Brazil ICT tenders watch

Petrobras launched a call for a range of services related to project management, governance and the digital transformation processes of its transport and logistics subsidiary, Transpetro.

Brazil’s federal oil company intends to hire an ICT contract administrator, financial consultant, system analysts and IT project manager in a single tender.

The contract administrator, for example, will be responsible for the entire management of Transpetro's ICT suppliers.

The reference budget for the tender is 12.6mn reais (US$2.66mn) and the winner will be the one offering the biggest discount on that amount.

Details can be found at Petrobras’ procurement platform, Petronect, under reference number 7003839913.

Bids can be submitted through the platform until June 6.

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State-run telecom services provider Telebras was hired by social security agency INSS to deploy a new national network interconnecting over 1,700 INSS units across Brazil.

Worth 179mn reais, the contract is valid for 30 months and renewable for an equal period, according to terms published in the federal gazette. Services will be provided through fiber links, and satellites in places where there is no viable wired internet.

Each INSS unit will have two connectivity links: one for dedicated internet and one for corporate broadband. Telebras will deploy an SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) managing the networks, using equipment provided by Fortinet.

The deadline for completion is 12 months.

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Brazilian MVNOs Dry Company and Nuh! won a tender called by the federal government for the first phase of Internet Brasil, which aims to provide mobile connectivity for up to 700,000 public school students in the country.

Selection was carried out by the country’s national research and education network RNP, an entity linked to the science, tech and innovation ministry (MCTI) and responsible for the project’s management.

The companies will provide SIM cards and data plans for the students using 3G/4G technologies, with at least 5GB in monthly data allowance. Dry Company will be responsible for 70% of the accesses, while Nuh! will provide the remaining 30%.

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Systems integrator Digisystem will provide IT services to the education ministry (MEC) and federal savings bank Caixa Econômica Federal.

For the ministry, Digisystem said it will provide technical services for the development and support of software applications, using agile methodologies through a team of 115 professionals.

As for Caixa, around 200 IT professionals will be responsible for implementing and operating the bank's Service Desk for 24 months. Financial details of the contracts were not disclosed.