Einführung unified Communications & Collaboration Platform auf Basis Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Rainbow
Tender Summary
The Landeshauptstadt Potsdam, Bereich Vergabemanagement in Germany from Europe region has released this tender for The state capital of Potsdam operates a central communications infrastructure based on the Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE) communications platform. Its goal is to gradually modernize the existing infrastructure and expand it with contemporary unified communications and collaboration functionalities. The Rainbow platform from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has been identified as the target platform. This tender covers the complete implementation, integration, migration, commissioning, documentation, and maintenance of this target platform. The city of Potsdam already has 1,200 Open Touch Conversation (OTC) licenses, which Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise will discontinue on December 31, 2026. These existing OTC licenses must be included in the calculation according to the current migration conditions from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to Rainbow. The migration of the existing system to ALE Purple on Demand using Cloud Connect is planned before the bid deadline. The city of Potsdam already has 4,515 Voice Enterprise users for this purpose. Furthermore, the tender specifies the integration of Rainbow via the Remote Extension. The current license expires on December 31, 2027. The objective of the procurement is the implementation of a future-proof Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) platform based on ALE Rainbow Hybrid. The following objectives are to be achieved in particular: - Modernization of the existing communication environment - Ensuring the investment security of existing OXE components - Improvement of cross-site collaboration - Support for hybrid work arrangements - Integration of mobile devices - Provision of modern presence, chat, and collaboration functions - Ensuring high availability - Compliance with information security and data protection requirements - Enabling a phased migration without disrupting ongoing operations. The client intends to pay for the licenses at the beginning of the term for the entire license period (prepaid). with tender notice no. 691222-2026 published on 09 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 28 Oct 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Telecommunications services. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15393721.
Tender Details
Tender NoticeTI Ref: 15393721
Tender Notice No
691222-2026
Tender Organisation
Landeshauptstadt Potsdam, Bereich Vergabemanagement
Tender Sector
Tender Service
Worldwide
Tender Region
Tender Project Location
Tender CPV
64200000 : Telecommunications services
Tender Source
TED Europa
Tender Document Type
Tender Notice
Tender Deadline
28 Oct 2026 18 days left
Tender Description
The state capital of Potsdam operates a central communications infrastructure based on the Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE) communications platform. Its goal is to gradually modernize the existing infrastructure and expand it with contemporary unified communications and collaboration functionalities. The Rainbow platform from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has been identified as the target platform. This tender covers the complete implementation, integration, migration, commissioning, documentation, and maintenance of this target platform. The city of Potsdam already has 1,200 Open Touch Conversation (OTC) licenses, which Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise will discontinue on December 31, 2026. These existing OTC licenses must be included in the calculation according to the current migration conditions from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to Rainbow. The migration of the existing system to ALE Purple on Demand using Cloud Connect is planned before the bid deadline. The city of Potsdam already has 4,515 Voice Enterprise users for this purpose. Furthermore, the tender specifies the integration of Rainbow via the Remote Extension. The current license expires on December 31, 2027. The objective of the procurement is the implementation of a future-proof Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) platform based on ALE Rainbow Hybrid. The following objectives are to be achieved in particular: - Modernization of the existing communication environment - Ensuring the investment security of existing OXE components - Improvement of cross-site collaboration - Support for hybrid work arrangements - Integration of mobile devices - Provision of modern presence, chat, and collaboration functions - Ensuring high availability - Compliance with information security and data protection requirements - Enabling a phased migration without disrupting ongoing operations. The client intends to pay for the licenses at the beginning of the term for the entire license period (prepaid).
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The tender has been issued by Landeshauptstadt Potsdam, Bereich Vergabemanagement in Germany. Such a type of tender falls under Telecommunications services, within the IT-Software sector, and is listed on Tender Impulse under notice number 691222-2026.
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