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Published 13 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Checkpoint Firewalls and Support Services

Official notice

Authority: University of Ulster (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Awarded value£828,3222 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 30 Jul 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Integrity Communications Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contract is for the provision of Licensing of Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Support Services to the University.

CPV: Maintenance of information technology software · Repair of information technology software · Software maintenance and repair services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Checkpoint Firewalls and Support ServicesAwarded

The University is seeking a partner (the Supplier) to provide support to the network team

maintaining the campus firewalls. Support will include license renewals, highly responsive technical

expertise to resolve technical problems, ensure seamless major version upgrades, provide bi-annual

review and recommendations on best use of the firewall investment and support enabling any

existing licensed capabilities which are not utilised to their full potential. Further, the Supplier

should have experience of configuring Check Point Quantum for optimal configuration and

integration with Security information and event management (SIEM) and Security Operations Centre

(SOC) products.

Delivery: Northern Ireland · All Campuses

Extensions: The Call-off Contract will be for 2 years initially, with an option to extend for any periods up to an including 24 months.

72267000 Software maintenance and repair services 72267100 Maintenance of information technology software 72267200 Repair of information technology software

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: 13 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update: 23 Aug 2023, 09:48 BST
Authority reference: GC_01_LS_2021
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-024741
Classification (CPV): Maintenance of information technology softwareRepair of information technology softwareSoftware maintenance and repair services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02e048 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This call-off contract was awarded via a shortlisting exercise under the G-Cloud 12 Framework Agreement Framework reference: RM1557.12.
2 suppliers were shortlisted.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Any proceedings alleging that the University is in breach of its duties under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 must be started in the High Court of Northern Ireland, in accordance with the time limits set out in those Regulations. The University will not enter into the contract before the end of a period of at least 10 days beginning with the day after the date on which this voluntary transparency notice is published in the Official Journal.

Publisher note: Due to the licencing model of the firewall supplier the next licencing scale is to move to 16 CPU cores substantially increasing licencing costs. Due to the very high threat environment and the large number of HE institutions that have been compromised over the last year we have been advised there is requirement to increase the level of security checks on traffic entering the firewalls. Increase of £99,481.03

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Buyer details updated
23 Aug 2023, 09:48 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £828,3222 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 30 Jul 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Integrity Communications LimitedSME	£395,000 †	—	Awarded
Integrity Communications LimitedSME	£433,322 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

CheckPoint Firewalls and Support Services · Integrity Communications LimitedSME
Signed
30 Jul 2021
Value
£395,000
Status
active
Checkpoint Firewalls and Support Services · Integrity Communications LimitedSME
Signed
30 Jul 2021
Value
£433,322
Status
active
- Change Due to the licencing model of the firewall supplier the next licencing scale is to move to 16 CPU cores substantially increasing licencing costs. Due to the very high threat environment and the large number of HE institutions that have been compromised over the last year we have been advised there is requirement to increase the level of security checks on traffic entering the firewalls., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Due to the licencing model of the firewall supplier the next licencing scale is to move to 16 CPU cores substantially increasing licencing costs. Due to the very high threat environment and the large number of HE institutions that have been compromised over the last year we have been advised there is requirement to increase the level of security checks on traffic entering the firewalls.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University of Ulster

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Block X Room X031, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SAContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of Justice in Northern IrelandReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice

Integrity Communications LimitedAwarded supplier400211 Block D, 3rd Floor, The Concourse, Beacon Court, Sandyford, Dublin, IE061, Dublin 1
Integrity Communications LimitedAwarded supplier Block D, 3rd Floor, The Concourse, Beacon Court, Sandyford, Dublin, IE061, Dublin 1
Integrity Communications LimitedAwarded supplier Block D, 3rd Floor, The Concourse, Beacon Court, Sandyford, Dublin, Northern Ireland, IE061

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.