Official UK procurement notice
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Authority: University of Ulster (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvides organizations with complete full-suite protection providing security admins with an easy-to-deploy and manage platform, block sophisticated social engineering attacks such as impersonation, zero-day phishing and Business Email Compromise. Using AI-trained engines. Securing inbound, outbound, and internal emails from phishing attacks inspects the communication’s metadata, attachments, links and language
CPV: Data security software package · Security software development services · Security software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Ulster University wishes to procure an additional layer of email security, to help…Awarded
Ulster University wishes to procure an additional layer of email security, to help further enhance its security posture and protect the organisation from an increasing amount of phishing attacks, including a noted increase in attacks using QR codes in, the last 12-18 months. This is in line with the noted increase in other sectors, as well as Higher Education. This additional protection would cover approximately 7,000 staff email accounts.
8 Suppliers were shortlisted via Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 (RM1557.13) Additional information: The estimated total value stated above in Section II.1.7 includes the initial 1 year contract period and the option to extend the contract for any periods up to and including 12 months.
This contract has been awarded following a mini competition via the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 Framework (RM 1557.13).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jan 2024, 12:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Jan 2024, 12:12 GMT
- Authority reference
CCS EXP/1774- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-000934- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042c4cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded following a mini competition via the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 Framework (RM 1557.13). 8 Suppliers were shortlisted with 6 responses.
- Review procedure
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: The estimated total value stated above in Section V 2.4 includes the initial 1 year contract period and the option to extend the contract for any periods up to and including 12 months. The University cannot give any guarantee as to the future value or volume of business awarded through this contract. The University reserves the right to modify this contract, under Regulation 72(1)(a) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, in events of higher or lower spend necessitated by unexpected occurrences.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrity 360SME | £270,900 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration · Integrity 360SME
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2024
- Value
- £270,900
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8bids · 6 electronic | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Mediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Integrity 360Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.