Taxonomy Management/Records Management Support to Opentext Content Server (GCDocs)
Applicability of Trade Agreements: No
Tendering Procedure: All interested suppliers may submit a reply
Attachment: Yes
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A – RFI only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: N/A
Elections Canada File No: ECBR-RFI-14-0719
SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH BUYANDSELL.GC.CA/TENDERS.
The information contained in this notice is a brief description of the requirement and is for information purposes only. Respondents must refer to the complete Request for Information (RFI) document for a full description of the requirements and the full reply instructions.
Background:
The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (“CEOC”), an agent of Parliament, exercises general direction and supervision over the conduct of elections and referendums at the federal level. The CEOC heads the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, commonly known as Elections Canada.
Requirement:
Elections Canada has completed a pilot of GCDocs (Content Server) and is preparing for a multi-year implementation of the software and has identified a need for software to assist with the management of records and associated attributes within GCDocs. Therefore, Elections Canada is requesting feedback from industry regarding the availability of software to support the management of taxonomy and records management attributes stored in the Content Server (Opentext) software as detailed in Annex A – draft Statement of Requirements of the RFI.
Nature of Request for Information
This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI will not result in the award of any contract; therefore, potential suppliers of any goods or services described in this RFI should not earmark stock or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any information contained in this RFI.
This RFI is not a prequalification process and will not result in the creation of any source list; therefore, whether or not any potential supplier responds to this RFI will not preclude that supplier from participating in any future procurement. Also, the procurement of any of the goods and services described in this RFI will not necessarily follow this RFI. This RFI is simply intended to solicit feedback from industry with respect to the matters described in this RFI.
Follow-up Activity
Canada may, at its discretion, set up subsequent consultation mechanisms, including industry day, working group sessions, one-on-one meetings with each Respondent, and/or contact any respondent to follow up with additional questions, or for clarification of any aspect of a response. These activities form part of the process to finalize the requirement and procurement strategy before a formal tendering process is launched.
Canada reserves the right to change at any time, any or all of the technical requirements stated in this RFI.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Further information about Elections Canada may be obtained at www.elections.ca
