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Direct award contract for Velocity Secure Cloud Foundation subscription to support AWS Landing Zone maintenance and security compliance.

Basic Information

Reference Number

00004863315

Issuing Organization

Insurance Corporation of BC

Solicitation Type

NOI - Notice of Intent (Informal)

Solicitation Number

7881

Title

Velocity Secure Cloud Foundation

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

British Columbia

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2026/01/16 06:41:00 AM EST

Closing Date

2026/01/30 03:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

ICBC Strategic Supply Management

sourcing@icbc.com

Description

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) hereby gives notice that it intends to direct award a contract to Accenture Inc with an address of Suite #2075 – 510 W Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6B 0M3 Canada to provide Velocity Secure Cloud Foundation (SCF) subscription.

This contract term is for 1 year. The value of this contract is estimated to be $205,000 plus applicable taxes.

The Velocity SCF product provides a set of independently deployable components (known as “blocks”) that build and configure the required foundational plumbing to enable enterprise customers to securely consume and maintain cloud infrastructure and platforms services at scale from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Accenture was selected in 2021 as ICBC’s Cloud Adoption Partner, which included setting up an AWS Landing Zone in fiscal 2025. Accenture implemented its cloud landing zone accelerator tool (Velocity SCF) and provided ICBC a license during professional services delivery.

ICBC must continue using Velocity SCF to ensure:

Continuous adaptation to AWS Landing Zone changes
Updated automation scripts for AWS feature enhancements
Mandatory security patch compliance

Switching to an alternative accelerator tool before November 2026 would require significant re-engineering, retraining, and revalidation of security controls, causing severe interruptions to major in-flight projects.

ICBC intends to issue a public procurement solicitation for the same or a similar tool/service by August 2026.

Disclaimer All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued on bcbid.gov.bc.ca. MERX asks that you refer to bcbid.gov.bc.ca notice for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the notice abstract.