Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
NMSO - MASS STORAGE SYSTEMS - TIER 1 AND TIER 2 STORAGE PRODUCTS
E60EJ-11000S/B
Lipski, Sarah
Telephone No. - (819) 956-4013 ( )
Fax No. - (819) 956-1156
B/ NMSO- DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS
NOTE: The closing date of this RFSO is extended from September
10, 2013 to September 16, 2013.
This solicitation is being issued to satisfy the Government of
Canada's requirement for the supply, delivery, configuration and
installation of Mass Storage Systems - Tier 1 (Enterprise) and
Tier 2 (Mid-Range), including Storage Upgrades, Storage
Components, Unevaluated Options, warranty, maintenance, software
support services and documentation, all of which is to be
provided on an "as-and-when-requested" basis to locations
throughout Canada, excluding any locations in areas subject to
any of the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements, when a Call-up
is made in accordance with any resulting NMSOs. Any resulting
standing offers may be used by any Government Department,
Departmental Corporation or Agency, or other body of the
Government of Canada (including all those described in the
Financial Administration Act, as amended from time to time) or
any other party for which the Department of Public Works and
Government Services has been authorized to act from time to time
under section 16 of the Department of Public Works and
Government Services Act. This solicitation does not preclude
Canada from using another method of supply for entities of the
Government of Canada with the same or similar needs.
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-Peru Free Trade
Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, the
Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement and the Agreement on Internal
Trade (AIT).
The series of resulting NMSOs, as a whole, will have no expiry
date (unless PWGSC determines, in its sole discretion, to set
aside this procurement vehicle). As demand for new Storage
technologies develops, new Categories will be competed on the
Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS), allowing new
suppliers to qualify or existing suppliers to add Categories to
their Standing Offer. Each individual Category will be valid for
a period of two years, plus two optional one-year extension
periods from the date it is originally awarded. Each time a
Category is subsequently awarded after publishing a new
competition on the GETS, this two-year period plus the two
one-year extension periods will begin running again. As a
result, different Categories may be subject to different end
dates. At the time individual Categories are recompeted, or new
Categories are added, suppliers who already hold NMSOs may be
exempted from providing certain information that they have
previously provided in order to obtain their existing NMSO (for
example, if the experience requirements remain unchanged,
existing Offerors may not be required to re-demonstrate that
they have the necessary experience).
This RFSO includes the following Groups and Categories of
equipment from Tier 1 (Enterprise) and Tier 2 (Mid-Range)
Storage Products:
Group 1.0 Small Mid-Range iSCSI;
Group 2.0 Small Mid-Range Fibre Channel;
Group 3.0 Medium Mid- Range Fibre Channel;
Group 4.0 Large Mid-Range Fibre Channel;
Group 5.0 Large Enterprise Fibre Channel;
Group 6.0 Scalable NAS.
Each Group is then divided into the following Categories:
Group 1.0 includes:
Default Storage Platform
Drives and Shelves
Fabric
Unevaluated Options
Groups 2.0 through 4.0 includes:
Default Storage Platform
Drives and Shelves
Fabric
Virtualization (Optional)
NAS Gateway
Unevaluated Options
Group 5.0 includes:
Default Storage Platform
Drives and Shelves
Fabric
Virtualization (Mandatory)
NAS Gateway
Unevaluated Options
Group 6.0 includes:
Default Storage Platform
Drives and Shelves
Unevaluated Options
In Any given Group, it is mandatory that all the equipment
proposed for the Storage Platform come from a single
Manufacturer with the exception of the Categories entitled
"Fabric" and Unevaluated Options.
All potential suppliers capable of meeting the requirements of
this RFSO are invited to make offers. Suppliers are not required
to be the Manufacturer of any Products to submit an offer,
although the Manufacturer must certify non-manufacturer
suppliers. The Annex entitled "Technical Specifications"
describes the detailed technical specifications for all Groups.
All offers must consist of a technical offer and a financial
offer. The detailed requirements for these offers are contained
in Annexes entitled "Technical Offer" and "Financial Offer" and
include mandatory requirements. Offerors are limited to a
maximum of two (2) Systems per Group (the first System listed in
the Group will be titled System A, the second System listed in
the same Group will be titled System B); also, the same System
will not be included in one Group more than once; furthermore,
no more than two (2) Systems from any given Manufacturer will be
included in one Group.
The basis of selection is described in detail in the Annex
entitled "Basis of Selection" and consists of three phases:
Confirmation of Compliance to Mandatory Requirements, Evaluation
of Financial Offer and Offeror Selection. Only offers that
satisfy all the mandatory requirements and pass the financial
evaluation will be considered.
For each Group, Canada anticipates qualifying up to ten (10)
Systems that meet the requirements of this RFSO. If fewer
Systems are qualified in a given Group than Canada considers
advantageous, Canada reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to issue a further RFSO in order to identify additional offers
eligible for standing offer issuance.
Offers will be evaluated on a "Group" basis. Therefore, if an
Offeror wishes to submit an offer in only one specific Group,
then it has the opportunity to do so. It is not mandatory to
make an offer or be selected in all Groups to be issued a
Standing Offer.
During the Standing Offer Period for a given Group, as
technology evolves, Offerors will have the opportunity to
propose substitute Products that offer equal or better value to
Canada. Periodically, all Offerors will also have the
opportunity to refresh their prices.
After any resulting Standing Offers have been issued, all
Offerors will be notified in writing regarding the outcome of
this solicitation.
SCHEDULE
Deadline for first set of questions, Q1 (by noon EST): November
13, 2012
Deadline for second set of questions, Q2 (by noon EST): 10
working days after the release date of answers to the
first set of questions (Q1).
Deadline for third set of questions, Q3 (by noon EDT): 10
working days after the release date of answers to the
second set of questions (Q2).
Closing Date (by 2:00 PM EDT): September 16, 2013
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.
