Notice Information
Notice Title
Checkpoint Firewalls and Support Services
Notice Description
The Contract is for the provision of Licensing of Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Support Services to the University.
Lot Information
Checkpoint Firewalls and Support Services
The University is seeking a partner (the Supplier) to provide support to the network team maintaining the campus firewalls. Support will include license renewals, highly responsive technical expertise to resolve technical problems, ensure seamless major version upgrades, provide bi-annual review and recommendations on best use of the firewall investment and support enabling any existing licensed capabilities which are not utilised to their full potential. Further, the Supplier should have experience of configuring Check Point Quantum for optimal configuration and integration with Security information and event management (SIEM) and Security Operations Centre (SOC) products.
Options: The Call-off Contract will be for 2 years initially, with an option to extend for any periods up to an including 24 months.
Procurement Information
This call-off contract was awarded via a shortlisting exercise under the G-Cloud 12 Framework Agreement Framework reference: RM1557.12. 2 suppliers were shortlisted.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02e048
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024741-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72267000 - Software maintenance and repair services
72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software
72267200 - Repair of information technology software
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £828,322 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Aug 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Jul 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- l.simpson@ulster.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2870123609
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COLERAINE
- Postcode
- BT52 1SA
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0C Causeway Coast and Glens
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Electoral Ward
- University
- Westminster Constituency
- East Londonderry
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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