Long-Term Cloud Services Requirement

ITQ closing date: May 15, 2023, 2pm EDT 

Q&A Closing Date: March 27, 2023 at 2pm EDT

Pre-bid Compliance Check Process Closing Date: May 1, 2023 at 2pm EDT

1. Phase 1 of Procurement Process: This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is the first phase of a procurement process by Shared Services Canada (SSC) for Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Long-Term Cloud Services Requirements (the “Project”). 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 bid on any subsequent solicitations issued as part of the procurement process.
2. The intent of the ITQ is to qualify cloud service providers which have the ability to deliver secure commercial cloud services capable of meeting the requirements for large-scale citizen facing programs such as those delivered by ESDC, who can demonstrate availability, scalability, elasticity and disaster recovery capabilities required to support such programmes.
3. Scope of Anticipated Procurement: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is increasingly focusing on cloud technology to improve the value of the services it offers to Canadians. Cloud services provide immediate solutions, scalability, business continuity and more predictable costs that enable ESDC to improve the programs and initiatives it is mandated to deliver.
4. Number of Contracts: SSC is currently contemplating the award of two (2) contracts. The exact procurement vehicle structure will be presented at the solicitation phase.
5. Term of contract(s): It is expected that the duration of the resulting contract(s) will be for an initial period of 10 (ten) years, with a number of additional option periods. SSC reserves the right to use an alternative approach at the solicitation phase.