The Authority has awarded a contract to Insight Direct (UK) Ltd for the continued provision of the integrated Cato Secure Network Bandwidth Subscription.
This direct award was made under the HealthTrust Europe ICT Solutions 2023 Framework, which permits direct award to the top-ranked supplier under pre-established terms.
Rationale for Direct Award.
The incumbent solution Cato networks security is cloud-native, deeply embedded, and technically integrated into the Authority's infrastructure. Replacing the solution will have cost-of-change elements creating additional costs into the business, including lengthy implementation, dual running, testing, potential risks (outages) and configuration concerns (training).
Product: Cato Secure Network Bandwidth Subscription 100mps 3 year
• Cato Next Generation Anti-Malware Subscription Add-on
• Cato Intrusion Prevention System Subscription Add-on
• Cato Socket X1700 (Main)
• Cato Socket X1700 (HA)
Cato Secure Network Mobile Users Subscription 3 Year Renewal
• Cato Secure 650 Mobile Users
Direct Award under Framework Y23065 for Software Products and Associated Services, established by Procurement Services (Commercial Services Group Ltd), and in compliance with the framework requirements for a critical and fully integrated software solution.
Mimecast - 3-year licence
- Perimeter Defence Plan × 1,000
- Add-on Secure Messaging × 1,000
- Add-on Large File Send × 1,000
- Advanced Support × 1
The Authority has awarded a contract to Virgin Media Business Limited for the continued provision of four circuits. This direct award was made under Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework RM6116, Lot 1a.
- Virgin Media Business is a recognised supplier under Lot 1a.
- The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between CCS and Virgin Media provides access to enhanced commercial terms. This procurement leverages those terms with fixed pricing for 12 months.
- Retaining the incumbent supplier also avoids potential transition and implementation costs, mitigates any service disruption, whilst reducing duplication of effort.
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- 3 x 100 Mbps
- 1 x 1 Gbps
Direct Award, call off - Framework reference RM6116, Lot 2a: Intra Site Connectivity (Local Area Network) / Local Connectivity Services following the buyers guide - eMarketplace.
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