SBIPS (Solutions Based Informatics)

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

REQUEST FOR SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT (RFSA) FOR SOLUTION-BASED
INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (SBIPS) RE-COMPETITION
EN537-05IT01/J

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS:
The Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders is the sole authoritative source for
Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.

Suppliers interested in submitting an arrangement in response to
this RFSA solicitation can access the RFSA documentation
directly from this PWGSC Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
publication at: 
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders

Suppliers are reminded of the importance of reading the SBIPS
RFSA solicitation document carefully before submitting an
arrangement.

BACKGROUND:
This document will serve as a re-competition of the RFSA in
place for the provision of SBIPS to replace all SAs awarded
under this procurement vehicle.  This SBIPS RFSA solicitation
EN537-05IT01/J replaces SBIPS existing SA under EN537-05IT01/H. 

REQUIREMENT:
This solicitation is a RFSA to satisfy Canada's requirement for
the provision of SBIPS to locations throughout Canada, excluding
any locations in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land
Claim Agreement.

Each arrangement submitted may result in a SA.  

This procurement vehicle includes eleven Streams:

LIST STREAMS:
Stream 1.	Business Transformation
Stream 2.	ERP/ CRM
Stream 3.	Electronic Services Delivery
Stream 4.	Geospatial Informatics Services
Stream 5.	Information Management/Business Intelligence
Stream 6.	IT Systems Management
Stream 7.	Legacy Support and Transition
Stream 8.	Managed Services
Stream 9.	Network Services
Stream 10.	Security Management
Stream 11.	Systems Integration

This SA will remain valid for 18 months after the SA start date
or until such time as Canada no longer considers them to be
advantageous to use them. The period for awarding contracts
under the SA begins on the start date of the SA.

It is anticipated that the SBIPS procurement vehicle will
incorporate a quarterly refresh schedule once the resulting SA
are issued from this RFSA Re-Competition Solicitation.  This
will allow new suppliers to become SBIPS SA Holders and to allow
existing SBIPS SA Holders to qualify for additional Streams.

PWGSC's intent is to issue a RFSA to replace the SAs for the
Services on an annual basis, although PWGSC reserves the right
to choose to proceed with a different procurement vehicle for
the requirement if it considers such action appropriate. Each
such re-competition requires all suppliers, including those who
may have received instruments under the previous solicitation,
to submit an arrangement in response to the RFSA Re-competition
solicitation in order to continue to provide services under its
resulting SAs. 

SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS:
Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more
Identified Users as set-aside under the Federal Government's
Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these
specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from the
international trade agreements under the provision each has for
set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per
Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.

In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the
PSAB, the Supplier must complete the Aboriginal Business
certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the
CPSS.

By executing the certification, the Supplier warrants that it is
an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for
Aboriginal Business.

LOCATION OF SERVICES:
The document titled "Definitions of the National Zone, Regions
and Metropolitan Areas" at the following link are incorporated
by reference into any resulting SA, with the exception that the
National Zone has been renamed to "Remote/Virtual Zone",
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/dznrrm-dnzrma-eng.ht
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The following Regions and Metropolitan areas may receive
services under this supply arrangement where a supplier is
qualified to do so:

REGIONS: 
Remote/Virtual Zone (formerly National Zone), Atlantic, Quebec,
Ontario, Western, Pacific, National Capital.

METROPOLITAN AREAS: 
Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary,
Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver,  Victoria, National
Capital Region.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:
Suppliers must hold a minimum of Designated Organization
Screening (DOS) at the time of the SA issuance.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:
The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of
the two official languages of Canada according to the
requirements of the Client and stipulated in a contract against
the SA.

CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS)
All suppliers that want to bid will have to establish an account
in the Supplier Module of the PWGSC Centralized Professional
Services System (CPSS) e-Portal. Instructions on accessing the
Supplier Module e-Portal application are specified in the RFSA
solicitation document published on Buy and Sell.

Suppliers will be required to submit a portion of their
technical arrangement through the CPSS e-Portal Supplier Module.

NOTE: As the CPSS e-Portal does not currently accommodate
digital signatures, Suppliers will also be required to submit
documents in hard copy format through the Bid Receiving Unit.
Instructions in the RFSA solicitation provide further details.




INFORMATION REGARDING THE RFSA:
Information regarding the RFSA solicitation can be obtained from:

IMOS / MDAI
PWGSC / TPSGC
1-866-930-IMOS (4667)
RCNMDAI.-NCRIMOS@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

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.