SERVICES D’AIDE AU DÉVELOPPEMENT ET DE SOUTIEN TECHNIQUE POUR LE CENTRE DE GUERRE DES FORCES CANADI

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:

This procurement is being conducted under the Smart Procurement approach and seeks to engage industry early in the procurement process. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to seek information and feedback from industry on their interest, capacity and ability to provide research and development services, on an ?as and when requested? basis, to the Department of National Defence.

The below information is a draft only.

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The Canadian Forces Warfare Centre (CFWC) requires, on an "as and when requested" basis, various technical support services to be performed in support of the following:

Integrated Test Bed (ITB);
Joint Battle Lab (JBL);
Doctrine Development;
Lessons Learned;
Joint ExperimentationTeam (JET);
Joint Information Infrastructure Management;
Distributed Operations Capabilities;
Technical Demonstration Projects (TDPs) support, management and training;
Advanced Research Projects (ARPs) or other Science & Technology (S&T) related initiatives;
Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Recognizance (C4ISR);
Joint Operations Command.

Services are to be provided as and when requested in accordance with the Task Authorization process detailed in Part7, Article 1.1, of the RFP.

The period of the Contract is for one (1) year from the date of Contract award with the possibility of three (3) one-year extensions.

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

This bid solicitation is to establish a contract with task authorizations for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the bid solicitation to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The performance of the Work requires access to controlled goods subject to the Controlled Goods Program. The Defence production Act defines Canadian Controlled Goods as certain goods listed in Canada’s Export Control List, a regulation made pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA).

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; see Part 5 - Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

The mandatory technical evaluation criteria are:

At bid closing time, the Bidder must comply with the following mandatory technical criteria and provide the necessary documentation to support compliance. Any bid which fails to meet the following mandatory technical criteria and provide the required documentation will be declared non-responsive. Each criterion should be addressed separately.

MT1.0 Corporate Experience

The Bidder must provide a detailed description of two past sample projects that demonstrate that the Bidder has provided development and technical support services similar in scope to the requirement detailed in Annex A - the Statement of Work of this solicitation. The Bidder must not submit more than two sample projects. Should more than two sample projects be submitted, only the first two projects in order of presentation will be evaluated.

For each sample project provided, the Bidder must have been the prime contractor, rather than a subcontractor.

For the purpose of this solicitation, ?similarity in scope? means that each sample project must:

a)Have had at least 50% of the project period completed after January 1, 2010;
b) Have provided at least five resources simultaneously fora period of at least 12 consecutive months in one or more of the resource categories listed in Annex A - Statement of Work (SOW) of the solicitation;
c) Have had a total Contract value of at least $2 million (excluding applicable taxes). Contract valuerefers to the amount chargeable to the customers/clients paying for and receivingthe work;
d) Have had a total project duration of at least 18 months;
e) Have been delivered to the client’s satisfaction

Each detailed description must include:

a) Completion/end date of the project (Month/Year);
b) Duration in months (duration does not include option periods that have not been exercised);
c) Primary client information (including the name of the organization or legal entity, the contract number, the name, and telephone number or e-mail address of the organization's responsible contact);
d) List and description of resource categories, the number of resources managed per each category, and the number of months for which the resource was managed within the category. Relevant resource categories are limited to the resource categories described in Annex A - Statement of Work (SoW) of the solicitation;
e) The total contract value (excluding applicable taxes);
f) A letter of reference from theidentified client(s) for each sample project identifying the client’ssatisfactionwith the project.

For the purposesof MT1.0, concurrent sample projects will be accepted.

MT2.0 Requirements of Proposed Resources

The Bidder must identify each proposed resource's name and the labour category for which eachresource is being proposed. The Bidder must demonstrate that each resource meets the criteria for the labour category for which they are proposed.

The Bidder must propose no more than one resource for each labour category, as specified in Tables MT2.1 toMT2.5 below.

No resource may be proposed for more than one labour category.

MT2.1 Senior Systems Engineer

One (1) individual must be proposed as a Senior Systems Engineer.

MT2.1.1 The proposed resource must have attained one (1) of the following:

Adegree from a Canadian* university inthe field of Science or Engineering.

OR

A diploma from a Canadian* college in the field of Science or Engineering.

OR

Any other degree or diploma from a Canadian* university or college and at least 60 months of Information Technology (IT) experience and a certification as either Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE),or VMware advanced.

*Where the post-secondary degree or diploma was completed and obtained outside of Canada, Canada reserves the right to request a Canadian equivalency document to be provided by the Bidder and issued by recognized academic credentials assessment organization showing the academic level obtained.

MT2.1.2 The proposed resource must have a minimumof 48 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, analyzing, developing and implementing systemmodules, subsystems and programs within a "System of Systems" environment.

MT2.1.3 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 24 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, conducting requirements analysis in a"System of Systems" environment.

MT2.1.4 The proposed resource must haveaminimum of 24 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, performing system architecture development.

MT2.1.5 The proposed resource musthave a minimum of 24 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date ofsolicitation closing, performing software prototype testing and integration.

MT2.2 Junior Hardware Technician

One (1) individual must be proposed as a Junior Hardware Technician.

MT2.2.1 The proposed resource must have attained one (1) of the following:

A degree from a Canadian* university in the field of Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Hardware.

OR

Adiploma from a Canadian* college in the field of Computer Engineering,Computer Science or Computer Hardware.

*Where the post-secondary degree or diploma was completed and obtained outside of Canada, Canada reserves the right to request aCanadian equivalency document to be provided by the Bidder and issued by recognizedacademiccredentials assessment organization showing the academic level obtained.

MT2.2.2 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 18 months of experience, in the last five (5) years from the date of solicitation closing, creating ormodifying prototypes of hardware devices or hardware systems using prototyping tools.

MT2.2.3 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 18 months of experience, in the last five (5) years from the date of solicitation closing, developing and executing test plans to test hardware systems integration.

MT2.2.4 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 18 months of experience, in the last five (5) years from the date of solicitation closing, analyzing and interpreting hardware design specifications to createhardware devices or hardware systems.

MT2.2.5 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 18 months experience, in the last five (5) years from the date of solicitation closing, performing hardware system administration.

MT2.3 Senior Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Engineer

One (1) individual must be proposed as a Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer.

MT2.3.1 The proposed resource must have attained one (1) of the following:
A degree from a Canadian* university in the field of Science orEngineering.

OR

A diploma from a Canadian* college in in the field of Science or Engineering.

*Where the post-secondary degree or diploma was completed andobtained outside of Canada, Canada reserves the rightto request a Canadian equivalency document to be provided by the Bidder and issued by recognized academic credentials assessment organization showing the academic level obtained.

MT2.3.2 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 60 months of experience, in the last10 years from the date of solicitation closing, developing computer based models for simulations using two (2) or moreof the following processes:

ReThink;
MatLab;
C;
C++;
C#;
DEVS;
Terrain tools; or
Wireshark

MT2.3.3 The proposed resourcemust have a minimum of 12 months experience, in the last five (5) years from the date of solicitation closing, developing or integrating JSAF, JCATS or JTLS models into simulations.

MT2.4 Senior Network Engineer

One (1) individual must be proposed as aSenior Network Engineer.

MT2.4.1 The proposed resource must have attained one (1) of the following:

A degree from a Canadian* university in the field of Science, Engineering or Networking.

OR

A diploma from a Canadian* college in the field of Science, Engineering or Networking.

OR

Cisco CCMP certification plus 10 years of experience in Networking and 5 years of experiencein VoIP.

*Where the post-secondary degree or diploma was completed andobtained outside of Canada, Canada reserves the right to request a Canadian equivalency document to be provided by the Bidder and issued by recognized academic credentials assessment organization showing the academic level obtained.

MT2.4.2 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 60 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, working on a TCP/IP router based WAN performing the following networking tasks:

Network design;
Routerconfiguration;
Device management;
Multicasting;
Network testing; and
Troubleshooting.
MT2.4.3 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 60 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, administering networksusing the BorderGateway Protocol(BGP) or Internet Protocol (IP) Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network technology.

MT2.5 Lessons Learned Specialist

One (1) individual must be proposed as a Lessons Learned Specialist.

MT2.5.1 The proposed resource must have attained one (1) of the following:

A degree from a Canadian* university.

OR

A diploma from a Canadian* college.

OR

A Canadian ArmedForces Command and Staff College qualification, a Canadian Armed Forces JointCommand and Staff Programme qualification, a Canadian ArmedForces National Security Programme qualification or a Staff College qualification obtained from a foreign country with which the CanadianArmed Forces college has an exchange agreement** and obtained while the holder was a military member at the rank of Major, Lieutenant Commander or above.***

*Where the post-secondary degree or diploma was completed and obtained outside of Canada, Canada reserves the rightto request a Canadian equivalency document to be provided by the Bidder and issued by recognized academic credentials assessment organization showing the academic level obtained.

** The Canadian Forces College has exchange agreements with the following countries: Argentina,Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Kuwait, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States.

*** Where the qualification was completed by a Canadian Armed Forces member and obtained outside of Canada, Canada reserves the right to request a copy of the resource's Military Personal Records Resumé (MPRR) to be provided by the Bidder showing the equivalency obtained.

MT2.5.2 The proposed resourcemust have a minimum of 36 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, researching, collecting and analyzing data derived from military events.

MT2.5.3 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 36 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, developing and delivering Lessons Learned procedures and policy.

MT2.5.4 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 12 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, writing and reviewing Lessons Learned reports.

MT2.5.5 The proposed resource must have a minimum of 12 months of experience, in the last 10 years from the date of solicitation closing, creating and delivering Lessons Learnedbriefings.

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