Web Application Development Services

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

1. DIAND has the primary (but not exclusive) responsibility for meeting the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political, and legal responsibilities to Aboriginal peoples and Northerners. Under this mandate, DIAND manages and maintains the planning, design, implementation, and assessment of policies and the delivery of a variety of programs and services to Aboriginal and Northern peoples and communities.

1. The Information Management Branch (IMB) within DIAND provides Web application development to help internal clients to maximize the value they achieve from their business processes, oracle database support, and other IT-related support services to the Department by creating new business applications, or enhances existing ones. IMB offers internal clients the benefit of their thorough knowledge of technology components, software tools, integration techniques, and multi-platform environments to create optimally integrated systems that support clients’ business and technology requirements.

1. As part of the Chief Information Officer Branch (CIO) DIAND IMB supports the CIO mandate in policy development, monitoring, management oversight, and leading community development and capacity building initiatives in information management and technology, identity management and security, and access to information and privacy to ensure the sound management and stewardship of the Government of Canada's information and technology assets and its communities of practice.

1. As a result, DIAND requires additional specialized resources for up to six (6) resources categories at various levels to supplement internal capacity.

One (1) Level 2 - Database Analyst/IM Administrator (I.3)

Two (2) Level 2 - Web Developer (A.14)

One (1) Level 3 - Web Developer (A.14)

One (1) Level 2 - Tester (A.11)

One (1) Level 2 - System Analyst (A.8)

One (1) Level 2 - Application/software Architect (A.1)

DIAND requires the services of the resources listed in this RFP for the continuing enhancements as due to program evolution, transition, maintenance and support of the system.