F5 BIG-IP hardware renewal for load balancing and application firewall

The Prague City Transport Company, joint-stock company in Czech Republic from Europe region has released this tender for The purpose of the public procurement is to conclude a contract with one (1) supplier, the subject of which will be the Renewal of HW EoL F5 BIG-IP. The subject of the public procurement is the delivery of hardware ("HW") for the renewal of HW EoL F5 BIG-IP owned by the contracting authority (renewal of obsolete HW with an expired service life) according to the technical specifications in the appendix, including the delivery of optical modules, optical patchcords and other accessories necessary for the installation and commissioning of the device. The subject of the performance also includes the provision of manufacturer support for the delivered SW and HW for a period of 60 months in the Level 1–3 Premium Service mode (24×7) with the replacement of defective hardware the next business day (Next Business Day). The performance also includes the implementation of the system, including migration and adaptation of the existing configuration in the estimated scope of 20 MD (man-days). This scope represents the estimated volume of work, while the invoicing of implementation services will be carried out exclusively according to the actually used MD. The implementation mainly includes hardware installation, rack mounting of the device including delivery of the necessary installation accessories, basic configuration of the F5 BIG-IP system, configuration migration from the existing infrastructure, high availability (HA) configuration, testing of the solution functionality, basic training of the contracting authority's administrators and preparation of the Documentation of the actual implementation. The subject of this public contract is specified in more detail in the binding draft contract for the renewal of the F5 application FW, which forms Annex No. 4 to the tender documentation ("binding draft contract"). F5-SBS-BIG-TC licenses are required in a combination of 2 F5-SBS-BIG-TC-2-3YR licenses and 4 F5-SBS-BIG-TC-2-1YR licenses so as to ensure license coverage of the Threat Campaigns functionality for 2 F5 BIG-IP devices for a period of 60 months. Detailed information on the subject of the public contract is contained in the technical specification in Annex No. 9 to the tender documentation. with tender notice no. 655567-2026 published on 24 Sep 2026. The tender is due to expire on 26 Oct 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Hardware, License management software package. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 14956443.