Governance & Sustainability Analysis Services for the National Public Alerting System (NPAS)

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:The research conducted from this project will help address the question of current and future governance structures for the NPAS in Canada, while also analyzing and identifying costing of various service delivery and funding approaches for the NPAS. The Contractor must review and validate work undertaken by Public Safety Canada in collaboration with its Federal – Provincial – Territorial (FPT) and private sector partners, and/or undertake original research and analysis. This work seeks considerations for 5 different models to include a range of options and approaches for the potential service delivery approach, governance structure, business model, and costing of the NPAS. The work should focus on definition, analysis, costing and sensitivity analysis, and should include:Identify key elements constituting the governance structure and service delivery approachEstimate the costs associated with each service delivery approach (start-up expenses, operational and capital expenses)Estimate costs associated with the various activities that could be undertaken by a governance bodyAnalysis of benefits and risks associated with each service delivery and governance modelIdentification of other considerations that may impact the feasibility of each model, while abstaining from making recommendationsPublic Safety Canada requires the following resource categories:Business AnalystFinancial SpecialistThis requirement is open only to those TSPS Supply Arrangement Holders who quality under the stated consultant category, security level, region and tier.Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly, from the contracting officer, to the following Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement:Calian Ltd.CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc.Cistel Technology Inc.Deloitte Inc.Ernst & Young LLPGovInsights Consulting Inc.KPMG LLPMNP LLPOLAV CONSULTING CORP., MOSHWA ABORIGINAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, IN JOINT VENTUREOrbis Risk Consulting Inc.Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLPQuallium CorporationRaymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc.Robertson & Company Ltd.Systemscope Inc.PERIOD OF WORKThe period of the Contract is from date of Contract award to May 31, 2023.EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGYThe responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit (60%) and price (40%) will be recommended for award of a contract.SECURITY REQUIREMENTSNo Security requirements