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Coventry University

NETWORK FIREWALL REPLACEMENT STRATEGY

Historical · ContractNo open deadline

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£460,348Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Fri 17 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 17 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT, which is not an open deadline.
Published
17 Oct 2023
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

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/.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 32000000 32400000
  • 32420000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 17 Oct 2023
    Contract notice

    Contract notice published 17 October 2023.

    Release d018e035-0a08-4767-a574-12a4f96f6221

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Coventry University published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £460,348.

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Reference
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Source
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Stage
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Last verified
Fri 10 Apr 2026, 20:09 BST
Read at
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