RFT - UTS Network Strategic Direction Professional Services - UTS-1046910

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has a significant multi-site campus across Ultimo, Moore Park and Botany. UTS is expanding its use of cloud partners to support all workloads apart from HPC that will remain on premise. This tender is focussed on the development of a new networking strategy for cloud-based workloads. UTS aims to develop a more secure and flexible cloud-based capability to address staff requirements and support hybrid teaching.

UTS is seeking to modernise its enterprise network and maintain high reliability for its end users. This will predominantly involve moving to a ‘Wireless by default, Wired by exception’ network to enable the 2027 strategy and enhance user experience through improved mobility. In the future state, UTS will have moved to a network infrastructure with all possible endpoints connected by Wi-Fi with most desktop and laptop wired connections connecting to the network through Wi-Fi connections. We recognise and anticipate there will remain a need for wired connection where there is high bandwidth uses such as IoT, security and AV. Maintaining internal service levels, and providing training to UTS network staff, will remain key requirements.

UTS seeks a suitable organisation to provide professional services for the development of a technology vendor agnostic Network Strategic Direction that will guide effective industry engagement for a future state UTS network environment.

NSW Regions: Far North Coast, Mid North Coast, New England, Central Coast, Hunter, Cumberland/Prospect, Nepean, Northern Sydney, Inner West, South East Sydney, South West Sydney, Central West, Orana/Far West, Riverina/Murray, Illawarra, Southern Highlands
States and Territories: ACT, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

If you wish to download tender documents or lodge a response you must register on Tenderlink. To register, click the ‘registration’ link provided at www.tenderlink.com/uts/ .  Tenderers should contact Tenderlink technical assistance immediately if they experience any issues registering, downloading the RFT, submitting a tender, or otherwise using the UTS Tenderlink System.

Tenderlink technical assistance is provided via the following phone number: 1800-233-533. 

TENDER BRIEFING: A tenderer briefing will be held via Zoom on Tuesday 24th January 2023, 11:00-12:00 AEDT.

ENQUIRIES: Enquiries should be made via the online forum within Tenderlink. Tenderlink enquiries for this tender close at 16:00 AEST on Wednesday 8th February 2023. UTS staff are unable to respond to verbal or email enquiries in relation to this Tender.  

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