Government of Canada Network Services – Stream 4 – Optical Network Services

Status Awarded

Contract number K000019780

Solicitation number BPM014357

Publication date

Contract award date


    Description
    This contract was awarded to:
    Shaw Cablesystems (operating as Shaw Business)

    Shared Services Canada (SSC) is responsible for providing network services to more than 400,000 users across Government of Canada (GC) Departments and Agencies. Network security is more important than ever as Canadians access more and more programs and services online. Protecting the Government’s IT infrastructure from vulnerabilities and ensuring the safety and security of Canadians’ data is the top priority for the Government.

    To effectively deliver services to Canadians, GC users depend on fast, secure and reliable networks and expect to access services from anywhere, at any time, regardless of the demand and Page 6 of 66 circumstances. With the significant growth of cloud-based services across the GC, ubiquitous access to secure and quality network services has become even more important.

    The current digital landscape resides on a highly complex system of network infrastructure across the country. This infrastructure is aging, costly to maintain/upgrade and unable to support modern services such as cloud, video and voice services. SSC is working to continue to converge, consolidate and standardize wide area networks to common, shared, enterprise networks and improve connectivity between departmental and enterprise networks to enterprise data centres, the cloud and the Internet.

    Furthermore, the recent COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a dramatic shift in the GC`s network landscape with the vast majority of GC employees being forced to work from home. Because this shift was successfully implemented, it is expected that most employees will continue to work from home or adopt a hybrid office/home work environment in the future. These factors along with the recent advances in network capabilities related to software-defined networking and wireless technologies have caused SSC to rethink how it delivers and secures its network services.

    Business address
    630 3 Ave SW
    Calgary, Alberta, T2P 4L4
    Canada
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Selective Tendering
    Language(s)
    English
    ,
    French

    Contract duration

    Refer to the description above for full details.

    Commodity - GSIN

    • D316B - Telecommunications Network Services
    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Shared Services Canada
    Address
    90 Metcalfe Street
    Ottawa, Ontario, K0A 0C3
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Shared Services Canada
    Address
    11 Laurier Street
    PO Box 9808, Station T CSC
    Building Place du Portage, Phase III
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1G 4A8
    Canada

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Shared Services Canada
    Address
    90 Metcalfe Street
    Ottawa, Ontario, K0A 0C3
    Canada
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