Provision of IT perimeter security system and managed support services.

Tender description

The Contracting Authority is seeking responses from suitably qualified services providers for a single most economically advantageous tender for the supply, install, configuration and support of an IT perimeter security system as detailed within this Request for Tender (RFT) document. A detailed and highly available 24*7 fully managed support service on the supplied hardware and software and service level agreement (SLA) with the successful Tenderer must also be established. The support will be required for a period of one (1) year with the option to renew up to a maximum of five (5) years based on satisfactory supplier performance reviews. The current IT firewall perimeter security hardware is coming to end of support (EOS) in June 2022 and the project towards installing the new IT perimeter security system must have started before this date. Please refer to the enclosed RFT document for detailed information.