Firewall and Associated Services 2026

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

As a registered charity with resourcing constraints, IWA is looking to procure a well-featured security firewall solution and associated services at a competitive price point, which comprehensively helps IWA address the threat landscape and proactively strengthens our security posture. IWA seek a scalable solution that provides security protection at value for money to the organisation, a solution that will help equip the IWA team to defend IWA now and into the future. IWA look to address our firewall fleet across our IWA locations to improve security and performance of our network. IWA are undergoing a digital transformation and aim for a cloud first approach, underpinned by the principles of least privilege and zero trust. IWA do operate some legacy systems and will require the firewall solution to support hybrid cloud strategies and a hybrid distributed workforce. IWA need to protect on-premises networks and resources, cloud resources as well as SaaS applications. IWA ICT services support a variety of users across our environment to include corporate staff users, contractors, students, volunteers, guest and members who utilise IWA ICT services and internet access. IWA require support for both corporate owned and BYOD devices and endpoints. IWA operate a fleet of 45 firewalls supporting IWA fixed and wireless networks across IWA sites within the Republic of Ireland. IWA is governed by GDPR legislation. IWA’s current critical firewall infrastructure are reaching their end-of-life milestone, past end of warranty and useable life for a live production environment which presents IWA with security risks and performance issues. IWA wish to leverage latest firewall technologies, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning capabilities to improve threat protection and detection and improve threat response for IWA, to not rely solely on signature-based security. The firewall solution will support IWA to maintain compliant firewall rules and protect sensitive data in line with best practices. The objective of this CFT is to seek Reponses for the provision of a new quality Firewalls and Associated Services solution for IWA, to protect IWA networks, assets and to mitigate security risks while maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of IWA critical assets, systems and services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-04-29. The procurement was published on 2026-03-23.

Who?

• Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

What?

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2026-03-23	Contract notice

Contract notice (2026-03-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Firewall and Associated Services 2026
Short description:
“As a registered charity with resourcing constraints, IWA is looking to procure a well-featured security firewall solution and associated services at a...”

Short description

Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Information technology services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 525 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 525 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“As a registered charity with resourcing constraints, IWA is looking to procure a well-featured security firewall solution and associated services at a...”

Description of the procurement

Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Information technology services 📦
Additional products/services: Software package and information systems 📦
Information systems 📦
Security software package 📦
Miscellaneous software package and computer systems 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 84 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Software package and information systems 📦
Information systems 📦
Security software package 📦
Miscellaneous software package and computer systems 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-29 15:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-04-30 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7671124
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-04-30 00:00:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7671124”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-15 15:00:00 📅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)
National registration number: 352483
Postal address: Blackheath Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3
Postal code: D03AW62
Postal town: Dublin 3
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tenderoffice@iwa.ie 📧
Phone: 0877386605 📞
URL: https://www.iwa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.iwa.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7671124 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7671124 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 059-205585 (2026-03-23)

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