FOI release

Freedom of Information request on IT contracts (FOI 21/403)

Published 28 June 2021

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Thank you for your email of 13th April 2021.

Please find answers to your questions in red below:

Standard Firewall (Network) - Firewall service protects your corporate Network from unauthorised access and other Internet security threats 1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract? HPE Palo Alto 2. What does the organisation annually spend for each of the contracts? HPE - ~32k Palo Alto -~8k 2. What is the description of the services provided for each contract?
HPE - Data Centre Care Palo Alto - Threat prevention subscription 3. Primary Brand (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 1&2) Palo Alto 5. What is the expiry date of each contract? HPE - 31st Aug 2023 Palo Alto - 9th Aug 2021 6. What is the start date of each contract? HPE - 1st Sep 2020 Palo Alto - 10th Aug 2020 7. What is the contract duration of contract? HPE - 3 years Palo Alto - 12 months 8. The responsible contract officer for each of the contracts above? Full name, job title, contact number and direct email address. Contact information ITCommercialManagement@mhra.gov.uk; Full name withheld under section 43(2);

Anti-virus Software Application - Anti-virus software is a program or set of programs that are designed to prevent, search for, detect, and remove software viruses, and other malicious software like worms, trojans, adware, and more.

  1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract? Sophos McAfee ESET
  2. What does the organisation annually spend for each of the contracts? Sophos - £21K McAfee - £12K ESET - £25
  3. What is the description of the services provided for each contract? Anti-Virus Software Protection
  4. Primary Brand (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 1&2) McAfee based on number of users
  5. What is the expiry date of each contract? Sophos - Nov 2022 McAfee - Jan 2022 ESET - Feb 2022
  6. What is the start date of each contract? Sophos - Dec 2020, McAfee - April 2021 ESET - Mar 2021
  7. What is the contract duration of contract? Sophos - 24 months MacAfee - 12 months ESET - 12 months
  8. The responsible contract officer for each of the contracts above? Full name, job title, contact number and direct email address. (Contact information ITCommercialManagement@mhra.gov.uk Full name withheld under section 43(2) ;

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - is a volume licensing package offered by Microsoft.

  1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract?
    Trustmarque
  2. What does the organisation annually spend for each of the contracts?
    ESA - 630k SCE - 650k
  3. What is the description of the services provided for each contract? Enterprise Subscription Agreement (ESA) Software and Cloud Enrolment (SCE)
  4. Primary Brand (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 1&2) – N/A
  5. What is the expiry date of each contract? Jan 22
  6. What is the start date of each contract? Trustmarque contract - Nov 18
  7. What is the contract duration of contract? 3 years
  8. The responsible contract officer for each of the contracts above? Full name, job title, contact number and direct email address. Contact information ITCommercialManagement@mhra.gov.uk Full name withheld under section 43(2) ;
  9. Number of Licenses (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 3) – M365 E5 - ~1750

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