# Azure Connectivity & Traffic Management service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: SBL \(Software Box Ltd\)
- Award value: £640,000
- Tender value: £640,000
- Award date: 20 September 2019
- Published: 11 June 2020
- Contract start: 23 September 2019
- Contract end: 30 November 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 93a87bd9-358f-4d81-996b-3caa4b3b26f8-363773
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-29f51747-2d40-42ce-a7b1-b21bc81666bf

## Description

Defra have a requirement to provide hygiene and security for traffic between applications and the internet within their Azure estate\. This project looks to expand the existing use of Palo Alto Networks firewalls to achieve this requirement while leveraging existing investment\. The Diagram below shows the overview of the various VNets within Azure and how the new Transit VNets will integrate within that environment\. The overall design is based on a Microsoft blueprint for a hub and spoke architecture for Azure\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/93a87bd9-358f-4d81-996b-3caa4b3b26f8-363773)