Preliminary Market Engagement: Network Analytics and Wired Infrastructure Licencing for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI)

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This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming requirement for Secure Network Analytics (SNA) and Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) for switches and Routers within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). There is currently there is a fragmented approach to SNA and licensing for wired infrastructure. HSCNI is looking to regionalise the purchasing and management of these licences. The anticipated requirement is for the supply of approximately 220,000 SNA licences, including associated Virtual Flow Collector (VFC) and Virtual Management Console (VMC) licences, together with a Cisco ELA for approximately 2,300 switches and routers, for a contract period of either one (1) or three (3) years. To this end, this market view will be obtained through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for the completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6785386] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest …

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