Tender for the Provision of Web Filtering Gateway Services

Tender description

Halton Borough Council is looking for Supplier(s) to provide either: an on-premises or cloud based Web Filtering Gateway Solution that meets with the 'Prevent' agenda and more closely manages the threat landscape that exists today and in the coming years. The Council expects to provide a state of the art web filtering facility to provide for its workforce, members (Councillors), schools, library users, as well as members of the public using its WiFi and more generally for all users of its Internet Provision connected to the Core Corporate Network. It is a Key Requirement for the Web Filtering Solutions offered for schools to meet the requirements of the 'Revised Prevent Duty Guidance: for England and Wales' more specifically IT Policies '7.1 Specified Authorities will be expected to ensure children are safe from terrorist and extremists material when accessing the internet in school, including by establishing appropriate levels of filtering.' For all other applications it is expected that the filtering solution meet the requirement of Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015: 26 General duty on specified authorities (1) A specified authority must, in the exercise of its functions, have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.