Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Requirement - Business Analyst

This requirement is for Industry Canada

This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under:
		Tier “1” (= $0-$2M) stream for Business Services.

This requirement is open only to those invited TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under the categories for:  B.1 Business Analyst - Intermediate 

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal.

Advance Chippewa Technologies Incorporated, 529040 Ontario Inc., 880382 Ontario Inc., in JV
BBG Management Corporation
CORE Software Corp.
Emerion
Excel Human Resources Inc.
Holonics Inc
Ian Martin Limited
IT Services Canada Inc.
Maplesoft Consulting Inc.
Modis Canada Inc.
Nisha Technologies Inc.
PrecisionERP Incorporated
Randstad Interim Incorporated
S.i. Systems Ltd.
Stroma Service Consulting Inc.
The Halifax Group
TRM Technologies Inc.

NOTE:  Only invited bidders can summit a proposal for this TBIPS

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS/OBJECTIVES:

Industry Canada requires the services of a Business Analyst to work on IT projects for Industry Canada’s business clients.

The Business Analyst may be responsible for analyzing and interpreting plans, strategies and business systems associated with the technical environments within Industry Canada.  The Business Analyst is a client facing resource for the CIO.  Working in conjunction with the Industry Canada client, the Project Manager and the development team, the Business Analyst connects the clients’ business need with an IT solution.
  
The CIO uses a stage gate governance model to facilitate the delivery of IT projects.  The Business Analyst may be tasked with assisting the Business client navigate the stage gate process and assist in the development of artifacts required at the different stages.

Note: The progression from one State-Gate to the next is subject to internal Industry Canada approvals, as well as wider Government of Canada initiatives. Projects may be halted, redefined or cancelled at any stage, at which point the Project Management Resource may, at the CIO’s discretion, be reassigned temporarily or permanently to another project(s). Alternatively, should (a) project(s) fail to proceed to later Stage-Gates, the resulting contract may be reduced in scope or terminated early

SCOPE OF WORK / KEY ACTIVITIES

The Business Analyst will:
	
•	The redesign of core business processes; and/or the application of enabling technologies to support the new core processes; in support of the management of organizational change. 
•	Business requirements gathering and analysis including planning the requirements development process, determining which requirements are the highest priority for implementation, and managing subsequent change;
•	Business process modeling;
•	Defining and documenting interfaces of manual to automated operations; 
•	Assessing and recommending implementation alternatives to multi stakeholder groups including development teams and business clients through the creation of artefacts such as an Options Analysis.
•	Solution assessment and validation whereby the Business Analyst ensures that the proposed IT 
solution solves the clients’ business problem.      
•	      Other requirements as required

Proposed Period of Contrat

The proposed period of contract shall be from:  Initial Contract Period:  Contract award to August 31, 2015 plus 4 option year periods

File Number:  		IC401391
Contracting Authority:	Tony Eyre
E-Mail:			tony.eyre@ic.gc.ca

NOTE: Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Method of Supply is refreshed on an annual basis.  If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact RCNMDAI.-NCRIMOS@pwgsc.gc.ca