Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) – Government PSTN Access Services (GPAS)
Solicitation number BPM009024/B
Publication date
Closing date and time 2020/07/16 14:00 EDT
Last amendment date
Description
This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is the first phase of a procurement process by Shared Services Canada (SSC) for Government Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Access Services (GPAS). Suppliers are invited to pre-qualify in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ITQ in order to become “Qualified Respondents” for any later phases of the procurement process. Only Qualified Respondents will be permitted to respond on any subsequent solicitation issued as part of the procurement process.
This ITQ is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation of bids or tenders and is intended only to pre-qualify respondents.
ITQ Closing Date
July 16, 2020 @ 2:00PM EDT
P2P SUBMISSION
In order to submit a response to this ITQ, respondents must follow the instructions in the Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) which would be accessible as detailed below. The respondents may contact the contracting authority if they have any issues in the accessibility of the ITQ document at the following email address: James.graves2@canada.ca
Respondents can view ITQ documents within the P2P tool in the following solicitation: BPM009024 https://sscp2pspc.ssc-spc.gc.ca/page.aspx/en/bpm/process_manage_extranet/11297
Respondents must be submit their response through the P2P portal. Respondents must be registered and logged into P2P in order to submit a response.
To register, please go to https://sscp2pspc.ssc-spc.gc.ca and click “Register Now”.
RESPONDENT CONFERENCE
SSC will be hosting a Respondent Conference on June 15, 2020. This conference is intended to help interested respondents gain an overview of the new ITQ documents and receive guidance on how to properly and effectively respond for compliance.
This conference is optional. Please indicate your interest in attending this conference by emailing the Contracting Authority - james.graves2@canada.ca
NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION
Canada has invoked the National Security Exception for all purposes with respect of this requirement and, as a result, none of disciplines of the trade agreements apply to this procurement.
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
There is a security requirement associated with this requirement.
COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENTS (CLCA):
This procurement will consider contracting obligations that exist in the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements across Canada.
Contract duration
Refer to the description above for full details.
Trade agreements
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No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Shared Services Canada
- Address
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90 Metcalfe StreetOttawa, Ontario, K0A 0C3Canada
- Contracting authority
- Graves, James
- Phone
- 873-355-4946
- Email
- james.graves2@canada.ca
- Address
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180 Kent StreetOttawa, ON, K1P 0B6CA
Buying organization(s)
- Organization
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Shared Services Canada
- Address
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90 Metcalfe StreetOttawa, Ontario, K0A 0C3Canada
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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itq_bpm009024b_-_amd_004_en.pdf | 004 |
English
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16 | |
isq_bpm009024b_-_amd_004_fr.pdf | 004 |
French
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1 | |
itq_bpm009024b_-_amd_003_en.pdf | 003 |
English
|
14 | |
isq_bpm009024b_-_amd_003_fr.pdf | 003 |
French
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5 | |
itq_bpm009024b_-_amd_002_en.pdf | 002 |
English
|
13 | |
itq_bpm009024b_-_amd_002_fr.pdf | 002 |
French
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4 | |
itq_bpm009024b_-_government_pstn_access_services_gpas.pdf | 000 |
English
|
93 | |
itq_bpm009024b_-_amd_001_en.pdf | 001 |
English
|
24 | |
isq_bpm009024b_-_services_dacces_au_rtpc_du_gouvernement_sarg.pdf | 000 |
French
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22 | |
itq_bpm009024b_-_amd_001_fr.pdf | 001 |
French
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3 |
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