WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

The National Capital Commission (NCC) has a requirement to replace its current wireless infrastructure with a secure Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system at the NCC Headquarters located at 40 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 

The NCC is seeking proposals from experienced firms to provide a robust, high-performance, enterprise-grade WLAN to address current and future needs. 

OBJECTIVE:

The NCC seeks to:

1. enable mobility and innovation in the workforce for NCC owned devices;
2. facilitate the future implementation and set the foundation for a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy;
3. replace existing end-of-life wireless equipment;
4. keep pace with changing technologies;
5. facilitate Disaster Recovery operations in the event of a crisis;
6. contribute to the reduction of paper consumption and associated waste as per the Ontario proposed Bill 91, the Waste Reduction Act.

DURATION OF WORK : This project must be completed on or before March 31, 2017.

TENDER CLOSING DATE AND TIME: January 24, 2017 at 3 p.m. Ottawa time

SITE VISIT : Attendance to one (1) site visit is MANDATORY. The site visits are scheduled for December 8 and 13, 2016 at 10:00am, Ottawa time. The meeting place is at 40 Elgin Street on the main (1^st) floor opposite the elevators.

To confirm your attendance at the site visit, please communicate with NCC Corporate Security at 613-239-5222 or securityscreening@ncc-ccn.ca at least 24 hours prior to the site visit

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca. Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.

The procurement process of this tender is subject to Chapter 5 on the Agreement on Internal Trade.

Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing to the following: Lana Wilson, Senior Contract Officer, e-mail address: Lana.Wilson@ncc-ccn.ca. Enquiries should be received no later than noon on January 11, 2017 to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided.

Tenders must be forwarded to the attention of Lana Wilson, Senior Contract Officer, Procurement Services, National Capital Commission, 40 Elgin Street, 2nd floor, Security Services, Ottawa, ON K1P 1C7. Late, e-mailed or faxed bids will not be accepted.

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca. Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.