Basic Information

Reference Number

PW-23-01029931

Issuing Organization

Shared Services Canada

Owner Organization

Shared Services Canada

Solicitation Type

RFQ - Request for Quote (Informal)

Solicitation Number

ESDC#001 -EDSC#001

Title

Long-Term Cloud Services Requirement (ESDC#001 -EDSC#001)

Source ID

PWGSC

Agreement Types

Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

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)

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

Details

Location

All of Canada

Dates

Publication

2023/03/13 12:00:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2023/05/15 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Enterprise IT Procurement - Cloud Services

pvrprotectedcloudarfnuageprotege@ssc-spc.gc.ca

Description

ITQ closing date:

May 15, 2023, 2pm EDT

Q&A Closing Date:

March 27, 2023 at 2pm EDT

Pre-bid Compliance Check Process Closing Date:

May 1, 2023 at 2pm EDT

Phase 1 of Procurement Process : This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is the first phase of a procurement process by Shared Services Canada (SSC) for

Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Long-Term Cloud Services Requirements

(the “ Project ”). Suppliers are invited to pre-qualify in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ITQ in order to become “ Qualified Respondents ” for any later phases of the procurement process. Only Qualified Respondents will be permitted to bid on any subsequent solicitations issued as part of the procurement process.

The intent of the ITQ is to qualify cloud service providers which have the ability to deliver secure commercial cloud services capable of meeting the requirements for large-scale citizen facing programs such as those delivered by ESDC, who can demonstrate availability, scalability, elasticity and disaster recovery capabilities required to support such programmes.

Scope of Anticipated Procurement:

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is increasingly focusing on cloud technology to improve the value of the services it offers to Canadians. Cloud services provide immediate solutions, scalability, business continuity and more predictable costs that enable ESDC to improve the programs and initiatives it is mandated to deliver.

Number of Contracts : SSC is currently contemplating the award of two (2) contracts. The exact procurement vehicle structure will be presented at the solicitation phase.

Term of contract(s) : It is expected that the duration of the resulting contract(s) will be for an initial period of 10 (ten) years, with a number of additional option periods. SSC reserves the right to use an alternative approach at the solicitation phase.

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