This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of Indigenous Services Canada (the "Client") for Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) under the TBIPS Supply Arrangement (SA) method of supply. It is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract for two (2) years, plus three (3) one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract. There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), and the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) if it is in force. The Federal Contractor’s Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; see Part 5 – Certifications, Part 7 – Resulting Contract Clauses and the attachment titled “Federal Contractor’s Program for Employment Equity – Certification.” The TBIPS Supply Arrangement EN578-170432 is incorporated by reference and forms part of this bid solicitation, as though expressly set out in it, subject to any express terms and conditions contained in this bid solicitation. The capitalized terms not defined in this bid solicitation have the meaning given to them in the TBIPS SA. Only selected TBIPS SA Holders currently holding a TBIPS SA for Tier 1 in the National Capital Area under the EN578-170432 series of SAs are invited to compete. SA Holders may not submit a bid in response to this bid solicitation unless they have been invited to do so. However, should an uninvited SA Holder wish to be invited, it may contact the Contracting Authority to request an invitation at any time prior to five business days before the published bid closing date, and an invitation will be made to that SA Holder unless it would not be consistent with the efficient operation of the procurement system. In no circumstance will such an invitation require Canada to extend a bid closing date. The following SA Holders have been initially invited to bid on this requirement. Where additional invitations are made during the bid solicitation process, it may be that they are not reflected in a solicitation amendment: 1. ADGA Group Consultants Inc. 2. ADRM Technology Consulting Group Corp. 3. Calian Ltd. 4. CompuStaff Corp. 5. Coradix technology Consulting Ltd. 6. CSI Consulting Inc., FoxWise Technologies Inc., DWP Solutions Inc., Innovision Consulting Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE 7. Eagle Professional Resources Inc. 8. MAKWA Resourcing Inc. 9. Modis Canada Inc 10. NavPoint Consulting Group Inc. 11. Nortak Software Ltd. 12. OLAV CONSULTING CORP., MOSHWA ABORIGINAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, IN JOINT VENTURE 13. Quarry Consulting Inc. 14. Sierra Systems Group Inc. 15. Spaghetti Logic Inc. 16. T.I.7 Inc. in Joint Venture with Tiree Consulting Inc. 17. TEKSYSTEMS CANADA CORP./SOCIÉTÉ TEKSYSTEMS CANADA 18. The Halifax Computer Consulting Group Inc. 19. The VCAN Group Inc. 20. Veritaaq Technology House Inc. SA Holders that are invited to compete as a joint venture must submit a bid as that joint venture SA Holder, forming no other joint venture to bid. Any joint venture must be already qualified under the SA #EN578-170432 as that joint venture at the time of bid closing in order to submit a bid. The Resource Categories described below are required on an as and when requested basis in accordance the TBIPS Categories of Personnel Descriptions (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/sptb-tbps/catego…): Resources Required 3 I.4 Database Modeller / Information Management Modeller - Level 3 3 I.10. Technical Architect – Level 3
