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RFx ID : | 25329595 |
Tender Name : | Managed Network Services Support Partner |
Reference # : | 21-126 |
Open Date : | Tuesday, 25 January 2022 10:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
Close Date : | Friday, 18 February 2022 4:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
Department/Business Unit : | Planning, Finance & ITS |
Tender Type : | Request for Proposals (RFP) |
Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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Exemption Reason : | None |
Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
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Sam Grotrian samuel.grotrian@canterbury.ac.nz +64 3 369 0885 |
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The University requires a Managed Network Service Support Partner.
The University is looking to leverage the skills and capabilities of a highly experienced managed network service partner to operate and modernize the University’s network design with a focus on cybersecurity and cloud.
Our proposed outcomes are:
• Optimization and management of our network assets.
• Improved operational performance including network fault management.
• Improved management, monitoring and patching of existing network devices including Wired and Wireless LAN Services.
• Improved management, orchestration, and network automation (MANO). Faster provisioning of new services and ability to readily scale up or down due to changes in demand including increased speed to add or delete network services.
• Increased security under a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Upskilling and knowledge transfer from network vendor product specialists to UC Digital Services (ITS) staff, access to external NZ network industry and technical expertise, industry events and training on network management and standards improvements.
The University requires the contract to commence by: Early April 2022
This tender has been awarded.