NETWORK FIREWALL REPLACEMENT STRATEGY

Description

Network security has proven challenging to manage on an on-going basis. Vendor driven software upgrades and operability with legacy hardware have resulted in service impact and loss of availability following deployment of releases.

Coventry University therefore wishes to undertake a formal support engagement for the following items: 

1.	To award a contract with a single supplier for the supply of firewall infrastructure within the Coventry University Group network environment. 
 
2.	To identify a strategic partner who can deliver an industry leading support mechanism for Network Security operating model with the Coventry University group for procurement, finance, digital services, and supportive lifecycle processes and a 
         sustainable TCO model.  

3.	To Supply of all requirements in the Appendix B, Pricing Schedule, to Coventry University.

4.	Integration with Azure Marketplace. 

5.	To award a 3-year contract with a +1 +1 option for extension.  

This is a competitive procurement, conducted as a further competition against the JISC Network Equipment Framework, Lot 7 Palo Alto. This Agreement has been awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. 

All clarification questions (including technical enquiries) relating to the ITT must be submitted using the 'correspondence' tab on the In-Tend e-Tendering system related to this Project https://in-tendhost.co.uk/coventryuniversity/.