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

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 shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.