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HDD-DCO-23-60 Aruba Airwave Cyber Hardware, Licences and Support

NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES

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Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services has recently awarded a contract for the provision of Aruba Airwave Cyber Hardware, Licences and Support. The procurement stage was an award, and the contract was signed on 18th March 2024. The industry category is goods, with a total contract value of £249,612.07 in GBP. The tender was initiated by the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services, located in Carmarthen with the opportunity suitable for businesses in network components, network infrastructure, operating system enhancement software packages, license management software packages, and data security software packages.

This tender for Aruba Airwave Cyber Hardware, Licences and Support offers opportunities for businesses specializing in technology solutions related to networking infrastructure, software development, and data security. Suitable companies could include IT service providers, network equipment suppliers, cybersecurity firms, and software developers. The contract aims to enhance the Health Board's cyber security protection and improve network performance and reliability across multiple hospital and community sites, providing a comprehensive visibility and control solution for Wi-Fi network management.

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Notice Title

HDD-DCO-23-60 Aruba Airwave Cyber Hardware, Licences and Support

Notice Description

Hywel Dda Health Board ("HDUHB") has awarded a contract for the provision of an Aruba Central Ready AirWave 8 hardware device and associated licences and support across the Health Board. The primary focus of this contract is to provide AirWave software that sits on the HDUHB Wi-Fi network and enables real-time along with retrospective monitoring to provide the Health Board with comprehensive visibility, control and troubleshooting tools to fully manage their distributed network environment. The requirement will also enhance the Health Boards cyber security protection by providing firewall policies to the different types of Wi-Fi connections within HDUHB to improve network security and help maintain a reliable and secure Wi-Fi network. The solution will be installed centrally at Glangwili General Hospital (GGH), but will cover all four (4) acute hospital sites as well as community sites. The solution enables the digital team to take advantage of current network management technology development to facilitate increased operational efficiency with the device and associated licences capable of compiling detailed reports on the reliability and performance of the Health Boards Wi-Fi infrastructure. These reports can also be used to allow specific Wi-Fi firewall policies to be setup to protect HDUHBs network from cyber or rogue device attacks.The NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) Digital Workplace Solutions (SBS/19/AB/WAB/9411) framework agreement is compliant with UK/EU procurement legislation and provides a compliant route to source effective consumer-orientated technologies across a range of IT infrastructure, hardware, and software areas. This framework includes several potential providers who have achieved inclusion on the framework following a qualification process.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-140464
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140464
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

48 - Software package and information systems


CPV Codes

32422000 - Network components

32424000 - Network infrastructure

48213000 - Operating system enhancement software package

48218000 - License management software package

48732000 - Data security software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£249,612 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Apr 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Mar 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CARMARTHEN
Postcode
SA31 3BB
Post Town
Swansea
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL42 South West Wales
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Carmarthenshire
Electoral Ward
Carmarthen Town West
Westminster Constituency
Caerfyrddin

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

KHIPU NETWORKS

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