1000405195A - Unsupervised Internet Tests

Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) for Unsupervised Internet Tests (UITs)

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) intends to enter into up to 5 contracts with multiple contractors for the Unsupervised Internet Tests (UITs).
This requirement also includes options to extend the contract up to three (3) additional one-year periods under the same conditions.

The period of the Contract is from the contract award date for two (2) years after the delivery and acceptance of the solution by the CRA on the UIT platform and assessment-related products or services.

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract.

Proposal documents and supporting information must be submitted in either English or French.

Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email: huyquan.do@cra-arc.gc.ca

Bids must be submitted by using the Connect service provided by the Canada Post Corporation. When responding, the proposal MUST be delivered to:
Canada Revenue Agency
Bid Receiving Unit
BRUg@cra-arc.gc.ca
Bids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation, as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA.

The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Delivery points will be virtual.

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document.

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement.

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation numbers 1000405195 dated April 28, 2025 with a closing of June 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST. The main changes in the revised solicitation 1000405195A are found at:
1. Appendix 1: Mandatory Criteria
M5: Modified to indicate the Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A) process will be done after contract award.
M6: Modified to indicate the Algorithmic Impact and Alignment Assessment (AIAA) will be done after contract award.
3. Clause 7.3.1 Period of Contract: Modified to ensure the contract will end 2 years from the date of acceptance of the platform instead of being from contract award.
4. Attachment 4 to Annex A: Modified to indicate that should the Contractor not be compliant with the IT Security Requirements, the CRA may at its sole discretion terminate the contract for default
5. Attachment 8 to Annex A: Added the attachment to indicate that should the Contractor not complete the AI Stewardship Process, the CRA may at its sole discretion terminate the contract for default.
6. Annex B: Basis of Payment: Modified to indicate that no payment will be made prior to delivery and acceptance of the UIT platform during the contract period.