This is an Invitation to Qualification (ITQ) pertaining to the Data Centre Co-location Services requirement.
This ITQ is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation of bids or tenders and is intended only to pre-qualify respondents.
The purpose of this ITQ is to initiate the process for the procurement of DCCS by inviting suppliers to submit responses to SSC for Canada's evaluation. Further, by responding to this ITQ, Respondents are indicating their intent to participate in the procurement process for the acquisition and support of DCCS.
As part of this ITQ, we have also included a Draft RFP for DCCS.
This ITQ is the first part of a multi-stage solicitation process. In this first stage, suppliers are requested to submit only certain information for evaluation, while in the next stage, only those suppliers who have successfully passed the initial evaluation (Qualified Respondents) will be provided bid solicitation detailing the full requirement for the purpose of bidding.
There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, see Security Clearance Requirement at ITQ close and Draft RFP, Part 6 - Security and Financial Requirements.
This procurement is subject to a National Security Exception and is, therefore, excluded from all of the obligations of the trade agreements.
Description:
Shared Service Canada (SSC) has a requirement to acquire existing, highly available, commercial data centre co-location services to be delivered by a Contractor from one location within a range of not less than 10 kilometres in straight line distance and not more than 100 kilometres of fibre network distance, as measured from Angus Ontario.
