Tender

New Generation Firewall

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

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Tender

06 Nov 2018 at 09:22

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

De Montfort University is seeking suppliers to submit proposals for the replacement of its Next Generation Firewall, including ongoing support and maintenance. This procurement is currently at the Tender stage and has a deadline for submissions set for 26th November 2018. The contract period is expected to commence on 21st December 2018 and extend until 31st March 2024. The tender falls within the Software and Information Systems industry category and will be conducted as a mini-competition under the SUPC SLRA Framework, specifically targeting suppliers present in Lot 4, Other Software. The procurement location is in Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses in the cybersecurity and IT infrastructure sectors, particularly those specialising in firewall solutions and associated maintenance services. Companies that offer innovative approaches to meet the specified requirements and can demonstrate compliance with the university's Minimum Standards are encouraged to compete. The project is suitable for SMEs looking to expand their footprint in the higher education sector, as well as for established firms with expertise in implementing high availability network solutions and dynamic routing protocols.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

New Generation Firewall

Notice Description

The Requirements - Summary De Montfort University (DMU) has a requirement for replacement Next Generation Firewall, including ongoing support & maintenance, all as per the Specification (Statement of) Requirements set out in and forming Section Two of this RfQ document. The University welcomes the identification and submission of alternative innovative solution approaches / proposals for consideration and evaluation that meet the University's specific Specification (Statement of) Requirements. All such proposed solutions will need to take account of our Minimum Standards and Essential Requirements in particular and must also meet the University's ICT Solution Requirements standards at Section Five of this RfQ document. Further information surrounding the University's Specification (Statement of) Requirements and responding to these in particular is contained at Section Two of this RfQ; please see that all information and instructions contained therein are fully read and understood before returning your completed RfQ Response. Where submitting more than one alternative proposal for consideration please ensure that all documentation completed and submitted as part of your RfQ Response is clearly titled and referenced to this effect so as to avoid any error or misinterpretation at evaluation stage. Where submitting more than one alternative response for consideration please also be clear to identify the considered relative benefits and potential costs savings of each proposal option / Offer. This procurement represents a mini-competition against the SUPC SLRA Framework Lot 4 Other Software. All RfQ Responses must be submitted in accordance with this Framework. Only those suppliers present on the above mentioned Framework and Lot shall be eligible to bid for this Contract. Bidders must ensure that they respond to all areas of the Specification (Statement of) Requirements, so as to allow for such full consideration and evaluation to take place. De Montfort University are undertaking a procurement exercise to replace our existing Check Point firewall infrastructure and Forcepoint URL filtering solution due to the existing equipment reaching end-of-life. We have a standalone Check Point management platform, currently on version R77.30, running on our VMware infrastructure. We currently have 5 firewall instances, comprising two high availability (HA) clusters and a standalone node. The two HA clusters service our "external" firewalls and our "internal" firewalls and the standalone node ("tenants" firewall) services a separate internet link for guests and commercial organisations located on-site. We have a stretched layer 2/3 network between two data centres located approximately 0.5km apart, linked via 9/125 single mode fibre in our own ducts. Our network infrastructure consists of various Hewlett Packard Enterprise "A-series" switch stacks, configured as virtual switch fabrics using HP's pro... Additional information: The Requirements - Summary De Montfort University (DMU) has a requirement for replacement Next Generation Firewall, including ongoing support & maintenance, all as per the Specification (Statement of) Requirements set out in and forming Section Two of this RfQ document. The University welcomes the identification and submission of alternative innovative solution approaches / proposals for consideration and evaluation that meet the University's specific Specification (Statement of) Requirements. All such proposed solutions will need to take account of our Minimum Standards and Essential Requirements in particular and must also meet the University's ICT Solution Requirements standards at Section Five of this RfQ document. Further information surrounding the University's Specification (Statement of) Requirements and responding to these in particular is contained at Section Two of this RfQ; please see that all information and instructions contained therein are fully read and understood before returning your completed RfQ Response. Where submitting more than one alternative proposal for consideration please ensure that all documentation completed and submitted as part of your RfQ Response is clearly titled and referenced to this effect so as to avoid any error or misinterpretation at evaluation stage. Where submitting more than one alternative response for consideration please also be clear to identify the considered relative benefits and potential costs savings of each proposal option / Offer. This procurement represents a mini-competition against the SUPC SLRA Framework Lot 4 Other Software. All RfQ Responses must be submitted in accordance with this Framework. Only those suppliers present on the above mentioned Framework and Lot shall be eligible to bid for this Contract. Bidders must ensure that they respond to all areas of the Specification (Statement of) Requirements, so as to allow for such full consideration and evaluation to take place. De Montfort University are undertaking a procurement exercise to replace our existing Check Point firewall infrastructure and Forcepoint URL filtering solution due to the existing equipment reaching end-of-life. We have a standalone Check Point management platform, currently on version R77.30, running on our VMware infrastructure. We currently have 5 firewall instances, comprising two high availability (HA) clusters and a standalone node. The two HA clusters service our "external" firewalls and our "internal" firewalls and the standalone node ("tenants" firewall) services a separate internet link for guests and commercial organisations located on-site. We have a stretched layer 2/3 network between two data centres located approximately 0.5km apart, linked via 9/125 single mode fibre in our own ducts. Our network infrastructure consists of various Hewlett Packard Enterprise "A-series" switch stacks, configured as virtual switch fabrics using HP's proprietary Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology. Within the internal network, our core switches virtualise the network layer to deliver 19 network "roles" each of which are independently managed and only connected via the "internal" firewall. Connections are physically delivered to the current firewalls via individual physical links, or LACP port groups with tagged VLANs via the stretched layer 2 networks. Routing on the firewalls is currently defined via static policies, but a requirement exists to extend this to the use of dynamic routing protocols, namely OSPF internally and BGP externally. As part of the implementation, we require a high availability cluster split across our two data centres, allowing virtualised firewall instances to be run for "internal", "external" and "guest" firewalls. Traffic will be delivered to the firewalls via LACP port groups consisting of a mixture of 10G SR and 10G LR fibre links to provide resilience in the event of single device or entire data centre failure. Firewall synchronisation should operate via a minimum of two separate links which will be connected between the data centres via our diverse LR fibre links. Traffic will be delivered via 802.1Q tagged VLANs and must be separated within the firewall to deliver the specific VLANs required to the respective virtual firewall instance. Furthermore, we would like the capability for virtual instances to be active on any node in the cluster at any time, but with a single cluster node capable of running all instances in the event of a disaster e.g. cluster node A normally runs the "internal" firewall, whilst cluster node B normally runs the "external" and "guest" firewalls. Please note that this represents a procurement (mini-competition) against the SUPC (Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium) Software Licence Resellers Agreement (SLRA) Framework, Lot 4 Other Software and consequently only those suppliers present on that Framework / Lot are eligible for bidding for this procurement. All details and documents in respect of this procurement can be located on: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c03d53c-e008-445d-90ec-87e8cb2d001d
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other -
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Nov 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
26 Nov 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
21 Dec 2018 - 31 Mar 2024 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
1
Postcode
LE1 9BH
Post Town
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF21 Leicester
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Leicester
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Leicester South

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Notice Documents

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