Cisco Advanced Services - Network & Security Assessment

Concepts

• local area network
• guildford
• firewall assessment
• cisco terms
• wan assessment
• cisco
• wide area network
• firewall assessments
• the cisco firewall blockage issues
• a firewall assessment report

Location

Guildford

Description

Remediation work to conduct Firewall Assessments, DCN & WAN Assessment which make up the CHARM R&R Programme. National Highways being a UK Public Sector End User Organisation, do not have the ability to Contract Directly with CISCO, on CISCO Terms. To utilise a suitable skilled and competent CISCO Partner to review the CISCO Firewall Blockage Issues.

Total Quantity or Scope

Firewall Assessment: • Gathering information and conducting an on-site Assessment workshop. • Reviewing firewall design, configuration, and architecture. • Drafting a Firewall Assessment Report with recommendations. DCN and WAN Assessment: • Gathering information through a remote Assessment workshop. • Reviewing Data Center Network and Wide Area Network infrastructure. • Drafting an Assessment Report with recommendations.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72710000 - Local area network services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

This Call-off contract is required as a result of National Highways requiring an examination of the CHARM Service Outage Incident of 26/27-Oct-21, why this Service Outage occurred and what remediation is needed to prevent a reoccurrence. Within that context, the Relevant Service in question is required to be done promptly and establishing this direct contractual arrangement will allow the deliverables to be acheived.