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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Birmingham City Council

QU141 - Always VPN Solution for Birmingham Adult Education Services (BAES) - AWARD

Communications EquipmentCPV 32400000 72511000 30211300 48821000 72611000 72700000 72500000 72610000 64221000 31224400 72417000
ValueValue not published
Awarded22 Jul 2018
Published4 Sept 2018
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

The brief

Birmingham Adult Education Services need a facility for an always-on connection provided to our learners and staff who work remotely and at venues without a dedicated line.

High availability for up-to 4000 concurrent users needed.

The contract will be for a duration of one year and commencing on 25/07/2018 Technical features required o Seamless and transparent connectivity to private corporate network o HTTPS fall back to support easy traversal of firewalls o Automatic encrypted connectivity of corporate resources over public connectivity o Load balancing support o Support for device certification o Support for NAT traversal o Support for Radius accounting Registration and use of in-tend is free.

All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function.

If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder.

We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation documentation.

Your completed quotation documentation should be returned by noon on 23 July 2018 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

O HTTPS fall back to support easy

o HTTPS fall back to support easy traversal of firewalls.

02

O Support for device certification

o Support for device certification.

03

O Support for NAT traversal

o Support for NAT traversal.

04

O Support for Radius accounting

o Support for Radius accounting.

05

All correspondence for this procurement process must

All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function.

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