--- title: "HDD-DCO-23-55 Firewall Hardware and Licences" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-140463" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-140463" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-140463.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-140463.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES" published: "2024-04-04" --- # HDD-DCO-23-55 Firewall Hardware and Licences Buyer: NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-kuma6s-140463 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-140463) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-140463.json) ## Summary The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services has awarded a contract for the provision of Fortinet FortiGate firewall hardware devices and associated support licenses for Hywel Dda Health Board. The contract aims to enhance cybersecurity measures across multiple hospital sites within the health board and community sites to combat external cyber-attacks and improve operational efficiency. The tender falls under the goods category and has been awarded to Insight Direct (Uk) Ltd. The contract, valued at £407,883.76 GBP, was signed on February 29, 2024. This tender for firewall hardware and licenses presents business growth opportunities for technology firms specialising in network components, network infrastructure, data security software, and license management software. Businesses with expertise in cybersecurity solutions and network technologies would be well-suited to compete in providing innovative solutions for enhancing information technology infrastructure security and operational efficiency within the healthcare sector in Wales. ## Notice Hywel Dda Health Board ("HDUHB") has awarded a contract for the provision of Fortinet FortiGate firewall hardware devices and associated firewall support licences across the Health Board. The primary focus of this contract is to provide firewalls that will protect all Health Board systems from external cyber-attacks. The Fortinet 600F firewalls are to be installed across all four (4) acute sites within HDUHB, Glangwili General Hospital (GGH), Prince Philip Hospital (PPH), Withybush General Hospital (WGH) and Bronglais General Hospital (BGH) replacing the current old specification Fortinet 501E firewalls. Also, these firewalls will be installed across community sites within the Health Board who desperately need protection levels increased to assist with combating threats or attacks on their computer networks, as current protection is inadequate.The solution whilst protecting the Health Board from external cyber-attacks, can provide HDUHBs digital team with the functionality to lock down a site if a threat has been identified there and prevent the threat from spreading throughout the Health Board or the NHS Wales network. The requirement enables the digital team to take advantage of current firewall technology development to incorporate increased operational efficiency with firewalls capable of facilitating higher speed connections and the ability to process larger sets of data without delay. Additionally, the firewalls integrate new technologies such as software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) which is a new approach to network connectivity which can lower operational costs and improve resource usage by enabling more granular control over the connections on the computer network to give higher traffic priority to critical clinical applications and lower priority to non-clinical applications without sacrificing security protection.The Health Trust Europe ("HTE") ICT Solutions Three (3) framework agreement (ComIT3 - HTE-011006) is compliant with UK/EU procurement legislation and provides a compliant route to source entire information communication technology and digitisation requirements across the complete IT vendor and value-added reseller landscape ranging from hardware, software, cybersecurity and computer science solutions. This framework includes several potential providers who have achieved inclusion on the framework following a qualification process and procurement approached the a suppliers with links to the Welsh economy. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140463 | | 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 | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 Apr 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 29 Feb 2024 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £407,883 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Not specified | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES | | Locality | CARMARTHEN | | Post town | Swansea | | Postcode | SA31 3BB | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL4 Mid and South West Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL42 South West Wales | | Local authority | Carmarthenshire | | Electoral ward | Carmarthen Town West | | Westminster constituency | Caerfyrddin | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | INSIGHT DIRECT (UK | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 32422000 - Network components - 32424000 - Network infrastructure - 48213000 - Operating system enhancement software package - 48218000 - License management software package - 48732000 - Data security software package ## Release History - 4 Apr 2024 at 10:59 - Award - S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140463 ## Notice URLs - http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/ - http://uk.insight.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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