Published date: 2 January 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 24 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

tender_193877/734275

Published date

2 January 2019

Closing date

24 January 2019

Contract start date

1 August 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The BBC's internet network carries all of the BBC's audience facing traffic and CDN origin traffic. Additionally it provides transit for the corporate network. The availability of this network and services delivered across it are crucial in maintaining the BBC's online presence for critical services such as www.bbc.co.uk & the BBC iPlayer.

The BBC is seeking a Cloud Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Monitoring and Mitigation to provide monitoring and mitigation of DDoS attacks in order to protect the availability of all BBC online assets with minimal degradation of service.

The BBC' requires that its internet network will be protected from the highest sustained volumetric based attacks seen on the internet, while having negligible impact on the audience's experience of BBC online services. This will enable the BBC to protect availability of key services when experience these type of attacks.

The successful Supplier's solution will allow for expected network growth, maintenance and incidents to be handled with minimal impact to service. Additional capacity, new data centres and logical networks can be added (and removed) to the BBC's internet network without introducing risk to the Cloud based DDoS Monitoring and Mitigation service, providing maximum flexibility and capacity that can be readily increased to easily meet the forecast demands of ambitious business growth

The Contract will have an Initial Term of three years commencing on 2019 and ending on 2022. The Contract may be extended at the BBC's discretion by up to two years at two 12 monthly periods. If the BBC wishes to exercise this option, it will give written notice to the Service Provider no later than three months prior to the end of the initial term

More information

Links

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Please register your interest in this project by taking the following steps: 1 - Register your company on the BravoSolution e-Tendering portal (this is only required once): 1.1 Go to https://bbc.bravosolution.co.uk 1.2 - Click the link on the login page to register. 1.3 Accept the terms and conditions and click 'Continue'. 1.4 - Enter your correct business and user details. 1.5 - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete. 1.6 - You will shortly receive an email with your temporary password. 2 - Express an interest in the tender: 2.1 - Login to the portal with the username/password. 2.2 - Click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open to all Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier). 2.3 - Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. 2.4 - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITTs page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. 2.5 - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ITT Details' box. 3. Responding to the tender: 3.1 - Click 'My Response' under PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining). 3.2 - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. 3.3 - Note the deadline for completion, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). 3.4 You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance, please consult the online help, or contact the Bravo e-Tendering help desk.

About the buyer

Address

Broadcasting House, Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
England

Email

viorica.swift.ext@bbc.co.uk