Managed Certificate Service

Closes in 18 daysSubmission deadline: 10 November 2026, 02:00 PM Australia/Adelaide

About this tender

Overview Alexandrina Council invites quotes from respondents for the provision of a secure, scalable, centrally managed, cloud-native certificate lifecycle management and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) platform. The successful respondent is expected to provide Alexandrina Council with a cloud-native Certificate Lifecycle Management and PKI solution for management of user and device certificates to support secure authentication, encryption, trust validation, and access to Council systems, applications, services, devices, and network infrastructure. Scope The scope includes: Centralised management of digital certificates Management of certificate authorities Management of cryptographic keys Related lifecycle processes for certificates and keys Service reporting Provision of a demonstration of the proposed solution and how it addresses the requirements Instructions to Tenderers The respondent shall provide the services in accordance with the specifications contained within Section C of the RFQ documentation. A demonstration of the proposed solution and how it addresses the requirements is essential. Contract Terms and Conditions Council will enter into an Agreement for Services with the successful respondent. The general commercial term of the proposed agreement is 1 year plus 1 year plus 1 year, based on successful delivery of each year, for a total of 3 years Billing is monthly

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