The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), has a requirement to procure the services of a Contractor to conduct IT security benchmarking services in order to assess the performance of its IT security program relative to its industry peers and against the latest industry best practices and to receive guidance, comparisons, and recommendations on improvements to the program and its IT security domains.The period of any resulting contract will be for eight months with the CRA retaining the irrevocable option to extend the period of the contract for up to two additional two-month periods.Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email at:S••••••••@•••••••.••.caWhen responding, the proposal MUST be delivered to the Bid Receiving Unit address indicated below by the time and date indicated on Page 1.BIDDERS ARE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO:Canada Revenue AgencyBid Receiving U•••••••@•••••••.••.caBids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation, as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA.Due to the nature of this solicitation, electronic transmissions of a proposal by facsimile is not considered to be practical and therefore will not be accepted.A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract.Proposal documents and supporting information must be submitted in either English or French.The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
