Fully Managed SD WAN Services 2022

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The progressive replacement of private data access circuits and where necessary Client Premise Equipment (CPE) supporting a current flat Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Network (WAN) and the migration/optimisation to Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN).

This includes any SDWAN appliances/software and/or security appliances/software necessary to integrate to existing networking and security infrastructure.

The replacement/upgrade of dedicated private access circuits for CCTV and where necessary the migration to IP CCTV.

The scope of this project is a Three Year Term and up to two years extensions (subject to DFT approval) with the overall purposes/objectives: 1.

Improve network traffic management whilst reducing backhauled data centre traffic; 2.

Improve network security & segmentation utilising core & edge security solutions; 3.

Improve network bandwidth using multiple/different network transport types; 4.

Design the cloud and on-premises solution which maximises existing investments; 5.

Improve network insight (Monitoring/reporting); 6.

Improve agility to change and service level agreements; 7.

Improve network automation, orchestration and virtualisation; 8.

Progressively migrate to SDWAN without business impact; 9.

Demonstrate product roadmaps and innovation; 10.

Progressively reduce network cost.

The governance for this project will be Two separate procurements on behalf of FirstGroup Holdings Ltd. (Known as FGH) and its two subsidiary companies, "South Western Railway (Known as SWR)" & "Great Western Railway (Known as GWR)".

There will be two lots and each bidder may bid for one or both lots.