Basic Information

Reference Number

PW-20-00939000

Issuing Organization

Shared Services Canada

Owner Organization

Shared Services Canada

Solicitation Type

RFQ - Request for Quote (Informal)

Solicitation Number

R000076631

Title

Government of Canada Network Services (GCNS) (R000076631)

Source ID

PWGSC

Agreement Types

Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement(CETA)

Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement

Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement

Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (CLCA)

World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

Details

Location

All of Canada

Dates

Publication

2020/12/21 12:00:00 AM EST

Closing Date

2021/04/12 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Ellsworth, Daniel

613-324-6422

ssc.gc-network-services-gc-services-reseautiques.spc@canada.ca

Description

This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is the first phase of a procurement process by Shared Services Canada (SSC) for Government of Canada Network Services (GCNS). Suppliers are invited to prequalify in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ITQ in order to become Qualified Respondents (QR) for any later phases of the procurement process. Only Qualified Respondents will be permitted to bid on any subsequent solicitation issued as part of the procurement process.

This ITQ is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation of bids or tenders and is intended only to prequalify respondents.

Canada intends to establish individual or combined solicitations to establish Contracts, Standing Offers (SOs) and/or Supply Arrangements (SAs) for:

a) Stream 1: Core Network Services (CNS)

b) Stream 2: Building Access Network Services (BANS)

c) Stream 3: Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Services

d) Stream 4: Optical Network Services (ONS)

e) Stream 5: Leased Dark Fibre (LDF)

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

There are security requirements associated with this ITQ.

COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENTS (CLCA)

This procurement will consider contracting obligations that exist in the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements across Canada.

QUESTIONS AND ENQUIRIES

The procurement process, including questions and enquiries, will be managed through this Buy and Sell posting. Details are included in the ITQ document.

SUBMISSIONS THROUGH THE P2P PORTAL

Respondents must submit their submissions to this ITQ through SSC’s Procure to Pay (P2P) portal. Instructions on how to register for an account in P2P are detailed within the ITQ.

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