Notice of Proposed Procurement: 87055-14-0390 – Programmer/Analyst

Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Requirement

This requirement is for the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Stream 1 for Applications Services.

This requirement is open only to those invited TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under the category A.7 Programmer/Analyst

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

Calian Ltd. 
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. 
Esper Consulting Inc. 
Excel Human Resources Inc. 
Lumina IT inc. 
Maplesoft Consulting Inc. 
Mindwire Systems Ltd. 
Modis Canada Inc 
PRECISIONERP INCORPORATED 
Procom Consultants Group Ltd. 
S.i. Systems Ltd. 
Systemscope Inc. 
TeraMach Technologies Inc. 
The Devon Group Ltd. 
TPG Technology Consulting Ltd. 
Veritaaq Technology House Inc. 

Description of the requirement:

The CNSC requires the full time professional services of one (1) Level 3 Programmer Analyst with experience in IBM WebSphere MQ (Message Queuing) or similar MQ systems.  The goal is to work by overseeing numerous aspects of IBM WebSphere MQ deployment at CNSC and configurations, including architectural designs, implementation, standards, integration, monitoring, root cause analysis and performance tuning.  The Programmer Analyst may also be required to provide .Net development services in support of IMTD application development and enhancement of existing applications.

Once solutions are implemented, the Programmer Analyst will work closely with the Technical Lead for the project and the Technical Architect to administer load testing and then performance tune WebSphere MQ and Message Broker activity in the production environment. Additionally, the Programmer Analyst will manage and maintain the environments by automating systems management and monitoring activities; and will assist application development teams to troubleshoot integration and infrastructure issues.
 
Technical Environment:
 
•	Visual Studio 2008, 2012
•	C#, VisualBasic.Net (VB.Net), ActiveServerPages.Net (ASP.net), .Net Frameworks 3.5, 4.0 & 4.5, Enterprise library 4.x and 5.x, Web Client Software Factory, Entity Framework 1 and 4
•	Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
•	.NET SQL Authorization Manager (NetSQLAzMan) 
•	Telerik Controls
•	ceTe Software DynamicPDF Generator 
•	Windows 2008 R2 servers
•	Team Foundation Server 2012
•	SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012
•	Microsoft Windows 7
•	Microsoft Office 2010

Tasks to be performed

The Programmer Analyst’s tasks include but are not limited to the following: 

•	Interpreting and clarifying business and/or functional requirements in order to develop IT solutions
•	Create and modify C# code to use the IBM WebSphere MQ Client API’s to create and handle messages.
•	Create C# code to send and receive/parse XML messages to the IBM WebSphere MQ queues.
•	Develop WCF and RESTful web services using .NET 4.5 and C#.
•	Create and modify screens and reports
•	Develop multi-tier solutions (including User Interface (UI), business layer and data access layers) following Object Oriented and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) best practices;
•	Develop quality solutions using C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, .Net Frameworks 4.0 and 4.5, Enterprise library 4.x and 5.x, Web Client Software Factory; 
•	Develop HTML5 user interface using JavaScript, CSS, third party controls, Model View Controller (MVC) development pattern and C# for code behind as defined by IMTD standards and templates; 
•	Develop reports using the Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder and the DynamicPDF reporting tools. 
•	Document system design and detailed deployment instructions;
•	Re-use existing web services, developed by IMTD;
•	Maintain standard Look & Feel as defined by IMTD, when applicable;
•	Create/Perform unit testing of the solution modules during development; 
•	Respond to bug reports and fix issues in a timely fashion;
•	Provide Knowledge Transfer to ASD staff as and when required.

Security requirement at bid closing: Resource must be cleared to Secret. Company must hold a valid FSC at the level of Secret, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

Proposed period of contract:

The proposed period of contract shall be from date of award + 230 days, plus two 120-day options.

File Number:  		87055-14-0390

Contracting Authority:	Dan Simard

Phone Number:		613-996-6784

Fax Number: 		613-995-5086

E-Mail:			dan.simard@cnsc-ccsn.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 .