Business Services Stream 3 – I.11 Technology Architect Level 3
Supply Arrangement (SA) for Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) EN578-055605
This requirement is for: Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA)
File Number: 1000328024
Contracting Authority: Tanya Nadeau
Phone Number: 343-291-5714
Email: C••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Bid solicitation # 1000328024 issued under the framework of the TBIPS SA for the provision of the following professional services: Technology Architect Level 3. All terms and conditions of the TBIPS SA EN578-055605 apply and must be incorporated into any resulting contract.
The following solicitation is only eligible to bidders who are qualified underthe PWGSC TBIPS tool for the specified category and stream.
The requirement described herein is open only to Task-Based Informatics Professional Services SA Holders for the following SA Consultant Categories:
Stream 3: IM/IT Services
Category I.11: Technology Architect, Level 3
Alcea Technologies Inc.
Design Group Staffing Inc..
Emerion
eVision Inc., SoftSim Technologies Inc., In Joint Venture
Inround Innovations Incorporated, 3056058 Canada Inc., In Joint Venture
Isheva Inc.
LNW Consulting Inc.
New Technologies Inc.
Nortak Software Ltd..
OLAV Consulting Corp., Moshwa Aboriginal Information Technology Corpoation In Joint Venture
PlanIT Seearch
Spaghetti Logic Inc.
TEKSYSTEMS CANADA INC./SOCIETY TEKSYSTEMS CANADA INC.
The Barrington Consulting Group Inc.
TRM Technologies Inc., BP&M Government & IT Consulting Inc. In Joint Venture
1. Requirement Summary:
The Canada Border Services Agency has a requirement for two (2) Technology Architect Level 3, to develop technical architectures, frameworks and strategies supporting an enterprise level implementation of CBSA’s GCDocs application.
2. Period of the Contract
The period of the Contract is for one (1) year from date of Contract with two (2) irrevocable twelve (12) months option period to extend the contract under the same terms and conditions.
3. Trade Agreements
The solicitation is subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canadian-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA) and ), and the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA).
4. Security Requirement
At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met:
the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;
the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;
the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites
4.1 CBSA Additional Security Requirement:
The CBSA, will conduct its own personnel Reliability Status assessment on a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), which is allowed under the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada's (TBS) "Security and Contracting Management Standard" and the Policy on Government Security – Personnel Security Standard. Reliability Status assessment conducted by the CBSA will include a credit check.
If a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) being recommended for an award, has already been screened under the TBS Policy on Government Security - Personnel Security Standard, the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), will still undergo a security screening process to be conducted by the CBSA.
The credit check will be performed by an authorized security official with the CBSA's "Personnel Security Screening Section" (PSSS), which is independent of the Public Works and Government Services Canada's (PWGSC), "Industrial Security Program (ISP)”.
Until the credit check and all other security screening processes required by this Request for Proposal have been completed and the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) is deemed suitable by the CBSA, no contract will be awarded and the recommended Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) will not be permitted access to Protected / Classified information or assets, and further, will not be permitted to enter sites where such information or assets are kept.
In the event the Bidder is not deemed suitable following the security screening process required by the CBSA, the said Bidder's proposal will be deemed non-compliant and the next ranked bidder will be contacted. If only one bid was obtained and the proposed bidder does not meet the security requirement, then, the contracting officer will determine the next steps in order to ensure all requirements are met.
5. Incumbent
Name: Emerion
Contract value: $1,924,533.51
Contract expiry: March 31, 2016
6. Enquiries
Address enquires to: C••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
