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Direct Award for Web Security Gateway Licences under SVARS

SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL

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Notice Title

Direct Award for Web Security Gateway Licences under SVARS

Notice Description

South Lanarkshire Council has invested in one of the market leading web secure gateway products, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway (Triton AP WEB) edition which provides South Lanarkshire Council cyber-attack protection and web filtering services. This product is now end of life and was superseded by Forcepoint One - Web Security Edition in 2022. We agreed to migrate to this new solution to ensure a seamless transition to a supported system and minimum disruption to the council's IT Systems. The current contract - SLC/FC/23/050 for Forcepoint One Web Security Licences- expires on 01 October 2024 and must be renewed to ensure Council has continued cyber-attack protection and web filtering services.

Lot Information

Lot 1

South Lanarkshire Council has invested in one of the market leading web secure gateway products, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway (Triton AP WEB) edition which provides South Lanarkshire Council cyber-attack protection and web filtering services. This product is now end of life and was superseded by Forcepoint One - Web Security Edition in 2022. We agreed to migrate to this new solution to ensure a seamless transition to a supported system and minimum disruption to the council's IT Systems. The current subscription of the Forcepoint One Web Security Edition end on the 30/09/2023. therefore, to ensure continued protection against cyber-attacks we require this contract.

Procurement Information

The Procurement Service then identified that the supplier, Softcat sits within the following framework: Framework: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM1557.13 G-Cloud 13 Lot: 2 Cloud Software Period: 9 November 2022 - 8 November 2023 CCS established the above framework via a procurement process which was fully compliant throughout with the requirements of the procurement legislation, in particular the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and the European Union Public Procurement Directive. As per the G Cloud 13 Buyer guide, the client provided details of their requirements. A search on GCloud 13 was conducted by the Procurement Service by adding key words as filters to drill down the suppliers able to meet the requirement in order to identify the most economically advantageous supplier. Details of the search is saved within the contract file within GCloud 13 which provides a full audit trail of the tender process.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000812412
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN547237
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract 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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£78,982 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Jan 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Oct 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name
Julie McAlpine
Contact Email
julie.mcalpine@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1698454353

Buyer Location

Locality
HAMILTON
Postcode
ML3 0AA
Post Town
Motherwell
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM95 South Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
TLM95 South Lanarkshire

Local Authority
South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Hamilton North and East
Westminster Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

COMPUTACENTER

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN547237
    Direct Award for Web Security Gateway Licences under SVARS - South Lanarkshire Council has invested in one of the market leading web secure gateway products, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway (Triton AP WEB) edition which provides South Lanarkshire Council cyber-attack protection and web filtering services. This product is now end of life and was superseded by Forcepoint One - Web Security Edition in 2022. We agreed to migrate to this new solution to ensure a seamless transition to a supported system and minimum disruption to the council's IT Systems. The current contract - SLC/FC/23/050 for Forcepoint One Web Security Licences- expires on 01 October 2024 and must be renewed to ensure Council has continued cyber-attack protection and web filtering services.

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