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Cefas

GB-Lowestoft: RFQ for Additional Network Link at Cefas

Communications EquipmentCPV 32412110 72400000
Value£18k
Deadline5 Dec 2016
Published9 Apr 2018
RegionEast of England
Timeline
Published 9 Apr 2018ClosedCloses 5 Dec 2016
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£18ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£2.9m

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The brief

Cefas have 2 main sites in the UK, Lowestoft NR33 0HT and Weymouth DT4 8UB.

The Lowestoft site hosts business critical public internet facing services, with a Cefas owned public "class C" IP range.

Each site has a connection to an ISP on a flexible Gigabit fibre bearer, with separate synchronous 100Mbps circuits connecting site-to-site over private MPLS and from each site to the internet.

Cefas are making increasing use of Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services in the cloud and with increasing reliance on cloud services Cefas require a reliable, efficient secondary link connecting both sites to the internet for automatic failover and additional network bandwidth and capacity.

Cefas require a secondary internet link at both main sites, configurable as a failover for internet/cloud services in the event of a failure of the existing 100Mbps internet links and for use for additional capacity for selected traffic.

The solution proposed must provide a clearly defined and detailed solution which meets and addresses the mandatory criteria listed in the full RFQ document enclosed in the tender package that can be accessed via the Delta e-procurement system.

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The solution proposed must provide a clearly defined and detailed solution which meets and addresses the mandatory criteria listed in the full RFQ document enclosed in the tender package that can be accessed via the Delta e-procurement system.

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