Contract Name Vormetric Data Encryption - Cipher Trust

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED · awarded 23 December 2024 · delivered in Scotland

Who

Buyer	STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED GLASGOW
Supplier	Comptacenter UK Ltd
Category	services
Classification	Computer equipment and supplies CPV 30200000
Notice published	3 January 2025

What it is for

Currently SLC have an agreement to support and service their existing Data Encryption hardware manufactured by the company Thales. This includes a 24/7 on call agreement to provide technical support and in addition to provide any required spare parts for the Hardware if required. The primary reason for this tender for a replacement to the current operating system was the information provided to SLC by the current supplier Thales informing them the current hardware being used was becoming "end of life" meaning spares could no longer be obtained and as such could no longer be supported to be serviced. If the hardware was not "end of life" the requirements of this tender would be for a renewal of licences and hardware service and support, as per the previous tender, as the view from SLC Security personnel was the hardware was suitable for purpose. SLC undertook market research in order to ascertain the most appropriate replacement for the current hardware being used. Three options were looked at from a technical and commercial aspect: • Hardware • Virtual • Cloud After review, the Cloud option was identified as the preferred option from a technical perspective. This is in keeping with SLCs strategic approach to consider Cloud first. It is acknowledged that the Cloud approach is available from a number of manufacturers. However, in order to move away from the incumbent supplier, Thales, a project would require to be set up to explore other technology. Due to budget constraints it would not be possible to secure the budget for this discovery work. In order to ascertain the procurement route a desktop exercise was undertaken which highlighted that licences can be obtained via resellers within Framework Agreements. In addition, SLC made direct contact with the…

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