Food Services Information Management System

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FSIMS)


21120-102299/F
Quenville, Elizabeth
elizabeth.quenville@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Telephone No. - (613) 937-2727


Canada has a requirement for a commercially available Food
Service Information Management System Solution (the "FSIMS
Solution") for Correctional Service Canada (CSC) - National
Headquarters (NHQ) region. The FSIMS Solution will provide
Canada with the ability to manage inventory for food and
non-food items, manage menus and recipes, and schedule and
control production. The FSIMS Solution will improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of food service delivery to
approximately 15,000 inmates within CSC's 57 federal
institutions across Canada, and must integrate with CSC's
technical environment.

This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement
of the Correctional Services Canada (CSC). It is intended to
result in the award of a Contract for 1 year with the
irrevocable option to extend the Contract by up to 6 additional
one-year periods under the same terms and conditions.

The FSIMS must include Licensed Software, Warranty, Software
Documentation, Maintenance and Support, and Optional Licensed
Software and Maintenance and Support, and must include options
to extend the term of the Contract, and to acquire Professional
Services and Training on an "as and when requested" basis.


All parts of the Software Solution must be available to the
Client Users 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and
operate at all times in accordance with the Statement of
Requirements in the Client's operational environment described
in the bid solicitation.

There is no security requirement associated with this
requirement. 

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North 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).

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Delivery Date: 04/04/2013

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procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.