FACETED DOCUMENT MIGRATION
SOFTWARE AND SERVICES SOLUTION

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: 
Faceted Document Migration Software and Services Solution

EN869-141670/A
Quenville, Elizabeth
Elizabeth.quenville@pwgsc.gc.ca
Telephone No. - (613) 937-2727 

Canada has a requirement for a commercially available
Information Discovery and Faceted Migration Solution (IDFMS)
(the "Software Solution"). The Software Solution will be used to
assist PWGSC in conducting the analysis, organization and
migration of an estimated 30% to 40% of the total 45 terabytes
of information (over 17 million documents) from legacy PWGSC
repositories to GCDOCS.   
The required Software Solution must include the Subscription
Software, a 12-month warranty, software maintenance and support,
and documentation. Professional services must also be provided,
if requested. The bid solicitation is intended to result in the
award of a contract for 1 year, plus 5 irrevocable option(s)
allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract. 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, in English, and
operate at all times in accordance with the Statement of
Requirements in the Client's operational environment described
in the bid solicitation. 
PWGSC is the Initial Client that will use the IDFMS (the
"Software Solution"). However, this bid solicitation will also
allow Canada to make the Software Solution available to any
department or 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"). Although Canada may make the Software Solution
available to any or all the Clients, this bid solicitation does
not preclude Canada from using another method of supply for
entities of the Government of Canada with the same or similar
needs. When the Software Solution is made available to Clients
other than the Initial Client, any required professional
services or training will be purchased under a separate contract.
Bidders must providea list of names, or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003, whichever is applicable to this bid
solicitation. 
There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. For additional information, see Part 6 - Security,
Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting
Contract Clauses. Bidders should consult the "Security
Requirements on PWGSC Bid Solicitations - Instructions for
Bidders" document on the Departmental Standard Procurement
Documents
(http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/acquisitions/text/plain/plain-e.html#top)
 Website. 
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).
There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment
equity requirement associated with this procurement: see Part 5
- Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the
annex named  Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity -
Certification.
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.