Hattiesburg Clinic operates two high-availability (HA) pairs of next-generation firewall (NGFW) appliances one HA pair at the Support Services campus and one HA pair at the Orthopaedics campus

Location:	Mississippi
Posted:	Oct 20, 2026
Due:	Oct 22, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Mississippi
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	70 - General Purpose Information Technology Equipment (including software). R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
Solicitation No:	4618-20260930092701 Hattiesburg
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Procurement Details

Smart Number	4618-20260930092701 Hattiesburg	Advertised Date	10/20/2026 12:00 PM
RFx #	3170036788	Submission Date	10/22/2026 5:00 PM
RFx Status	Open	Major Procurement Category	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
RFx Opening Date	N/A	Sub Procurement Category	EQUIPMENT - TECHNOLOGY
RFx Type	MDA - RFx
Agency	MPTAP
RFx Description	Hattiesburg Clinic operates two high-availability (HA) pairs of next-generation firewall (NGFW) appliances one HA pair at the Support Services campus and one HA pair at the Orthopaedics campus, where the Clinic's secondary Internet circuit terminates

RFx Items

PRODUCT CATEGORY	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
20890	CPU Softw-Back-up

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Attachments NGFW_Affidavit_NonCollusion2
Attachments NGFW_Pricing_FillableForm3
Attachments NGFW_ScopeOfWork.pdf

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Scope of Work / Technical Specification

NGFW Perimeter Defense Refresh — High-Availability Firewall Replacement

Hattiesburg Clinic, P.A. | Bid Number 4618-20260930092509

1. Background and Purpose

Hattiesburg Clinic operates two high-availability (HA) pairs of next-generation firewall (NGFW) appliances —

one HA pair at the Support Services campus and one HA pair at the Orthopaedics campus, where the

Clinic's secondary Internet circuit terminates — protecting more than 60 ambulatory locations across south

Mississippi. All four appliances have reached manufacturer end-of-life and can no longer be extended under

a compliant, vendor-supported contract. The Clinic requires a full one-for-one refresh of both HA pairs (four

appliances total) with current-generation equipment, associated interconnect cabling, multi-year threat-

prevention and URL-filtering subscriptions, multi-year premium support, and fixed-fee implementation

services.

This solicitation is vendor-neutral. Any offeror capable of meeting the functional and performance

requirements below may respond, regardless of underlying product name or manufacturer.

2. Current Environment

• Two HA pairs of NGFW appliances (four appliances total) — one pair at Support Services, one pair at

Orthopaedics

• Existing appliances provide IDS/IPS, web/URL content filtering, LAN-to-LAN IPsec tunneling to satellite

sites, and User-ID / Active Directory integration for identity-aware policy enforcement

• Both HA pairs sit at the Clinic's two Internet edges, inspecting egress/ingress traffic for 60+ ambulatory

sites, including EHR, patient portal, e-prescribing, lab/imaging exchange, and Teams Direct Routing

voice traffic

• All four appliances are at or past manufacturer end-of-life; none can be extended under a compliant

vendor support contract past the published end-of-support date

3. Required Capabilities (Functional Specification)

Capability

Form factor

Core security functions

Threat-prevention

subscription

URL filtering subscription

Support

Interconnect / uplink

Minimum Requirement

Four (4) current-generation next-generation firewall appliances,

configured as two high-availability pairs (2 appliances per pair), each

with redundant AC power supplies.

Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS), web/URL content

filtering, LAN-to-LAN IPsec VPN tunneling, User-ID / Active Directory

integration for identity-aware policy enforcement, and outbound

Internet inspection.

Vendor-updated Advanced Threat Prevention (IDS/IPS signatures,

malware inspection, command-and-control detection) for all four

appliances, minimum 3-year term.

Vendor-updated Advanced URL Filtering / web content classification

for all four appliances, minimum 3-year term.

Premium 24×7 vendor support with replacement hardware coverage

and engineering escalation, for all four appliances, minimum 3-year

term.

10 GbE SFP+ direct-attach or equivalent interconnect cabling

sufficient for HA synchronization and uplink at both campuses.

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High availability

Implementation services

Implementation timeline

Both HA pairs must support active/passive or active/active failover

with vendor-published convergence targets, validated via failover

testing at cutover.

Fixed-fee remote (or on-site, if required) professional services

covering HA cutover, rule-base normalization, best-practice

threat/malware/AV policy configuration, User-ID/AD integration, VPN

tunnel migration, and NAT/security-zone re-establishment for both

campuses.

Full cutover of both HA pairs completed within 90 days of contract

execution / equipment delivery.

4. Term and Delivery

• Subscription and support term: 3 years from cutover/activation date, covering all four appliances

• Implementation completed within 90 days of contract execution

• Delivery to two Hattiesburg, Mississippi campuses (Support Services and Orthopaedics) — exact

delivery addresses provided upon award

5. Vendor Response Requirements

• A technical narrative demonstrating how the proposed solution meets each capability listed in Section 3

• Firm, itemized pricing broken out by: appliances/hardware, interconnect cabling, threat-prevention

subscription, URL-filtering subscription, premium support, and implementation services

• Proposed implementation plan and timeline, including a cutover/failover testing approach

• Support model (hours of coverage, escalation path, hardware-replacement SLA)

• At least one reference customer of comparable size, healthcare references preferred but not required

• Completed MBE/WBE vendor status disclosure, if applicable, and any known qualified subcontractor

participation

6. Evaluation and Submission

Responses will be evaluated on demonstrated capability match to Section 3, price, implementation timeline,

and support model. Submit responses per the instructions and due date posted with this solicitation on the

Mississippi Agency Bid Bank. Direct questions to the Bid Specialist at 601-359-2036 or through the pre-bid

conference, if requested.

This document is a technical specification only and does not disclose the Clinic's budget or target price for this procurement.

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