Notice Information
Notice Title
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Notice Description
Provides organizations with complete full-suite protection providing security admins with an easy-to-deploy and manage platform, block sophisticated social engineering attacks such as impersonation, zero-day phishing and Business Email Compromise. Using AI-trained engines. Securing inbound, outbound, and internal emails from phishing attacks inspects the communication's metadata, attachments, links and language
Lot Information
Lot 1
Ulster University wishes to procure an additional layer of email security, to help further enhance its security posture and protect the organisation from an increasing amount of phishing attacks, including a noted increase in attacks using QR codes in, the last 12-18 months. This is in line with the noted increase in other sectors, as well as Higher Education. This additional protection would cover approximately 7,000 staff email accounts. 8 Suppliers were shortlisted via Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 (RM1557.13) Additional information: The estimated total value stated above in Section II.1.7 includes the initial 1 year contract period and the option to extend the contract for any periods up to and including 12 months. This contract has been awarded following a mini competition via the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 Framework (RM 1557.13).
Options: It is anticipated the contract will be for One (1) year initially, with an option to extend for any periods up to and including twelve (12) months.
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded following a mini competition via the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 Framework (RM 1557.13). 8 Suppliers were shortlisted with 6 responses.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042c4c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000934-2024
- 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
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48730000 - Security software package
48732000 - Data security software package
72212730 - Security software development services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £270,900 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Jan 20242 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)
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