Tender Advertisement #1218174

Request for Open Tender

Firewall Upgrade Tender(Defense-In-Depth (DiD) Security Solution)

Background

In an effort to maximize on current information security trends, and approach towards mechanisms and controls, the Secretariat will be looking for reputable security service providers & solutions that will include the following best practices, tools and policies on information security:

• Firewalls – to control the flow of information through access and deny policies or rules
• Intrusion Prevention and Detection Systems – detection & prevention of malicious network activities, and zero-day attacks before it reaches the internal PIFS network
• End-point Detection & Response – provides anti-virus protection, alert, detection, threat triage and threat intelligence for the Users machine
• Network Segmentation – breaking the network into smaller networks for ease of management, and traffic control using the firewall. Segmentation is accomplished through the use of switches and firewall rules
• Principle of Least Privileges – requires policies and controls to assign individual Users the necessary network resources to perform their daily duties
• Strong passwords – a critical authentication mechanism in information security
• Patch Management – a process of applying updates to an operating system, software, hardware or plug-in. These updates are identified vulnerabilities that can allow unauthorized access to information systems, or networks

Also, to compliment the new Security DiD Solution, an intelligent network monitoring & management solution must be deployed to provide network performance, analytics, and proactive monitoring for the entire PIFS IT infrastructure.

Purpose

The purpose of this tender is to look for a more innovative, intelligent, user-friendly, and resilient DiD Security Solution that will meet all the technical requirements for this tender, and also provide a more transparent return of investment to PIFS.

Scope of Work

To supply, configure & provide hardware warranty for the DiD Security Solution, certified training for PIFS ICT personnel and proper documentation as per specifications set out under the Terms of Reference (TOR) document which can be downloaded from www.tenders.net/forumsec.

HOW TO APPLY

Submissions should be entitled:

RFT (OPEN TENDER) – Firewall Upgrade Tender (Defense-In-Depth Security Solution)

Method of Submissions:

Interested Vendors are encouraged to provide written submissions to address the eligibility criteria and response, also should attach their company resume.

Submissions must be forwarded in PDF format following the instructions at www.tenders.net/forumsec

Note: Tenders must be submitted with clear labelling of the technical offer and the financial offer. The Technical Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “A. Technical Offer”. Financial Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “B. Financial Offer”.

The electronically submitted documents should be converted to the PDF format.

Deadline for Submissions:

Submissions need to reach the Secretariat by 3pm (Fiji Time) Friday 6 August 2021.

Late or incomplete tenders will not be considered.

Questions and Answers

All queries or request for information must be submitted via the Question and Answer Forum at www.tenders.net/forumsec . Tenderers may submit questions in writing to the mentioned Question and Answer Forum before the stated “deadline for requesting clarifications” 2 August 2021. The Secretariat has no obligation to provide clarification after this date.

Note: The Secretariat will not be responsible for non-receipt/non-delivery of the Bid documents due to any reason whatsoever.

Any complaints regarding the Secretariat’s tender must be directed to the following email: Tender.Complaints@forumsec.org. This email address will forward your complaint to a person that is independent and removed from the tender process. Complaints must be well founded and should not be used as a mechanism for notifying displeasure with the outcome of a tender award. Further information on making a complaint can be found on the Policies & Information page at http://tenders.forumsec.org.

In the event that further information is required by the Secretariat in relation to the tender for consultancy, the Secretariat reserves the right to seek the required information without the need for calling for resubmission of proposals.