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Professional services resources with expertise in the areas of Business Warehouse

Solicitation number 01B68-2024-2025-1292

Publication date

Closing date and time 2025/03/19 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)
    For
    TASK BASED INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TBIPS)
    UNSPSC: 81110000 Computer Services
    Reference Number: 01B68-2024-2025-1292 Solicitation Number: 01B68-2024-2025-1292

    Organization Name: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Solicitation Date: 2025-02-25 Closing Date:

    Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible 2025-03-19 (2:00PM EST)
    Estimated Delivery Date: 2026-04-01 Estimate Level of Effort: As Required”
    Contract Duration:
    The contract period will be from date of contract award to March 31, 2026 with three (3), one (1) year option periods.
    Solicitation Method: Competitive
    Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies: No Number of Contracts: 1
    Requirement Details
    Tendering Procedure: Selective Tendering
    This requirement is open only to those TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Tier 1 for services in the National Capital Region for the following categories:
    TBIPS ROLE TBIPS ID TBIPS LEVEL Security Anticipated No. Of Resources Timing of Usage
    Stream 1: Application Services
    Technical Analyst A.5 3 Secret 2 As-required
    The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal:
    Legal Name
    2iSolutions Inc.
    Accenture Inc.
    Acosys Consulting Services Inc.
    Adirondack Information Management Inc.
    Cache Computer Consulting Corp.
    Calian Ltd.
    Deloitte Inc.
    GREEN LIGHT CONSULTING SOLUTIONS INC.
    IBM Canada Limited/IBM Canada Limitée
    InfoMagnetics Technologies Corporation (IMT)
    IT/Net - Ottawa Inc.
    Le Groupe Conseil Bronson Consulting Group
    S.I. SYSTEMS ULC
    Tato Recruiting Inc., S.I. SYSTEMS ULC, in Joint Venture
    TEKSYSTEMS CANADA CORP./SOCIÉTÉ TEKSYSTEMS CANADA

    Description of Work:

    The Information Systems Branch (ISB) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has ongoing requirements on an “as and when requested” basis for experienced professionals to provide Professional services resources with expertise in the areas of Business Warehouse (BW)
    This requirement is to establish a Task Authorization Contract with one qualified TBIPS Supply Arrangement (SA) Holder to provide resources with expertise in related services as described herein. These services will support ISB’s clients and employees by providing additional capacity to ISB’s existing personnel.

    Security Requirement: Common PS SRCL #19 applies
    Minimum Corporate Security Required: Designated Organization Screening (DOS)
    Minimum Resource Security Required: Secret and Reliability

    Contract Authority
    Name: Julie Mercier
    Email Address: Julie.mercier@agr.gc.ca
    Inquiries
    Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above. Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly from the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT “CANADABUYS.CANADA.CA” IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with any supplier on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language.

    NOTE: Task‐Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Method of Supply is refreshed three (3) times per year. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact RCNMDAI.‐NCRIMOS@pwgsc.gc.ca

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s).

    Trade agreements

    • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)

    Reason for limited tendering

    A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

    • None

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Address

    Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada

    OTTAWA, Ontario, K1A 0C5
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Julie Mercier
    Phone
    (438) 470-2861
    Email
    julie.mercier@agr.gc.ca
    Address
    Canada
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Canada
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    12 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Selective Tendering
    Selection criteria
    Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price
    Commodity - UNSPSC
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