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title: "HDD-DCO-23-60 Aruba Airwave Cyber Hardware, Licences and Support"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-140464"
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source: "Sell2Wales"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES"
published: "2024-04-04"
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# HDD-DCO-23-60 Aruba Airwave Cyber Hardware, Licences and Support

Buyer: NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-140464

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140464 |
| 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 | 18 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £249,612 |
| 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 | KHIPU NETWORKS |

## 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 11:21 - Award - S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140464

## Notice URLs

- http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/

## Provenance

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