Mississippi Procurement Portal #3170036788

Hattiesburg Clinic vendor-neutral NGFW appliance refresh and implementation

MPTAP lists this Mississippi procurement for Hattiesburg Clinic, P.A., which is seeking a vendor-neutral firewall refresh for two Hattiesburg campuses. - Buyer and end user: MPTAP is the listed buyer; Hattiesburg Clinic, P.A. is the end user. The equipment will serve the Support Services and Orthopaedics campuses. - OEMs and vendors: No firewall OEM, model, part number, reseller, or other commercial vendor is specified. - Products requested: - Four current-generation next-generation firewall (NGFW) appliances, configured as two high-availability (HA) pairs, with redundant AC power. - Four 10 GbE SFP+ direct-attach or equivalent interconnect cables for HA synchronization and uplinks. - Four Advanced Threat Prevention subscriptions and four Advanced URL Filtering subscriptions, each for a minimum three-year term. - Premium 24/7 vendor support for all four appliances for a minimum three-year term, including replacement hardware coverage and engineering escalation. - Implementation: One fixed-fee implementation covering both HA pairs, including cutover and failover testing, rule-base normalization, security policy configuration, User-ID/Active Directory integration, VPN tunnel migration, and NAT/security-zone re-establishment. - Notable technical requirements: Firewalls must support IDS/IPS, malware inspection and command-and-control detection, web and URL filtering, LAN-to-LAN IPsec VPN, User-ID/Active Directory integration, and outbound Internet inspection. - Schedule: Complete implementation and cutover of both HA pairs within 90 days of contract execution or equipment delivery. Subscription and support terms run for at least three years from cutover or activation. - Pricing and response information: The pricing form lists blank or zero prices. The request calls for itemized pricing, a technical narrative, an implementation plan and timeline, support details, and a comparable customer reference.

Description

Hattiesburg Clinic seeks to replace four end-of-life next-generation firewall appliances, configured as two high-availability pairs at its Support Services and Orthopaedics campuses. The procurement includes interconnect cabling, three-year threat-prevention and URL-filtering subscriptions, three-year premium support, and fixed-fee implementation services. Required implementation includes migration and configuration work, with both HA pairs cut over within 90 days of contract execution or equipment delivery. The solicitation is vendor-neutral and requests technical responses, itemized pricing, an implementation plan, and support details.

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