SaaS Solution for File Sharing and Project Coordination

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada’s (DFATD) objective is to maintain, expand and renew Canadian public assets worldwide by using recognized best practices in order to deliver projects on time and on budget. Challenges in meeting this objective include:

• DFATD is managing a large portfolio of sizable, complex projects;
• Project partners are geographically dispersed worldwide; and
• There are multiple contributors and stakeholders within DFATD as well as external consultants.

The use of appropriate project management software tools is an essential component of DFATD’s strategy for managing these international projects. DFATD has embraced web technologies to facilitate the delivery of projects abroad. In order to meet operational demands for DFATD’s diverse requirements, DFATD has identified a requirement for external Contractors to provide a secure on-line collaboration service.

The Contractor must provide a secure internet-based application capable of tracking multiple projects simultaneously and their associated data. The Contractor must host, maintain and support this application.

The online application provided by the Contractor is required to provide the medium for the viewing, sharing, secure and encrypted transfer of data and information. The successful bidder will therefore provide a fully hosted Internet based framework into which effective on-line collaboration can take place.