RSO - Keeper Security Products and Services

Solicitation number Doc1925834853

Publication date

Closing date and time 2024/04/03 13:00 EDT


    Description
    This Request for Standing Offer (the 'RSO') is an invitation by the Province of Nova Scotia (the 'Province') to prospective bidders to submit bids for the provision of Keeper Security Products and Services to the Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions (CSDS), as further described in the RSO Particulars (Appendix D) (the 'Deliverables'). This RSO is being conducted pursuant to the Nova Scotia Sustainable Procurement Policy and Procurement Manual. THIS ARIBA SOURCING EVENT HAS BEEN OPENED DUE TO A SYSTEM ISSUE THAT CAUSED THE ABOVE NOTED TENDER TO CLOSE TO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS PRIOR TO THE PUBLISHED SUBMISSION CLOSING DATE AND TIME, THE PROVINCE HAS CANCELLED THE TENDER AND REISSUED AS DOC1925834853. THE PROPONENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A BID IN ARIBA SOURCING EVENT DOC1712742794 ARE REQUIRED TO RE-SUBMIT IN ARIBA SOURCING EVENT DOC1925834853. ALL PROPONENTS MUST SUBMIT THEIR BIDS IN ARIBA SOURCING EVENT DOC1925834853. The Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions (CSDS) was created to apply internet-era ways of working to provide services to Nova Scotians. CSDS is a leader in transforming the way government delivers services to citizens in the Internet era, and supporting the province’s priority of quality health care for Nova Scotia. • Delivers excellent services, built around the needs of users.• Provides public servants with the digital services and tools they need to enable collaboration, add value, and be effective; and• Supports and enables the Nova Scotia public service to use new approaches to deliver better government in the internet era. The objective of this RSO is to establish an agreement for Keeper Security Products and Services, a fully managed cloud-based zero-knowledge platform to protect from data breaches and security threats. Users can access data quickly and securely regardless of geographic location, creating a trusted tool for hybrid work environments. The Keeper Security product is going to be used by a few teams at CSDS, as a password management solution and for multi-factor authentication (MFA) purposes.

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    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 36 month(s).

    Trade agreements

    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Province of Nova Scotia
    Address
    5161 George Street
    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1M7
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Lindsay Hodd
    Phone
    902-424-3333
    Email
    ptenders@novascotia.ca
    Address
    902-424-3333

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English
    Contract duration
    36 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding

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