NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)
Solicitation #: 1000145031
Closing Date: July 14, 2013 Time: 2PM
This requirement is for the department of Health Canada.
Title:
Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Division off-site co-location services.
Introduction:
The Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Division requires co-location services in order to support business continuity, disaster recovery, application redundancy and backup safekeeping in support of Health Canada’s mandate as lead as the Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan (FNEP).
Estimated Value:
The total value of any contract(s) emanating from this RFP shall not exceed 90,000.00, including (2) additional option years, other expenses and all applicable taxes. It is understood and agreed that the Crown is under no obligation to exercise any of the option periods.
Ownership of Intellectual Property:
The Contractor Will Own Intellectual Property Rights
Security Requirement:
Secret Level
.
Mandatory Requirements:
Item
Mandatory Requirement Compliant (Yes/No) Reference to Bidder’s Proposal
M 1 Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years experience providing co-location services 0 Yes
0 No
M 2 Security:
- UPS Backup system with redundancy
- Generator backup power with redundancy
- Climate control with redundancy
- Smoke and Fire suppression system
- Advanced physical security screening 0 Yes
0 No
M 3 Data Centre Location:
- Data Centre location - maximum 300 km outside of Ottawa (driving distance)
- Data Centre location - minimum 100 km away from a nuclear power plant (straight line) 0 Yes
0 No
M 4 24 x 7 services:
- Network Operations Centre
- On site staff
- Guard presence
- Access to equipment
- Operational uptime during a disaster for power and connectivity 0 Yes
0 No
M 5 Location requirements:
- Multi-homed Internet backbone connections
- At least 10Mbps Internet link with 5 usable public IP addresses
- Dedicated Private VLAN/Point to point connection between the colocation and the primary site located in Ottawa with a minimum of 10Mbps
- Locked Half a rack of space (21U) with dedicated power circuits 0 Yes
0 No
All inquiries must be submitted in writing to the contracting officer of the Division of Procurement and Contract follows:
Name: Mélanie Desjardins
Email address: m••••••••@•••••.••.ca
