Provision of LAN and Wireless Networks

South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the councils) are replacing the active network components of their offices and buildings, including all switching, wireless access points and security devices. The councils wish to move to a single cloud-managed platform for all sites and devices enabling management through a single dashboard.

The solution should include installation and configuration of the devices to enable the councils' network to support the migration to a Zero-Trust-Network (ZTN) using SD-WAN.

All sites support hybrid working with staff being able to work at home and within the office over a corporate LAN.

The councils' technology strategy is a cloud-first approach, and all main applications are either delivered software-as-a-service (SaaS), are planned to move to SaaS or be hosted in Azure. Productivity applications are provided via Microsoft 365. The councils have no main datacentre or physical centralised server-room. Each site will be connected to the internet via direct connection and will require network protection.

OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS

Solution must be managed through a single cloud enabled platform and provide single dashboard for unified management for switching, wireless and security appliances.

Modern deployment through zero-touch provisioning.

Network and wireless should support latest technology version and allow for future growth.

Network switches must:

Wireless access points must:

Security Appliances must:

Suppliers must provide a detailed price breakdown for: