Jisc Public Wi-Fi Services DPS

Tender description

JSL is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System that will enable JSL and its members to easily purchase value for money and technically sound Public Wi-Fi Services. These services will typically utilise the physical infrastructure already deployed at the Customer’s site(s) and will be backhauled via an encrypted tunnel across the Janet network to the Supplier’s network. This infrastructure will allow Customer organisations to offer wireless connectivity to general public visitors to their campus who are not affiliated with an education organisation (and therefore are not eligible to use eduroam, the federated roaming connectivity solution for the education sector). The public Wi-Fi service should offer Customers flexibility around further requirements, which may include: • Offering either a chargeable service or one that is free at point of use; • Mechanisms to either minimize the amount of personally identifiable data gathered from end users, or to support Customer’s marketing requirements by gathering targeted personal data in ways consistent with GDPR responsibilities; • Opportunities to apply Customer branding to the service. This same infrastructure and backhaul approach may be used to allow Customers to benefit from related services that could be delivered over this common infrastructure. Services Bidders might offer currently include (but are not limited to): • wireless network management and monitoring; • onboarding services; • policy enforcement; • intrusion detection systems; • location services, footfall tracking; • performance management; • network and vertical market analytics; • security, including behavioral analysis.