CFHIS SUPPORT SERVICES

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

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

Background

The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for the provision of support services in order to maintain, update and extend the Canadian Forces Health Information System (CFHIS). 

Request for Proposal

The proposed CFHIS requirement consists of:

1) Support Services to maintain the CFHIS; 

2) Enhancements of the CFHIS; which includes System Extension, System Integration, as well as the addition of new user groups; 

3) Additional Work Requirements.

A Task Authorization (TA) process will be included in the contract to manage the work described above.

The RFP includes, but is not limited to, the contract terms and conditions, bidder preparation instructions, evaluation procedures and submission tables, the statement of work, pricing tables, security and insurance requirements. 

The RFP includes both mandatory and rated requirements as part of the evaluation. The winning bidder will be the bidder with the highest overall score based on 60% technical proposal and 40% financial proposal. Additional information of the evaluation of the bids can be found in the RFP. 

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-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) if it is in force, and the Agreementon I
nternal Trade (AIT).  

Contract Period and Options

The proposed Contract Period will be for 3 years, with irrevocable options to extend the Contract Period for up to 4 one year periods.

Security Requirement

The Contractor will be required to hold a valid Designated Organization 
Screening (DOS), with approved Document Safeguarding at the level of Secret, issued by the Canadian and International Industrial Security Directorate (CIISD). The Contractor’s personnel requiring access to protected information, assets or work site(s) must each hold a valid Enhanced Reliability or Secret Status, granted or approved by CIISD. Resources requiring Secret status are identified in the RFP.  

Inquiries and Submissions

Inquiries regarding this RFP are to be submitted to the contracting officer listed below.

Suppliers may submit their submissions at any time after the posting date of the RFP up to the closing date.  

Stephane Chevrier
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Special Procurement Initiatives Directorate 
Phone Number: 819-956-8224 
Fax Number: 819-956-8303
Email: Stephane.Chevrier@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.