Apollo Mobility Solution

A Contract Award Notice
by NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £313K

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Published: 16 Sep 2021
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Leeds:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Northern Gas Networks Leeds

1 supplier

Brand Communications Huntingdon

Description

Apollo is used on all NGN laptops, tablets and system control PCs, to enable secure remote access to NGN's IT systems. This enables wide scale home-working during the COVID-19 pandemic and supports secure day to day operations for NGN's field force and system control. Brand is also an essential service to secure data flows from our Gas Offtake sites back to System Control. 3iG are currently running a comprehensive programme to replace old Arqiva technology with Brand software which has given NGN more security and reliability.

Total Quantity or Scope

Brand Communications Apollo is used on all NGN laptops, tablets and system control PCs,to enable secure remote access to NGN's IT systems. This enables wide scale home-workin gduring the COVID-19 pandemic and supports secure day to day operations for NGN's field force and system control.

Award Detail

1	Brand Communications (Huntingdon) Apollo Mobility Solution Reference: 023070-2021-1 Value: £313,497

Award Criteria

price

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Legal Justification

NGN had a contract with Brand Communications, which expired on the 31st of August 2021. Brand Communications Apollo is used on all NGN laptops, tablets and system control PCs,to enable secure remote access to NGN's IT systems. This enables wide scale home-working during the COVID-19 pandemic and supports secure day to day operations for NGN's field force and system control. Brand is also an essential service to secure data flows from our Gas Offtake sites back to System Control. 3iG are currently running a comprehensive programme to replace old Arqiva technology with Brand software which has given NGNmore security and reliability.This software is a critical part of our IT infrastructure and would be a multi-million pound investment to replace, procure and swap out all devices if Brand was replaced. The current COVID-19 lockdown restrictions would also create a longer-term programme of works of face-to-face interactions between the IT support team and 1000+ end user devices. There is a need to renew the contract to save NGN time and money that has been spent on building our current infrastructure to replace this with a new solution.