MPMCT Project - Projet TCGPM

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: 
Military Personnel Management Capability Transformation (MPMCT)
Project

1) Purpose

The purpose of this notice is to update industry on the status
of the MPMCT Project.


2) MPMCT Requirement Overview:

The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for a
modern, flexible and integrated Military Personnel Management
(MPM) capability, encompassing Human Resources (HR) and Payroll
for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). This requirement flows from
the Canada First Defence Strategy.

The MPMCT Project has been established to manage the development
and delivery of a new MPM capability which involves developing a
modern regulatory and policy framework, transforming MPM
business processes and upgrading and acquiring modern,
integrated Information Management and Information Technology
(IM/IT) enablers based on the Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Oracle PeopleSoft. 
The new MPM capability is to be called "Guardian".

The MPMCT Project Scope is defined as the implementation and
integration of Guardian, which includes:

a.	Transforming DND/CAF business that supports the delivery of
HR and payroll services, 	including: policy transformation;
business process re-engineering and training;

b	Configuring,  implementing and integrating Oracle PeopleSoft
that will replace legacy CAF HR and payroll applications;

c. 	Modernizing the supporting Information Technology (IT)
infrastructure (in conjunction with Shared Services Canada
(SSC));

d. 	Migrating data from legacy applications into Guardian.

e. 	Developing and integrating interfaces between Guardian and
other DND applications/systems, as well as other Canadian
Government Departments and external partners that require CAF HR
and payroll information; and

f. 	Transitioning Guardian into an in-service state.

As such, Canada will require System Integration services for,
but not limited to, the following:

a.	Supporting the activities of the Project Management Office
(PMO) by identifying the gaps between the MPMCT business
requirements and the GUARDIAN Release 1 solution capabilities;

b.	Proposing, configuring, implementing and integrating
additional components / tools to meet the MPMCT project
requirements that have not been satisfied as part of the initial
upgrade to GUARDIAN Release 1; 

c.	Participating as an active member of the Integrated Project
Team working hand-in-hand with DND/CAF business, project
management and technical resources; and

d.	Providing expert technical resources as and when required to
augment DND's in-service support team for a period of 2 to 6
years.


3) MPMCT Status Update:

On June 17, 2014 MPMCT received Treasury Board (TB) approval for
its current program of work comprised of Cycle 2 Implementation
(i.e. the implementation of Guardian Release 1) and Cycle 3
Definition (i.e. the planning, design and costing of subsequent
Releases of Guardian).  This approval was given with the
condition that a Business Case be developed that compares the
option of having PWGSC act as the delivery agent for military
pay component of MPMCT with the option of proceeding with a
private sector delivery agent.

To determine the feasibility of the first option, Canada,
supported by an independent contractor, conducted a study that
compared Phoenix (the Government of Canada new payroll solution)
with the requirements for Military Pay.  

On June 18, 2015 TB accepted the joint DND/PWGSC Business Case
that recommended PWGSC act as the delivery agent for the
military pay component of MPMCT.  As follow-on to this decision,
Canada is proceeding to have PWGSC complete the definition work
for military pay.  In order to progress with this work, DND and
PWGSC intend to conduct joint workshops with the PWGSC Pay
Modernization contractor in order to complete a number of Pay
Modernization military pay definition deliverables.  A complete
list of these deliverables has been compiled by DND and PWGSC.

The MPMCT SI Contracting Authority intends to make relevant Pay
Modernization workshop materials (e.g.  power point
presentations, documentation outlining key decisions and
results) available to industry throughout the workshop process
once such documentation has been completed. In addition, all
relevant resulting Pay Modernization definition phase
deliverables will be made available to members of industry once
the documentation has been completed.

Any interested potential bidders for the contemplated MPMCT
Systems Integrator requirement who would like to obtain a copy
of the list of Pay Modernization military pay definition phase
deliverables to be produced for Military Pay under Phoenix, or
the documentation described above as it becomes available,
should contact the MPMCT SI Contracting Authority by email. Only
suppliers who sign a confidentiality agreement and hold the
necessary security clearances will be permitted access to these
documents.

Canada contemplates publishing a subsequent NPP to inform
industry of the approach to procure a Systems Integrator to
support MPMCT. Industry is reminded that the MPMCT requirements
and the associated procurement approach continue to be under
development and therefore are subject to change at Canada's sole
discretion.

Canada reserves the sole right to alter its procurement approach
for any associated MPMCT requirement.

4)  MPMCT SI Contracting Authority:

Jeremy Chapple
Business Transformation and Systems Integration Services
(BT&SIS) Division
Special Procurement Initiatives Directorate
Public Works and Government Services Canada
12C1, Place du Portage Phase III, Gatineau Québec K1A 0S5
Telephone: (819) 956-1004
E-mail: jeremy.chapple@pwgsc.gc.ca 

Alternate: Karine Gervais, Delegate Contracting Authority
Business Transformation and Systems Integration Services
(BT&SIS) Division
Special Procurement Initiatives Directorate
Public Works and Government Services Canada
12C1, Place du Portage Phase III, Gatineau Québec K1A 0S5
Telephone: (819) 956-1424
E-mail address: karine.gervais@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca


This is not a bid solicitation, and as a result, Canada will not
necessarily respond to enquiries in writing or by circulating
answers to all potential suppliers. However, respondents with
questions regarding this notice may direct their enquiries to
the applicable Contracting Authority identified above.

Copies of previously MERX published MPMCT Project information
(e.g. W8474-11MP01/A published 2010-09-08, W8474-11MPO1/B
published 2012-03-15, LOI W8474-11MP01/C published 2012-06-18,
LOI W8474-11MP01/D published October 29, 2012, LOI
W8474-11MP01/E published January 15, 2013, LOI W8474-11MP01/F
published May 10, 2013, RFI W8474-11MP01/G published August 6,
2013, LOI W8474-11MP01/H published October 2, 2014), LOI
W8474-11MP01/I published January 30, 2015, and LOI
W8474-11MP01/J published May 27, 2015 can be obtained by
contacting the SI Contracting Authority directly.

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.