ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARE SOLUTION

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of 
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (the Initial "Client") for the 
provision of goods and services for the delivery of a commercially 
available Enterprise Architecture Software Solution (EA Solution) for 
10 client users. 

CBSA is the Initial Client that will use the EA Solution (the "Software 






Solution"). However, this bid solicitation will also allow Canada to 
make the EA Solution available to any departmentor Crown corporation 
(as those terms are defined in the Financial Administration Act) or any 






other party for which the Department of Public Works and Government 
Services is authorized to act from time to time under section 16 of the 






Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (each a 
"Client"). 

The EA Solution must include the Licensed Software, a 12-month 
warranty, software maintenance and support, and documentation. Training 






and professional services must alsobe provided, ifrequested. The bid solicitation is intended to result in the award of a contract for 1 ye
ar, plus 4 one-year irrevocable option(s) allowing Canada to extend the 






term of the maintenance and support services in the contract, as well 
as, allowing Canada to obtain additional deliveries of user licenses. 
It is estimated that there are 210 Developer and 2000 Read Only user 
licenses potentially required by Canada. All parts of the Software 
Solutionmust be available to the Client Users 24 hours a day, 7 days a 






week, 365 days a year, in English and French, and operate at all times 
in accordance with the Statement of Requirements in the Client's 
operational environment described inthe bid solicitation. 
There is asecurity requirement associated with this requirement. For 
additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses.  For more in
formation on personnel and organizational security screening or 
security clauses, bidders should refer to the Canadian Industrial 
Security Directorate (CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public 
Works and Government Services Canada 
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.
Bidders mustprovide a list of names, or other related information as 
needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade 
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), theNorth 
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the 
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free 
Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) if it is in force, and the Agreement on 
Internal Trade (AIT).

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity 
requirement associated with this procurement: see Part 5 - 
Certifications, Part 7- Resulting ContractClauses and the annex named 




 Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

THE CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS BID SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR 






USE BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSANDAGENCIES BEYOND THE INITIAL 
CLIENTIDENTIFIED HEREIN. PLEASE REFER TO THE COMPLETE SOLICITATION 
PACKAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.