Machines and configure the Network Load Balancing (NLB) solution. Ensure that the

NLB distribute the load across the application server instances.

iii. Migrate the existing mPower CIS, CRM, Mobile app, E.A and other application modules from the physical legacy servers to the virtual servers without any impact to the production environment as per the needs of the mPower stack, including network ports.

iv. Install the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate on the mPower servers using the appropriate name.

v. Install Microsoft GP 2015 R5 environment with 2 database nodes, two application nodes and two web service nodes clustered for high availability through network load balancing or Microsoft cluster services.

vi. Microsoft Great Plains ERP system deployment, which documents best practices, must be implemented while configuring the system for operations. Web client must be configured, and appropriate SSL must be implemented. The application must be securely published over the internet.

vii. Structured Query Language (SQL) Server data needs to be provisioned on the SAN storage on high speed LUNs. The backup for the application must be configured.

f. Database Environment Setup

i. IBM DB2 Ver 10.5 Database environment shall be implemented on the two node/high availability clustered environment to ensure that the database instance continues to function normally, even if one of the servers experiences a failure.

ii. The database environment shall be implemented on the RHEL operating system as per the best practice recommendation of the IBM storage output (IO). The performance calculation shall be carried out based on the requirements of the mPower application to ensure that there will not be a bottleneck during peak load time.

iii. Migrate the existing databases from the legacy DB2 server to the newly-built clustered environment without any impact and update with the latest patches.

iv. SAN storage shall be configured according to the database requirements of the mPower team. Dedicated Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) shall be configured for various databases to ensure that the load impact on one of the applications shall not be placed on the other databases. IO intensive logs shall be placed on the RAID 10 LUNS and the

Database files shall be configured on the RAID 5 LUNS.

g. DC - DR Replication Setup

i. Implement the storage-based replication between the DC and DR SANs. Configure the application and policies to ensure that the replication takes place in a timely manner with less overhead.

ii. Implement data replication between the DC and DR in a periodical manner with minimum time lag. The DR environment should have all the critical data available which would be similar to the production environment.

iii. DR setup shall be configured in a similar way to the production environment. It shall be configured in a standby mode which would be activated in case there is a failure in the

DC environment.

iv. DR activation instruction document shall be developed with activities to be performed during failover/switchover between DC and DR environments.

Deliverables under Sub-Task No.2.1:

a) Disaster Recovery Plan

b) Documentation of the system

c) Design Drawings

d) Technical assessment Report

e) Software and equipment installed and configured

f) Layout of the entire IT Infrastructure and Systems

Sub-Task No.2.2: Supply of Equipment

Supply the equipment listed in Schedule No. 1 below

Deliverables under Sub-Task No.2.2:

• Equipment in Schedule No. 1 supplied

Sub-Task No.2.3: Equipment Configuration and Data Migration

a. Once the production and DR environments are implemented, configured and tested, plans shall be made to migrate databases and applications to the new environment in a phased manner via an appropriate timeline.

b. A clear plan regarding such migration, which details the impacts and back-off options shall be submitted. The contractor shall ensure that the migration will be smooth and there will be no major issues during the migration.

c. The contractor must get a written confirmation from the DABS IT Director stating that the production environment is built as per the scope of work and is production ready. Without this confirmation, the environment will not be allowed to move into production

Deliverables under Sub-Task No.2.3:

• Data successfully configured and migrated to new servers

Sub-Task No.2.4: Networking and Installation of Equipment

1. Commissioning and Configuration of the Supplied System

a. A testing and development environment shall be configured on the VMware virtual environment.

b. The test environment shall have a set of application and database nodes configured with the same versions of the software components and it shall be similar to the production environment.

c. The test environment shall be populated with test data provided by the mPower team at DABS.

1. Develop detailed documentation of the environment

a. Detailed documentation shall be provided by the contractor for the entire environment along the complete design package.

b. Network documents shall be submitted. Documents shall be comprised of the overall development of the network, as well as configurations made on network equipment. It should include the routing and switching details, firewall policies and other parameters which are critical to the overall environment.

c. Storage documents shall be submitted. Documents should describe the overall storage implementation, configuration and integration. It should provide clear details on the RAID groups, LUNs created, as well as zooming details of the fabric switches.

d. Backup documents, including the overall setup and configuration of the backup application, as well as policies and jobs configured. It should also detail the setup of the backup library, connectivity and operational process of the entire backup solution.

e. The application environment shall be documented along with the database and application setup and configuration. The document shall detail the overall setup for mPower application functionality.

f. A detailed document along with the position of the servers, racks and other equipment which shall clearly indicate the equipment position and overall view of the IT infrastructure built for mPower.

Deliverable under Sub-Task No.2.4:

Successful completion of networking and installation of Equipment infrastructure

Sub-Task No.2.5: System Operation and Management (O&M)

- Under this task, the Contractor shall develop O&M manuals for Disaster Recovery System.

- The O&M manual shall be practical and specific to the Disaster Recovery System.

Deliverables under Sub-Task No.2.5:

• O&M manuals for new recovery data center system and equipment.

Task No.3: Load Centers

The scope of work at the five (5) load centers involves only the supply of equipment listed in schedule No. 2 (A and B) to support and improve the current applications. The contractor shall supply the equipment at one central location and DABS will be responsible for distribution and installation at the load centers.

Deliverables under Task No.3:

• Equipment listed in Schedule No. 2 (A and B) supplied

Task No.4 Training and Knowledge Transfer for Data Centers

a. Conduct a detailed training and knowledge transfer session for the DABS IT team for minimum 3 days, explaining the overall implementation and configuration performed. The training session shall be an interactive session with the IT Team, demonstrating the setup and configurations of various equipment applications and troubleshooting.

b. The training plan and manuals needs to be prepared, submitted, reviewed and approved prior to the commencement of the training.

c. The training material shall be specific to the existing and new system;

d. Printed copies of the documentation described as above in the documentation scope shall be provided to the DABS IT team during the training and handover session.

Deliverables under Task No.4:

• Training Plan

• Certification of 3-day training completed by the trainees

C.4 SITE VISIT

There will be a site visit by appointment arranged by DABS to inspect the Data Centers before submission of the proposal. All prospective offerors will be welcome to participate.

C.5 KEY TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. The contractor shall be paid after receipt of goods or deliverables as applicable.

2. The contractor shall not include any duty taxes in the price as USAID will facilitate the issuance of duty exemption letters.

3. The contractor shall provide a quote for all required goods or services. No partial quote will be accepted as the Government intends to award only one contract.

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Schedule No. 1: Servers and Back-End Infrastructure - Equipment for IT Disaster

Recovery Data Center

No. Item Description of Goods Qty. Unit

Price

Total

1.1 Servers

Production

Data Center

2U Rack mountable server

Processors Dual x Intel(r) Xeon(r) E5-2687W-V3 3.1GHz,25M

Cache,9.60GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,10C/20T (160W) Max Mem

2133MHz.

If the E5-2687W-V3 processor is discontinued, an equivalent or higher new generation v4 processor to be proposed

Memory 128GB DDR4 RAM Balanced for two processors, The Server Should be populated with Identical DIMMs across all the

Four (4) Memory Channels of Each Processor for Optimal

Performance.

Memory Protection Should support – Advanced ECC & Online-spare

Maximum Memory should be supported 256GB or More

Should have front and rear USB & Display ports

Integrated Graphics controller supporting 1280 x 1024 resolution

PCI Expansion Slots shall be offered with Minimum Two PCI Express

Gen 3.0 Slots with at least One PCIe 3.0 X16 Slot.

RAID controller with 1GB or More Read & Write Cache

System should support 10 or more 2.5 Inch Hot plug SAS hard disk drives & SSD drives

SAS 600GB 15K RPM Hot plug Hard Disk drives 4No’s

Networking 2 x 1GbE Ethernet Ports, 2 X 10GB –T Ethernet Ports

16 GB FC HBA: Dual port Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter

The System should support Microsoft Windows 2012, Redhat enterprise Linux or equivalent

The Systems Management software should provide IP based console access for

- Monitoring and management of hardware components

- Access to error logs; - Integrated Management Log (IML); -

Configuration of RAID;

- Support to SNMP based alerts; - Management software should support popular monitoring applications; -Power and cooling;

Redundant 750 Watt or more Hot Plug Power Supplies; -Hot plug fans; -Industry compliance; Form factor/Chassis depth Rack 2U Rack mountable; Serviceability easy install rails Standard easy install rack mountable rail kit

1.2 FC SAN

Storage for

Production

Data Center

Fiber Optic SAN Storage with below specifications

Storage Type : Fiber optic SAN with two Active - Active Controllers

Minimum 4GB or more Cache per controller

Minimum 2 or more 16 GB FC Interface ports with Transceiver modules

Protocols to be supported: FC

Drives to be supported: SSD,SAS,NLSAS

Support expansion up to 2 Disk enclosures or more than 50 SFF SAS

Drives

Hosts to be supported: 25 or more

Number of Luns to be supported : 100 or more

Data Protection: Snapshot, Volume Copy features should be enabled

Snapshot : License shall be included for Minimum 50 or above

Snapshots per system

Required License shall be included for Drive Copy / Volume copy.

Thin Provisioning feature should be enabled

Support for Data copy to move data across volumes to position it based on the demand, required licenses should be included

Should support remote data replication to similar array. Required licenses should be included

Operating system support: Redhat Linux, Microsoft Windows 2008, 2012, Suse and Fidora Linux or equivalent

Management : Unified Management through Web Browser or console

Virtualization Support : Vmware vSphere

Shall Support Nondisruptive software / firmware upgrades

Required Disk Drives

10 No’s x 400GB 2.5” Mainstream Solid State Drives

10 No’s x 900GB SAS 10K RPM HDDs

8 No’s x 6TB NLSAS 7.2K RPM HDDs

10Meter FC Cables to establish 16Gb connectivity between the servers, FC switch and Storage- 20 NO's

16 Gb Dual Port FC HBA adapters compatible to Dell Power edge 630

Servers. 8 No's or equivalent

1.3 Fabric

Switches for

Production

Data Center

16GB Fiber Optic SAN Switches for the SAN storage

- 24 Port Fiber channel switch

- 12 ports activated with required license & preinstalled with 16 Gb

SFP Transceiver Modules

- Redundant Power supplies

- Port Types : D_PORT (DIAGNOSTIC PORT), E_PORT, EX_PORT, F_PORT, M_PORT (MIRROR PORT); SELF-

DISCOVERY BASED ON SWITCH TYPE (U_PORT); OPTIONAL

PORT TYPE CONTROL

- Class of Service : CLASS 2, CLASS 3, CLASS F (INTER-SWITCH

FRAMES)ISL TRUNKING

- Non disruptive firmware upgrades

- Support for web based / console based management

- Rack mountable with required rails / tools

- Software drivers power cables etc.

1.4 SAN Storage

for Disaster

Recovery

Centre

Fiber Optic SAN Storage with below specifications

Storage Type : Fiber optic SAN with two Active - Active Controllers

Minimum 2GB or more Cache per controller

Minimum 2 or more 8 GB FC Interface ports with Transceiver modules

Protocols to be supported: FC

Drives to be supported: SSD,SAS,NLSAS

Support expansion up to 2 Disk enclosures or more than 50 SFF SAS

Drives

Hosts to be supported: 25 or more

Number of Luns to be supported : 100 or more

Data Protection: Snapshot, Volume Copy features should be enabled

Snapshot : License shall be included for Minimum 50 or above

Snapshots per system

Required License shall be included for Drive Copy / Volume copy.

Thin Provisioning feature should be enabled

Support for Data copy to move data across volumes to position it based on the demand, required licenses should be included

Should support remote data replication to similar array. Required licenses should be included

Operating system support: Redhat Linux, Microsoft Windows 2008, 2012, Suse and Fidora Linux or equivalent

Management : Unified Management through Web Browser or console

Virtualization Support : Vmware vSphere

Shall Support Nondisruptive software / firmware upgrades

Required Disk Drives

10 No’s x 900GB SAS 10K RPM HDDs

10 No’s x 6TB NLSAS 7.2K RPM HDDs

10Meter FC Cables to establish 8Gb connectivity between the servers, FC switch and Storage- 10 NO's

1.5 Servers for

Disaster

Recovery Site

2U Rack mountable server

Processors Dual x Intel(r) Xeon(r) E5-2687W-V3 3.1GHz,25M

Cache,9.60GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,10C/20T (160W) Max Mem

2133MHz.

If the E5-2687W-V3 processor is discontinued, an equivalent or higher new generation v4 processor to be proposed

Memory 128GB DDR4 RAM Balanced for two processors, The Server Should be populated with Identical DIMMs across all the

Four (4) Memory Channels of Each Processor for Optimal

Performance.

Memory Protection Should support – Advanced ECC & Online-spare

Maximum Memory should be supported 256GB or More

Should have front and rear USB & Display ports

Integrated Graphics controller supporting 1280 x 1024 resolution

PCI Expansion Slots shall be offered with Minimum Two PCI Express

Gen 3.0 Slots with at least One PCIe 3.0 X16 Slot.

RAID controller with 1GB or More Read & Write Cache

System should support 10 or more 2.5 Inch Hot plug SAS hard disk drives & SSD drives

SAS 600GB 15K RPM Hot plug Hard Disk drives 2 No’s

Networking 2 x 1GbE Ethernet Ports, 2 X 10GB –T Ethernet Ports

8 GB FC HBA: Dual port Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter

The System should support Microsoft Windows 2012, Redhat enterprise Linux or equivalent

The Systems Management software should provide IP based console access for

- Monitoring and management of hardware components

- Access to error logs, - Integrated Management Log (IML), -

Configuration of RAID

- Support to SNMP based alerts, - Management software should support popular monitoring applications, --Power and cooling

Redundant 750 Watt or more Hot Plug Power Supplies, -Hot plug fans

-Industry compliance , Form factor/Chassis depth Rack 2U Rack mountable

Serviceability easy install rails Standard easy install rack mountable rail kit

1.6 Fabric

Switches for

Disaster

Recovery site

24 Port 8GB Fiber Optic SAN Switch

- 8 ports activated & Licensed and Preinstalled with 8Gb SFP Modules

- Redundant Power supplies

- Port Types : D_PORT (DIAGNOSTIC PORT), E_PORT, EX_PORT, F_PORT, M_PORT (MIRROR PORT); SELF-

DISCOVERY BASED ON SWITCH TYPE (U_PORT); OPTIONAL

PORT TYPE CONTROL

- Class of Service : CLASS 2, CLASS 3, CLASS F (INTER-SWITCH

FRAMES)ISL TRUNKING

- Non disruptive firmware upgrades

- Support for web-based / console based management

- Rack mountable with required rails / tools

1.7 UPS System 60 KVA Smart UPS System

Panasonic Maintenance free Batteries OR Equivalent Batteries to provide 60 Mins backup @ 80% Load

Battery banks to be supplied based on required number of batteries

Should support N+X parallel with sharing the same battery bank

INPUT

Nominal Voltage : 380 VAC (L-L)/220VAC(L-N)

Voltage range : 210-475 VAC(L-L)/121-275VAC(L-N)

Power factor : > 0.99

THDI : < 3%

Dual mains input Support

Input Connections : Three-phase four wires + grounding

OUTPUT

Voltage : 380VAC(L-L)/220VAC(L-N)

Voltage regulation: ±2%

Frequency : 50/60 Hz

Power factor : 0.8

Overload capability :

125% for 10 minutes; 150% for 1 minute

Output Connections : Three-phase four wires + grounding

UPS STATUS DISPLAY: LCD to monitor

UPS status, operation instruction, Input voltage, output voltage, current, frequency, battery voltage, charger voltage and current, fault and warning display

1.8 Core network

switches for

DC

48 port x 10GBASE-T Layer 3 Switch auto-sensing (1Gig / 10Gig) switching ports

-Stackable up to 3 Switches

Uplink ports -2 QSFP+ ports with Splitter cables to split each QSFP in to 4x10Gig SFP ports pre-installed with 10Gig Transceiver Modules to cover 300 Meters distance.

-Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode and flow control

- Should support RIP1, RIP2, OSPF and other layer 3 protocols

-Layer 2 Protocols, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support

-Broadcast storm control, Link aggregation features support

-Spanning Tree, Rapid Spanning Tree support

-Web, SSH, Telnet, SSL management access

IEEE Compliance to below protocols

802.1AB LLDP

802.1D Bridging, Spanning Tree

802.1p Ethernet Priority (User Provisioning and Mapping)

802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP

802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP)

802.1v Protocol-based VLANs

802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP)

802.1X Network Access Control

802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)

802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging

802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) on mgmt. ports

802.3x Flow Control

802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)

Note:- Core and Edge switches should support 10Gig uplink between them over fiber. Suitable SFP modules to be included along with the switches

1.9 Network

Switches for edge connectivity

24 Port - 10Gig 100/1000/10Gig autosensing ports

- Layer 3 routing protocols to be supported

- 2 x 10Gig SFP uplink ports with Transceiver modules compatible to establish uplink to core switch within 300 meters.

-48 port layer 2 switch should support

-Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode and flow control

-Layer3 Routing protocol support for RIP V1/2, OSPF, VRRP, CIDR, ICMP, IGMP, etc.

-Layer 2 Protocols, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support

-Broadcast storm control, Link aggregation features support

-Spanning Tree, Rapid Spanning Tree support

-Web, SSH, Telnet, SSL management access

IEEE Compliance to below protocols

802.1AB LLDP

802.1D Bridging, Spanning Tree

802.1p Ethernet Priority (User Provisioning and Mapping)

802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP

802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP)

802.1v Protocol-based VLANs

802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP)

802.1X Network Access Control

802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)

802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging

802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

Note:- Core and Edge switches should support 10Gig uplink between them over fiber. Suitable SFP modules to be included along with the switches

1.10 IP KVM

Switch for remote management

24 Port IP KVM Switch with required cables to connect 24 Servers

16 ARI ports for servers with required Cables

2 ports for power distribution units

4 USB 2.0 ports

Up to 2 remote users

2 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Integrated Remote Console Switch software for local access

On-board Web Interface via browser for remote access

Analog VGA, SVGA, and XGA

16:10 widescreen, up to 1680 x 1050

4:3 standard, up to 1600 x 1200

Multi-platform support for PS/2, USB, USB 2.0 and serial devices

Dell PS/2, USB, USB2-VM, USB2-VM+CAC, and Serial SIPs

1.11 Data Backup

Software application

-The Backup software should be the product of the same OEM of SAN and Tape Library for better compatibility and integration.

-It should support central job management, media management, device management, client management, reporting, notifications and logging.

This server should maintain a history of backups in the database, enabling users to identify the objects they want to restore.

- It should support backup of Oracle, SQL Server®, Exchange Server, SharePoint®, MySQL™, DB2®, PostgreSQL. No scripting should be required to run “hot” backup and recovery jobs.

- It should support Lan-free Backup modes.

- It should support data protection to VMware® and Hyper-V® environments.

-It should provide consistent, reliable, point-and click backup and restore for virtual environments without much efforts.

1.12 LTO Tape

Library

FC Tape Library with

Two (2) LTO-5 Ultrium Drives, 8Gb dual FC interface with Transceiver modules, 400GB/1.6T or better, Slots: 24

Cleaning Cartridge

3 Years comprehensive warranty including spares and support

1.13 LTO 5 Media

Cartridges

LTO 5 Tape Cartridges, 400GB/1.6T or better which should be same make and suitable for the LTO tape library mentioned in the item

"1.12)

1.14 Rack

Mountable

Console

Dell / HP or equivalent Rack Mountable Console with keyboard, mouse and 18Inch Monitor. It should be supplied with ball bearing rack mount kit for easy movement. It should support VGA, USB keyboard, mouse supports virtual media

1.15 Server Racks NetShelter SX or equivalent 42U 600mm Wide x 1070mm Deep

Enclosure with Sides Black. Rack. Each rack should be supplied with

2No's of PDU, Basic, ZeroU,16A,230V,(20)C13 & (4)C19; IEC309

1.16 Rehat Enterprise Linux with 3 Years Subscription or Equivalent 5

1.17 Vmware Vsphere Enterprise 10 Processor License & Virtual center server or Equivalent 1

1.18 Symantec Endpoint protection with 100 No’s Client License for Windows 7, Windows8 and Redhat Linux 6.0 Systems with 3 Years subscription. Or Equivalent

1.19 Microsoft Exchange 2016 Standard version with 50 CAL'S 2

1.20 Veeam Backup & Replication Enterprise for VMware – for DC - DR replication with 3 year 24/7 support for unlimited Virtual Servers or Equivalent

1.21 Microsoft Windows 2012 Server Standard version 5

1.22 Nagios® XI Enterprise edition with 24/7 support. 100 Node support or Equivalent 1

TOTAL PRICE SCHEDULE No.1

Schedule No. 2 A: Load Center Mobile Equipment

No. Item Description of Goods Qty. Unit

Price Total

2.1 Android

Mobile Phone

Size: 5.5 inches

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop); Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916

Snapdragon 410

CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 or equivalent; GPU Adreno 306 or equivalent

Internal Storage :2GB RAM , 16GB ROM

Display :

Type IPS capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors; Size 5.5 inches (~69.0% screen-to-body ratio); Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density); Multitouch: Yes;

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Communication :

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot; Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR; GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS; Radio FM radio; USB micro USB v2.0, USB On-The-Go

BATTERY : Li-Ion 4000-mAh or more; Front Camera: 13.0

Megapixels; Secondary Camera: 3.0 Megapixel; Video Recording :

Yes, 1080p@30fps

3G Speed: Yes, HSDPA, HSUPA; Bluetooth: Yes, v4.0, A2DP, EDR

Browser: Yes, HTML5; Edge: Yes; GPRS: Yes

GPS Facility Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS

2.2 Weather proof

mobile case

Hard Shell Protection with enhanced grip, shock resistant mobile case for the android mobile

2.3 Bluetooth

Portable

3" thermal Bluetooth Printer.

Programmable; USB interface; Wireless Blue tooth interface for PC

Thermal

Printers 3" phone communication. Should support Persian language; Built-in 3"

Thermal Printer; Built-in 2.2 Ahr Lithium Ion Battery; Intelligent &

Fast battery charger; ABS case; 3" thermal Bluetooth Printer ;

compatible with Android Mobile phones; Compact, Vibration and dust resistant, ; Fast Thermal Printing with Easy Paper Loading and Belt

Mountable.; Shoulder Strap; Fast intelligent charger (110-220V AC)

2.4 3" Thermal

Paper rolls

3" Thermal Paper rolls compatible for the Blue tooth Mobile printer

(item 2.3)

2.5 Android

Tablet with dust proof cover

OS : Android OS, Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) and above

CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz or above

Memory Card slot: microSD, up to 64 GB

Memory: 16 GB, 2GB RAM; Camera Primary: 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels, autofocus

Network: GSM / HSPA / LTE / 3G support; SIM: Yes

Display Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size :8.0 inches (~69.0% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution :768 x 1024 pixels (~160 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch: Yes; Secondary 2 MP; Geo-tagging : YES; Video 720p

3.5mm jack Yes; Communication: WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot; Bluetooth : v4.0; GPS: A-GPS, GLONASS

USB: microUSB v2.0; Sensors: Proximity, Accelerometer, Gyro, Magnetic sensors, Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM;

Browser: HTML5

Java No; - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player; - Photo/video editor; -

Document viewer; Battery: Li-Ion 3000 mAh or more; Stand-by:

40Hrs above; Enhanced Grip, Hard Shell Protection.

Make: Samsung, Lenovo, Micromax, Lava, Panasonic, Asus, Huawei -or equivalent

2.6 Optical Probe

for AMR

German Metering Optical Probe OP-205 or equivalent product as below or Equivalent

Standard: IEC 62056-21 (IEC 1107)

Power consumption: approx. 25 mA; (communication process);

Operating voltage: 5 V from the USB interface; Data baud rate: 19200 bit / s; Electrical interface: USB 1.0

Communication: Half duplex; Wavelength: 880nm; Echo filter: yes;

Connector: Micro-USB-B infrared filter against; external light influences; Dimensions (Ø x H): approx. 32 x 26 mm; Magnetically holding force: > 15 N; Casing material : ABS; Cable: length 2 m, Ø

4,5 mm, four-wire cable LAPP; Weight: approx. 90 gr

2.7 Micro USB to

RS 485

Converter kit

Connector: Micro-USB- RSfilter against external light influences

Cable: length 1 m

Interface Feature: Interface compatible with EIA/TIA of RS-485 standard Transmission Speed:57.6kbps in 1200m (more than 230kbps in short distances); RS-485 Port Input Voltage: 7-12V

OS support: iOS and Android; Transmission: Medium Normal Cables, twisted-pair cables, shielded cable

2.8 Barcode Label

Printer

DISPLAY:LED Green/Red

Print Height 27.1mm; Print Speed 20mm/s , 52mm/s , 80mm/s ( depends on resolution ); Print Head 360x180dpi , 360x360dpi , 360x720dpi ( 384 dots )

Tape Cut Auto Full Cutter, Auto Half Cutter (Laminated tape only);

Feed & Cut Yes ;

Power Supply AC adaptor (AD9100ES) (Enclosed) ;

CONNECTION:

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional / XP /

Windows Vista®; Mac OSX 10.3.9-10.6 ; Interface USB (Ver2.0 Full

Speed), Serial (RS232C) ; Label Editing Software;

Image Clip arts, Picture making, Symbol fonts, Screen capture, Image file importing Image Files support BMP / ICO / DIB / TIF / JPG /

JPEG / WMF / EMF / PNG / GIF ;Screen Capture: Yes ; Label

Length Setting : 4mm - 1000mm; Tape Margin Settings : 1 mm - 126 mm; Multi Line Printing : Yes; Multi Block Printing : Yes ; Vertical

Printing : Yes

Rotate Printing : Yes ; Horizontal/Vertical Block Alignment : Yes;

Copy Printing : 2 - 5000 (Max.) ; Mirror Printing : Yes ; Numbering 1

- 5000 / A - Z / a - z

Bar Code Printing Machine side(*1): CODE39, CODE128, UCC/EAN-128(GS1-128), 7(Standard, Truncate, Micro), QR Code(Model 1, Model 2, Micro), Data Matrix

(ECC200 Square, ECC200 Rectangular), MaxiCode

File Link (Database) csv, txt, mdb, xls, Microsoft SQL Server

Database: Add-in Microsoft Word / Excel / Outlook (Office

2000/2003/2007) ; Auto Format 12 categories

Undo/Redo : Yes; Unit Changing mm - inch - point ; Zooming (Edit

Area) : Yes ; Drawing Line (Arrow) : / Box / Rounded BOX / Ellipse /

Curve / Polygon / Frame ; Background Pattern : 60 / Texture : 20

Arrange Text Yes ; Spacing Between Characters : Yes; Spacing

Between Lines Yes ; Split Printing Tape width x 2 / Tape width x 3 /

Tape width x 4 ; Background Drawing (Label format) FD, CD, VHS, SD card, Memory Stick, File, Compact Flush or more

Date and Time Inserting Yes (With Date forward function: Win only)

Calendar Inserting : Yes; Table Inserting : Yes; Sheet Function : Yes;

Favorite Function: Yes ; Object History : Yes

2.9 Barcode Label

Cartridges

Thermal Transfer Laminated tape cartridges

Color Category: Black on White - Laminated

Media Type: laminated tape

Media Sizes : 24mm - 0.94"

Roll (0.95 in x 26.3 ft)

Printing Technology : thermal transfer

TOTAL PRICE SCHEDULE No.2A

Schedule No. 2B: Load center End - User Equipment

No. Item Description of Goods Qty. Remarks

2.11 Desktop System Desktop System

Intel® 7th Generation Core™ i7 Processor

Integrated Graphics Card with 1Gb RAM;

4GB 1333MHz or Higher DDR3 RAM; 500GB SATA HDD;

Recovery CD

10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter; DVD RW; 19" High resolution monitor

Soft touch keyboard, infrared mouse & Pad; 2 External USB 2.0 ports and 1 Internal USB; 1 Serial; 1 RJ-45; 1 VGA; 1

DisplayPort; 2 PS/2; 2 Line-in; (stereo/microphone), 2 Line-out;

Windows 7 Pro 64bit OR Windows 10 Pro 64bit

2.12 Accessories and

Antivirus

License

Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus with 3 Years subscription

Headphone set with Mic Phillips, Plantronics, Sony, or equivalent

Web Camera with mountable bracket and USB cable and drivers such or its equivalent

2.13 Office Printers HP LaserJet Pro MFP M225dw (such or its equivalent)

USB & 1Gig network card, Power Cable 220V; Drivers CD; USB

Cable

Additional 100-sheet tray 1No, 250-sheet input tray

HP 83X Original Toner Cartridge x 2 No's

2.14 Network

equipment, Wifi devices and

Cabling

Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router AC 1900 (WRT1900AC) -such or its equivalent; 16 Port Layer2 Switch;

Installation charges included

2.15 Laser Jet heavy

Printer

HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 MFP M525dn -such or its equivalent

USB & 1Gigabit Ethernet network card

100-sheet multipurpose tray, 500-sheet input tray-2

50-sheet automatic document feeder

Power Card 220V; Driver CD; USB Cable;

HP 55X Black LaserJet Toner X 2 No's

2.16 UPS System

5KVA

5 KVA Smart UPS System with Battery Bank

20 Mins Backup Time; 3 Phase Input ; Sine Wave Output;

Input Frequency 40 - 70 Hz; Input voltage range 165 - 240V

12 Socket Output Power strip ;

-Required electrical equipment, cabling, conduits shall be provided and installed at the load centers

2.17 UPS System 20

KVA

20 KVA Smart UPS System with Battery Bank

30 Minutes Backup Time @ 80% load

3 Phase Input; Sine Wave Output; Input Frequency 40 - 70 Hz

Input voltage range 165 - 240V; Static Bypass feature

12 Socket Output Power strip

-Required electrical equipment, cabling, conduits shall be provided and installed at the load centers

2.18 Laptops 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H Processor (6-Core, 9MB

Cache, up to 3.9GHz w/Turbo Boost)

16GB 2666MHz DDR4 up to [32GB], (additional memory sold separately)

128 GB (SSD) Boot + 1 TB 5400 RPM [SATA] HDD Storage

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB GDDR5 graphics memory

Turbo Frequency: Up to 4.10 GHz

2.19 Electromagnetic

digitizer

Active Area:4x2.23inch

Technology: Electromagnetic Digitizer

Hand Input Resolution: 4000 LPI (Lines Per Inch)

Pressure Sensitivity :2048 Levels; Report Rate: 200RPS

Reading Height:0.6Inch; Input Current: < 60 mA

Power Consumption: 0.35 W; Interface Support: USB 1.1

USB Cable Length:150CM; Compliance: CE/FCC/CCC

Dimensions:176.6mm × 115mm × 7.5mm; Net Weight: Below

127g;

OS Support: Windows 7/8/8.1/10/Mac OS 10.8 or above

Driver CD : required with Pen; Integration software for excel, Word

Provide SDK

2.20 Optical

biometric scanner

"USB 2.0 interface

Captures high-quality flat fingerprint images; Ambient light rejection; Large active platen area; 10 frames/second image capture; Fully featured with auto capture, adjustable brightness, contract, and gain functions; FBI PIV-071006; Mobile ID

FAP20;Resolution: 500 ppi

Active Platen Area: 0.96 x 0.64 in. (24.4 x 16.3 mm);

Platen Size: 1.02 x 0.75 in. (25.9 x 19.0 mm);

Operating Temperature: 32° to 131° F (0° to 55° C);

Humidity: 10-90% relative humidity, non-condensing;

Storage Temperature: -4° to 131° F (-20° to 55° C);

Drop Test: No hazards after 750mm drop;

Dimensions: 2.7 x 2.4 x 2 in. (69 x 61 x 51 mm);

Weight: 0.4 lbs. (0.16 kg); Interface/Power: USB 2.0, data and power

Capture Mechanism: Automatic; Uniform Illumination:

Automatically calibrated; Capture Format: Single finger flats;

Standard Software

• Providing a standalone User Interface to let subjects capture their finger; • Quality check (optional); • Sequence check (optional);

Available Software Development Kits (SDKs); •

FPCaptureAccess; • FPCapture Express Lite (Optional)

System Requirements

• Windows® XP or Windows® 7 or Linux®; • Intel® CoreTM 2

Duo 2.4 GHz or higher; • 1 GB RAM or higher; • 80 GB hard drive or higher

• USB 2.0; Certifications; • FBI PIV-071006; • Mobile ID FAP 20;

• FCC

• CE"

TOTAL PRICE SCHEDULE No. 2B

Schedule No. 3: SUMMARY OF PRICE

No. Description Price

Task No. 1 DABS HQ Data Center in Kabul:

Sub Task No. 1.1 As-is Study

Sub Task No. 1.2 Surveying & Documentation

Sub Task No. 1.3 Re-configuration

Sub Task No. 1.4 Supply and Installation of minor equipment (provide detailed breakdown)

Sub Task No. 1.5 Update All systems and applications

Sub Task No. 1.6 System O&M

Sub-total

Task No.2 Disaster Recovery Data Center at Tarakhil Power Plant in Kabul (See schedule

No. 1)

Sub Task No. 2.1 Assessment and design of IT infrastructure

Sub Task No. 2.2 Supply and Installation of Equipment Infrastructure

Sub Task No. 2.3 Equipment Configuration and Data Migration

Sub Task No. 2.4 Networking and Installation of Equipment infrastructure

Sub Task No. 2.5 System O&M

Sub-total

Task No.3 Load Centers (see Schedule No. 2A and 2B)

Supply Equipment

Task No.4 Training and Knowledge Transfer

Training Plan

Training Cost

Sub-total

TOTAL PRICE

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