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 join our virtual kick-off meeting to hear more.
How to participate
Join us on Thursday April 29, 2021 at 2:30pm (EDT) with this link for a bilingual meeting.
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.
Participation and 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.
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.
Amendment 001 was created to add the April 29 presentation material.
