Request for Information for Data Centre Networking (DCN) Initiative

Request for Information for Data Centre Networking (DCN) Initiative

• Name: Oliver Librada
• Division: Enterprise IT Procurement
• Address: 180 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario
• Telephone: 343-542-8460
• E-mail address: Oliver.Librada@ssc-spc.gc.ca

Shared Services Canada (SSC) is launching this initial Request for Information (RFI) to engage industry, through consultation, on its interest, capacity and ability to supply and deliver the requirements of the SSC NSSB Data Centre Networking project. 

The purpose of this document is to define the scope of the requirements for Data Centre Networking (DCN) goods and services that will allow Shared Service Canada (SSC) to provide segregated DCN connectivity services for the next 10 years to government partner sites, networks and environments, including those that may be deemed 24/7 Government Wide Mission Critical Services.

To ensure the successful procurement of the above requirement, Canada seeks to engage industry through this RFI process.

This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI may not result in issuance of a solicitation and will not result in the award of any contract. As a result, interested suppliers of any goods or services described in this RFI should not reserve stock or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any information contained in this RFI. Nor will this RFI result in the creation of any source list. Therefore, whether or not any interested supplier responds to this RFI, this will not preclude that supplier from participating in any future procurement. Also, the procurement of any of the goods and services described in this RFI will not necessarily follow this RFI. This RFI is simply intended to solicit information and feedback from industry with respect to the matters described in this RFI.

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