Future Schools Network Service for educational establishments in Hampshire and Southampton

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Hampshire County Council (HCC) is seeking interested parties for the supply of a reliable, scalable, flexible and affordable managed internet access service for Schools and Academies in Hampshire and Southampton. The service will need to provide optional features including (but not limited to) firewalling, web filtering and reporting, safeguarding, VPN connectivity and remote access services. Lot 1: Hampshire County Council are seeking to setup a single supplier framework to be called off directly by Hampshire and Southampton schools. There are approximately 500 schools in Hampshire however there will be no mandate to utilise this framework. The expectation is that the framework will commence in September 2021. The duration of the framework will be up to 4 years. Additional information: If you wish to attend the supplier briefing, a Microsoft Teams webinar is scheduled for 12 March 2021 at 1000hrs; please register at Hampshire In-tend (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home) and a link will be sent via the correspondence function when it is available. Following the webinar any subsequent questions maybe submitted via the In-tend portal. If you are unable to attend the webinar the briefing slides and any relevant FAQ's will be made available.