TBIPS - A.10 Tester Coordinator - Senior - Industry Canada

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 Application Services.

This requirement is open only to those invited TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under the categories for:  A.10 Test Coordinator - Senior 

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal.
Aerotek ULC o/a TekSystems
Coradix Technology Consulting
Emerion
Empowered Networks Inc
Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc./Fujitsu Conseil (Canada) Inc.
Hewlett Packard (Canada) Co. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Cie
IBM Canada Ltd.
Maplesoft Consulting Inc.
Modis Canada Inc.
N12 Consulting Corporation
PrecisionERP Incorporated
Promaxis Systems Inc.
Protegra Technology Group Inc
Sierra Systems Group Inc.
TECSIS Corporation

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

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS/OBJECTIVES
The Quality Assurance Manager has a requirement for a test coordinator to facilitate and coordinate test activities within the group.  
 
SCOPE OF WORK / KEY ACTIVITIES
The Senior Test Coordinator will report the Manager, Quality Assurance and will responsible for the following task, services and deliverables.

•	Coordinate UAT client and testing resource requirements while acting as single source of communication with development, overseeing development of test strategy, cases and scripts for an integrated UAT/regression testing period;
•	Coordinate the development of test environments;
•	Conduct formal review of requirements for clarity and testability;
•	Hands on involvement with and overseeing all user acceptance software testing requirements including, functional test in-line with requirements specification, and regression testing for each iteration; 
•	Coordination of software builds and releases;
•	Regression, functional, and performance testing;
•	Coordinate and lead test strategies, test plans and execution plans;
•	Ensure development of requirements-to-test matrix;
•	Develop test scripts, establishing and maintaining source and object code libraries for a multi-platform, multi-operating system environment;
•	Writing and executing queries to interpret test results and create test data;
•	Isolating and reporting functional bugs;
•	Tracking fixes and features using Industry Canada’s configuration management tools;
•	Generate, validate, review and maintain test documentation, scripts, reports and packs for each release type, review acceptance\rejection of supplier test evidence;
•	Store and archive test results and generate test reports and evidence for each iteration release; 
•	Monitor and escalate any issues to management on project risks associated to the system test effort in regards to timelines, test environments, resources, and any other obstacles to the test effort; and
•	Assist the manager in improving the speed, accuracy and efficiency of Industry Canada’s testing processes.

Technical Environment
•	Java
•	Oracle
•	JIRA

DELIVERABLES 

•	Test coordination;
•	Coordination of test environment(s) development;
•	Formal requirements review;
•	UAT Test requirements;
•	Tracking of fixes and features;
•	Requirements-to-test matrices;
•	Regression, functional and performance testing;
•	Source and object code libraries maintenance;
•	Test scripts; and
•	Test reports;

Proposed period of contract:

The proposed period of contract shall be from:  Initial Contract Period:  Contract award to October 30, 2015.

File Number:  		IC401415
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