Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (the Initial "Client") for the
provision of goods and services for the delivery of a commercially
available Enterprise Architecture Software Solution (EA Solution) for
10 client users.
CBSA is the Initial Client that will use the EA Solution (the "Software
Solution"). However, this bid solicitation will also allow Canada to
make the EA Solution available to any departmentor Crown corporation
(as those terms are defined in the Financial Administration Act) or any
other party for which the Department of Public Works and Government
Services is authorized to act from time to time under section 16 of the
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (each a
"Client").
The EA Solution must include the Licensed Software, a 12-month
warranty, software maintenance and support, and documentation. Training
and professional services must alsobe provided, ifrequested. The bid solicitation is intended to result in the award of a contract for 1 ye
ar, plus 4 one-year irrevocable option(s) allowing Canada to extend the
term of the maintenance and support services in the contract, as well
as, allowing Canada to obtain additional deliveries of user licenses.
It is estimated that there are 210 Developer and 2000 Read Only user
licenses potentially required by Canada. All parts of the Software
Solutionmust be available to the Client Users 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, 365 days a year, in English and French, and operate at all times
in accordance with the Statement of Requirements in the Client's
operational environment described inthe bid solicitation.
There is asecurity requirement associated with this requirement. For
additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more in
formation on personnel and organizational security screening or
security clauses, bidders should refer to the Canadian Industrial
Security Directorate (CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public
Works and Government Services Canada
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.
Bidders mustprovide a list of names, or other related information as
needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), theNorth
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade
Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free
Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) if it is in force, and the Agreement on
Internal Trade (AIT).
There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity
requirement associated with this procurement: see Part 5 -
Certifications, Part 7- Resulting ContractClauses and the annex named
Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.
THE CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS BID SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
USE BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSANDAGENCIES BEYOND THE INITIAL
CLIENTIDENTIFIED HEREIN. PLEASE REFER TO THE COMPLETE SOLICITATION
PACKAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.
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.
