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Awarding Agency:
Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation
Tender Package No:
eTransform/RComp1.3.1g
Tender Type:
NCT
Contract Type:
Open Tender
Lot #:
Tender Description:
The Government of the Republic of Ghana has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the eTransform Ghana Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for implementation of operational Cyber Security Infrastructure for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

2. The Ministry of Communications now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the implementation of cyber security operational infrastructure for the National Cyber Security Center:
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is a coordination center for cybersecurity response in government and the private sector. The NCSC is established to coordinate cybersecurity activities across the public and the private sector. Currently, the work of the Centre focuses on National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Child Online Protection, Capacity and Awareness Creation Unit among others. The goal of the Centre is to secure Ghana’s digital journey through the implementation of the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy. The Government has introduced a revised National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy and the Centre is the lead implementer.

The scope of the assignment aims at building and operationalizing an Information Sharing Platform for Incident Response (CERT) and a deployment of a Cyber Platform for the implementation and monitoring of the revised National Cybersecurity Policy & Strategy. Specifically, the successful bidder will be required to:

A. Deployment of Information Sharing Platform for Incident Reporting & Analysis
 Deploy a secure cybersecurity incident information sharing platform to enable the Centre/National CSIRT to receive incidents from Sectoral CSIRTs, International CSIRTs and individual organizations/institutions/persons.
 Allow the Sectoral CSIRTs to share incident reports with the National CSIRT in an internationally accepted standard
 A secured system to be able to collate cybersecurity incident statistics and for periodic analysis
 Integration of a call center operations for Incident Reporting and handling
 Integration of Points of Contact (PoC) of the sector CSIRTs in the new infrastructure for smooth incident handling
 Implementation of incident response tools including pen testing tools to aid the CSIRT team with incident response and analysis
 Acquisition of cyber forensics tools (computer examination, mobile forensics, malware analysis, etc.) to aid forensic examination and to support the forensic capabilities of the associated law enforcement unit of the CSIRT
 Deployment of six (6) monitors for incident monitoring and analysis.
 The solution should be customizable of which the Centre can scale up its operational scope in the future.
 Training for the NCSC’ team

B. Deployment of a Cyber Platform for the Implementation, continuous Monitoring and Evaluation of Ghana’s National Cybersecurity Policy & Strategy
 A secure information technology infrastructure to support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the National Cybersecurity Policy & Strategy
 A technology platform to conduct continuous national cybersecurity assessment and to monitor implementation of cybersecurity initiatives and activities across different agencies/sectors.
 The platform is expected to receive inputs/feeds from all sectors such as the CNII sector, criminal justice sector, government sector, etc, and it is expected to support assessment of national cybersecurity risks.
 The solution required is expected to facilitate regular reporting from different agencies/sectors, including reporting by members of the National Cyber Security Technical Working Group (NCSTWG).
 The solution should facilitate executive level (ministerial level) tracking of the level of implementation of national cybersecurity policy and strategy as well as the level of cybersecurity readiness both at the national level and agency-specific sectors.
 The solution is required to facilitate national cybersecurity monitoring, evaluation and reporting
 The solution should be customizable of which the Centre can scale up its operational scope in the future.
 Training for the NCSC’s team.

The systems will ultimately enable the Centre to operationalize its mandate in incident response and the implementation of Ghana’s National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy
Approval Auth:
Central Tender Review Committee
Contract Date:
29th May, 2020
Delivery / Completion Date:
08th January, 2021
Contract Currency:
USA Dollar
Contract Award Price:
$1303074.91
Contract Awarded To:
GDS Africa, InterTech Group & Cyberens
Company Email:
info@gdsafrica.com
Company Address:
PMB AN 364, Accra-North
Company Tel:
030 223 2116
Supplier #:
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