Renewal of F5 BIG-IP hardware technology for load balancing and application firewall
Obnova hardware technologie F5 BIG-IP pro load balancing a aplikační firewall
Czechia · Praha - Vysočany · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 26 October at 10:00 — 23 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
- Offer and evidence in: CES.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 7 months (9 awards, most recently July 2026) — the next award is due around February 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Clarystone s.r.o..n = 9
- The award came in at a median 55% of the estimated value (301 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 301
- 56% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,735 awards since 2013, spread over 399 companies). That is well above the sector norm (44%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 3,735 awards since 2013
- 16% of awards went to companies from abroad (3,735 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 7%.n = 3,735
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (3,177 procedures with a bid count); 41% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 3,177
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/10/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Czechia · Software & IT systems, 24 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,351 recorded awards) — mostly from Poland, Germany, France.
Submission language: CES.
Typical field: median 3 (from 8 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The purpose of the contract is to conclude a contract with one (1) supplier for the Renewal of HW EoL F5 BIG-IP. The subject of the contract is the supply of hardware (‘HW’) for the renewal of HW EoL F5 BIG-IP owned by the contracting authority (renewal of obsolete end-of-life HW) according to the technical specifications in the annex, including the supply of optical modules, optical patchcords and other accessories necessary for the installation and commissioning of the equipment. The subject of performance also includes the provision of manufacturer support for supplied SW and HW for 60 months in Level 1-3 Premium Service mode (24×7) with replacement of faulty hardware on the next business day (Next Business Day). Part of the fulfilment is also the implementation of the system including migration and adaptation of the existing configuration in the estimated range of 20 MD (man-days).…
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… This range represents the estimated volume of work, while the invoicing of implementation services will be carried out exclusively according to the actually exhausted MD. The implementation includes, in particular, the installation of hardware, the installation of the device in the rack, including the delivery of the necessary installation accessories, the basic configuration of the F5 BIG-IP system, migration of configuration from the existing infrastructure, high availability configuration (HA), testing the functionality of the solution, basic training of the administrators of the contracting authority and the elaboration of the Documentation of the actual implementation. The subject-matter of this contract is specified in more detail in the binding draft contract for the renewal of application FW F5, which forms Annex 4 to the tender specifications (‘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 to ensure license coverage of Threat Campaigns functionality for 2 F5 BIG-IP devices for 60 months. Detailed information on the subject of the public contract is contained in the technical specification in Annex 9 to the tender specifications.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Czech.
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Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Iveco Czech Republic, a. s. | 59 | 2019–2026 |
| BREMA, spol. s r.o. | 49 | 2016–2026 |
| PRAGOIMEX a.s. | 41 | 2019–2026 |
| OTIS a.s. | 34 | 2019–2023 |
| Elektroline a.s. | 33 | 2020–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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