RFI - BI SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

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Tendering Procedures: 
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Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
EN578-133365/A
McGilvery, Kelly
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RFI - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

PWGSC would like to invite Application Service Providers (ASPs)
who have a commercially available BI solution that meets the
PWGSC requirements set out in Section 5 to reply to this RFI and
possibly demonstrate and discuss their products and services at
the request of PWGSC.

The Business Analytics (BA) Service Team has access to databases
of current and historical government procurement spend and
contracting activity, by department.  These provide the basis
for reporting and analysis on expenditure, contracts, trends,
performance, inter-departmental comparisons and the
identification of procurement improvement opportunities across
government.  The team also support PWGSC's response to requests
for ad hoc information and analysis from organizations such as
Treasury Board, the Auditor General or individual departments,
as well as to ATIP requests and media or other enquiries on
spend and contracting.

The Market Analysis Team undertakes secondary research,
supported by insights from the Business Analytics Service Team,
to produce analyses and commentary on the market for key
commodity groups.

The work of both teams contributes to the design, development
and assessment of GC-wide procurement policy and strategy.

This RFI is being issued to:

gather information in order to determine the extent to which
there exists, within the Canadian marketplace, ASPs capable and
interested in providing a managed BI service that can meet the
key requirements outlined in Section 5 of this RFI;
learn more about the issues associated with the planning,
acquisition, implementation and use of such services and any
applicable terms and conditions;
research the different pricing models used by ASPs for such
services, in order to gain a view as to the broad costs of
service provision;
provide an opportunity for ASPs providing BI SaaS to tell PWGSC
what they offer;
provide industry with an opportunity to communicate information
about the factors that PWGSC should take into consideration when
developing strategies related to the planning, acquisition,
implementation and use of a BI service;
allow industry to review the broad requirements and provide
guidance and feedback to ensure a subsequent fair and equitable
bid solicitation.

Feedback obtained through this process will be used to help
articulate mandatory and rated requirements, develop a service
level agreement, and define a contracting approach (per diem
based, fixed price, both, other).
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.