Supply of Information Systems Technology Services

ABP requires a connectivity provider to provide connectivity (Physical Data Links) which can be deployed across the business to connect all ABP Locations and the Internet. This lot should include only the physical equipment required to deploy the service. Break-fix type hardware support should also be included. Providers should indicate owned vs supply-chain infrastructure including copper and fibre lines as well as equipment and locations. This lot is broken down into the following sub-lots: A. WAN (Wide Area Network) & Internet connectivityB. Data Centre & Cloud ConnectivityC. LAN (Local Area Network) & WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) ConnectivityOut-of-scope for Lot 1 are any "design and management" services that extend beyond the required minimum to configure and provision the service. This should not be interpreted as OSI Layer-2 vs Layer-3 as either solution is acceptable. Any design and management should form part of Lot 2, though suppliers are welcome to bid for both lots and illustrate any advantages which are attained by having a common Lot 1 and Lot 2 supplier.

ABP require a Core Network & Network Management Services provider to configure, manage & monitor network services deployed across the business at all ABP Locations and to the Internet. This management service may be provided as a combined (Lot 1 & Lot 2) offering or as an overlay management service working together with Lot 1 supplier(s). The supplier for Lot 2 should be prepared to provide not only the service, but also all required tooling required by the management service including monitoring, configuration management, change / incident management and other IT service management related systems. This lot is also inclusive of any form of "software defined" networking capability which may be deployed on top of or in addition to the physical connectivity in Lot 1. This lot is further broken down into four sub-lots: A. WAN (Wide Area Network) & Internet connectivity (and SD-WAN)B. Data Centre & Cloud Connectivity (and SDN)C. LAN (Local Area Network) & WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) Connectivity (and SD-LAN)D. Firewall (including Intrusion Detection, Prevention and Virtualised capabilities)Out-of-scope for Lot 2 is the provision of any hardware. This is a software and services only lot. Where specific hardware is required, the supplier may request such from ABP who will source it either through another supplier engaged through this tender process, or from any other than current supplier.