Stream 3 (I) IM/IT Services: I.5 IM Architect Level 3

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Stream 3 (I) IM/IT Services: I.5 IM Architect Level 3

Supply Arrangement (SA) for Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) EN578-055605

This requirement is for: Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA)

File Number: 1000328755

Contracting Authority: Nathalie Dagenais

Email: CBSA-ASFC_Solicitations-Demandes_de_soumissions@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Bid solicitation # 1000328027 issued under the framework of the TBIPS SA for the provision of the following professional services: for 1 x IM Architect Level 3. All terms and conditions of the TBIPS SA EN578-055605 apply and must be incorporated into any resulting contract.

Eligible Bidders under this Bid Solicitation

The requirement described herein is open only to Task-Based Informatics Professional Services SA Holders for the following SA Consultant Categories:

Stream 3 (I) IM/IT Services / 1 x I.5 IM Architect Level 3

Bidder list

1. Net Solutions Inc.

2. Alika Internet Technologies Inc.

3. ALTRUISTIC INFORMATICS CONSULTING INC.

4. Belham PDS Inc.

5. CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc.

6. Emerion

7. Manpower Services Canada Ltd.

8. Nisha Technologies Inc.

9. Olav Consulting Corp

10. Portage Personnel Inc.

11. Proex Inc.

12. Professional Computer Consultants Group

13. The AIM Group Inc.

14. The Halifax Group Inc.

15. Veritaaq Technology House Inc.

1. Requirement Summary:

The Agency Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA ) has a requirement for an architect IM Level 3 of the contract period . The resource will help support the work of the initiative as a business model (EDM) and data governance for Master Data Management (MDM) .

2. Period of the Contract

The period of the Contract is for Three (3) years from the date of Contract award with two (2) irrevocable twelve (12) months option periods to extend the contract under the same terms and conditions.

2.1 Contract extension options

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the contract for two (2) additional periods of twelve (12) months, under the same conditions.

The Contractor agrees that, during the extended period of the contract, it will be paid in accordance with applicable provisions of the Basis of Payment.

Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor before the Contract expires. This option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority and will be evidenced for administrative purposes only, through a contract amendment.

3. Trade Agreements

The solicitation is subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canadian-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA) and ), and the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA).

4. Security Requirement

At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met:

1. the Bidder must hold a valid Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses of the RFP;
2. the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses of the RFP;
3. the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites

4.1 CBSA Additional Security Requirement:

The CBSA, will conduct its own personnel Reliability Status assessment on a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), which is allowed under the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada's (TBS) "Security and Contracting Management Standard" and the Policy on Government Security – Personnel Security Standard. Reliability Status assessment conducted by the CBSA will include a credit check.

If a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) being recommended for an award, has already been screened under the TBS Policy on Government Security - Personnel Security Standard, the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), will still undergo a security screening process to be conducted by the CBSA.

The credit check will be performed by an authorized security official with the CBSA's "Personnel Security Screening Section" (PSSS), which is independent of the Public Works and Government Services Canada's (PWGSC), "Industrial Security Program (ISP)”.

Until the credit check and all other security screening processes required by this Request for Proposal have been completed and the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) is deemed suitable by the CBSA, no contract will be awarded and the recommended Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) will not be permitted access to Protected / Classified information or assets, and further, will not be permitted to enter sites where such information or assets are kept.

In the event the Bidder is not deemed suitable following the security screening process required by the CBSA, the said Bidder's proposal will be deemed non-compliant and the next ranked bidder will be contacted. If only one bid was obtained and the proposed bidder does not meet the security requirement, then, the contracting officer will determine the next steps in order to ensure all requirements are met.

5. Enquiries

Address enquires to: CBSA-ASFC_Solicitations-Demandes_de_soumissions@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca