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Managed SASE for 23 clinical and community sites with NHS DSPT evidence

Full SASESD-WANZTNAManaged service

Summary

A UK healthcare provider (anonymous) requests written responses for managed SASE across 23 clinical and community sites, prioritising resilience for 24x7 care, zero-trust access for clinical staff, and NHS DSPT plus Cyber Essentials Plus evidence. Suitable respondents include managed SASE and SD-WAN providers with healthcare references and UK support. Pricing responses are private to the buyer.

Project overview

Healthcare provider running 23 clinical and community sites on a mix of MPLS and consumer-grade broadband. We need a fully managed SASE service: resilient connectivity for 24x7 care settings, zero-trust access for community and home-working clinical staff, and central policy over patient-data flows. Clinical systems cannot take planned downtime during care hours, so migration windows are overnight and agreed site by site.

Current environment

MPLS at 9 acute sites, broadband elsewhere, ageing site firewalls, legacy VPN for remote clinicians. Azure-hosted clinical applications and Microsoft 365; some legacy on-premises systems remain.

Desired outcome

Site resilience appropriate to clinical risk, one policy across staff and locations, NHS DSPT evidence maintained without bespoke work each year, and a single accountable provider with UK support.

Scope and buyer context

BuyerHealthcare & pharma buyer (anonymous)
SectorHealthcare & pharma
Organisation sizeMid-market (100–1,000 employees)
RegionsUK & Ireland
Sites23
Users2,500–10,000 users
Remote users500–2,500 users
Cloud platformsMicrosoft Azure, Microsoft 365
Compliancenhs_dspt, UK GDPR, cyber_essentials_plus

Timeline

Published26 July 2026
Response deadline18 August 2026
Decision target11 October 2026
Target go-live24 May 2027

Written responses within three weeks; clinical safety review before shortlist; phased overnight migration agreed per site.

How suppliers respond

  • Response mode: Written responses.
  • Browsing this opportunity is open to everyone. Responding requires supplier sign-in with a verified work email.
  • Pricing submitted by suppliers is private to the buyer and never shown publicly.
  • Evidence requested: Security certifications and attestations; Sector references at similar scale; SLA schedule and service credits; Migration approach and plan outline; Support model and escalation path.

Evaluation priorities

resilienceSecurity capabilitySector experienceManaged service quality

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