NETWORK FIREWALL REPLACEMENT STRATEGY

Concepts

• network equipment
• coventry
• coventry university
• network firewall replacement strategy
• coventry university group network environment
• supply of firewall infrastructure
• network security
• jisc network equipment framework
• coventry university group
• strategic partner

Location

Description

Network security has proven challenging to manage on an on-going basis. Vendor driven software upgrades and operability with legacy hardware have resulted in service impact and loss of availability following deployment of releases. Coventry University therefore wishes to undertake a formal support engagement for the following items: 1. To award a contract with a single supplier for the supply of firewall infrastructure within the Coventry University Group network environment. 2. To identify a strategic partner who can deliver an industry leading support mechanism for Network Security operating model with the Coventry University group for procurement, finance, digital services, and supportive lifecycle processes and a sustainable TCO model. 3. To Supply of all requirements in the Appendix B, Pricing Schedule, to Coventry University. 4. Integration with Azure Marketplace. 5. To award a 3-year contract with a +1 +1 option for extension. This is a competitive procurement, conducted as a further competition against the JISC Network Equipment Framework, Lot 7 Palo Alto. This Agreement has been awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

CPV Codes

• 32420000 - Network equipment

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

All clarification questions (including technical enquiries) relating to the ITT must be submitted using the 'correspondence' tab on the In-Tend e-Tendering system related to this Project https://in-tendhost.co.uk/coventryuniversity/.