Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) of the Network Solutions Supply Chain (NSSC)

This ITQ closed on October 24, 2016. Canada wishes to thank all Respondents who submitted responses to the ITQ. The evaluation of the responses has been completed. The following is the list of Respondents who successfully met the mandatory experience requirements set out in the ITQ and therefore qualify to proceed to the Review and Refine Requirements (RRR) Phase of the procurement process:

Bell, Combat Networks, Compucom, Compugen, Decisive Technologies Inc. and Dimension Data (consortium response), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, IPSS, Rogers and Telus.

Respondents who did not successfully qualify at the ITQ Phase are not able to participate in subsequent procurement phases.

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This document is an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) for the Network Solutions Supply Chain (NSSC) initiative that will be used by Canada to obtain Solutions and Maintenance Services to consolidate and modernize Canada’s Local Area Network, IT Security, WAN Connectivity and Data Centre Network infrastructure and to establish Maintenance Services for Legacy Security and Network Hardware and Software Licenses for SSC Clients. This will enable SSC to reduce costs, increase security, and enhance program delivery to Canadian citizens and businesses.

The objective of the ITQ is to pre-qualify suppliers who have the required experience in implementing and operating Network Solutions Supply Chain (NSSC). During the bid solicitation phase, Canada intends to issue a formal RFSA to the Qualified Respondents only who have participated in the RRR Phase.