# QU141 - Always VPN Solution for Birmingham Adult Education Services \(BAES\) - AWARD

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Birmingham City Council](/buyers/birmingham-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Meridian IT Ltd
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 22 August 2018
- Published: 4 September 2018
- Contract start: 28 August 2018
- Contract end: 28 August 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 7df8fbe6-bd95-48eb-b807-c1597da4af5e-238774
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3b4a0c6d-fd2a-4423-b394-f0dbb6f36c4a

## Description

Birmingham Adult Education Services need a facility for an always-on connection provided to our learners and staff who work remotely and at venues without a dedicated line\. High availability for up-to 4000 concurrent users needed\. The contract will be for a duration of one year and commencing on 25/07/2018 Technical features required o Seamless and transparent connectivity to private corporate network o HTTPS fall back to support easy traversal of firewalls o Automatic encrypted connectivity of corporate resources over public connectivity o Load balancing support o Support for device certification o Support for NAT traversal o Support for Radius accounting Registration and use of in-tend is free\. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function\. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham\.gov\.uk or call 0121 464 8000\. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-\. https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder\. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation documentation\. Your completed quotation documentation should be returned by noon on 23 July 2018 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/birminghamcc

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7df8fbe6-bd95-48eb-b807-c1597da4af5e-238774)