Let’s Talk Business!
Shared Services Canada (SSC) is reaching out to the information technology (IT) industry to better understand its capacity to provide the department with IT solutions and services all while respecting the Government of Canada’s official language obligations. This Vendor Engagement Initiative (VEI) seeks to understand your reality and your challenges in meeting these obligations. Please reference our initial posting- Official Languages & Procurement Task Force (OLPLOA2021) - Buyandsell.gc.ca. Vendors can still contact us at s••••••••@••••••.ca.
How to participate
Review the attached PDF for an overview of our initial topics of interest.
The PDF is designed to help you understand the requested commitment.
The problems and challenges can be used as a guide and should not limit your feedback.
Please tell us how you would resolve each problem and challenge. Responses for this Vendor Engagement Initiative (VEI) are welcomed in the participant’s official language of choice
Requirement/Description
SSC is reaching out to vendors to better understand the capacity of the information technology (IT) industry to provide the department with IT solutions and services that respect the Government of Canada’s official language obligations. This Vendor Engagement Initiative (VEI) seeks to understand your reality and your challenges in meeting these obligations.
The VEI is not a solicitation and does not constitute a commitment with respect to future purchases or contracts. Potential suppliers of any goods or services described in this VEI should not reserve stock or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any information contained in this VEI.
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
Agile Procurement Process 3.0 (APP3.0) is an innovative procurement framework. Part of this framework is an Invitation to Refine (ITR) process to support Shared Services Canada (SSC) to understand the market reality of vendors. The intention is to help SSC move more quickly and produce better results. The Vendor Engagement Initiative is a pilot launched by SSC’s Centre of Expertise in Agile and Innovative Procurement (CoEAIP) and leverages the APP3.0 framework.
