TBIPS - Professional Services for Web based collaboration tool M365 and Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP) For TASK BASED INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TBIPS) - Professional Services for Web based collaboration tool M365 and Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform

GSIN: D302A Informatics Professional Services

Reference Number: 24-241553

Solicitation Number: 24-241553

Organization Name: Department of foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Solicitation Date: 2023-09-21

Closing Date: 2023-10-06 02:00 PM Eastern Time ET

Anticipated Start Date: as soon as possible

Estimated Delivery Date: 2024-10-15

Estimate Level of Effort: Up to one year for the initial contract period

Contract Duration: Initial Contract Period of one (1) year with two (2), one (1) year Option Periods.

Solicitation Method: Competitive

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies: No

Number of Contracts: 1

Applicable Trade Agreements: • the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), • the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), • the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), • the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA) • the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), • the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement, • the Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement, • the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA), • the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), • the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, • the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement, and • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)

Requirement Details Tendering Procedure: Selective Tendering

This requirement is open only to those TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Tier 1 for services in the National Capital Region for the following categories:

Resource Category: Stream 1. A.6. Programmer/Software Developer Level of expertise : 3 Estimated Number of Resources Required : Up to 2

Resource Category: Stream 3. I.7. Platform Analyst Level of expertise : 3 Estimated Number of Resources Required : Up to 2

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal

10947482 Canada Inc. 1511995 Ontario Inc., Tundra Technical Solutions in Joint Venture 7 Theta Inc ADGA Group Consultants Inc. Bulletproof Solutions ULC Computer Sciences Canada Inc. /Les sciences de l'informatique Canada Inc. Coradix technology Consulting Ltd. Donna Cona Inc. IBISKA Telecom Inc. LNW Consulting Inc MGIS Inc. Mindwire Systems Ltd. Procom Consultants Group Ltd. The AIM Group Inc. Vurtur Communications Group

Description of Work: The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) is transitioning from a traditional computing environment and adopting modern information technology (IT) solutions to deliver corporate enterprise services to DFTAD employees as part of the approved digital adoption program. DFATD has adopted Microsoft M365 cloud-powered productivity platform hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud services for e-collaboration and publication of data (records) up to Protected B Medium (PBMM) as part of its information management (IM) strategy and data lifecycle practices. DFATD will leverage the Microsoft SharePoint Online (MS SPO) and Microsoft Teams (Teams) cloud-based software as a service offering on MS Azure Cloud to store, retrieve, search, archive, share, track, manage, and report on digitized documents. Adopting new IT solutions has resulted with unavoidable technical debt. DFATD has an immediate requirement to secure contracted resources with the expertise and knowledge on MS SPO and MS Teams to design, deploy, support and sustain the website-based collaboration system and Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform, and Cloud Services to build, deploy, and manage Azure applications and services within the platform while DFATD employees retool and learn the new technologies. The Information Management Business Solutions team (SICV) of the Information Management and Technology (IM/IT) Bureau (SID) at DFATD is seeking the professional services of up to a total of four (4) IT resources comprised to design, deploy, support and sustain the e-collaboration tool and Microsoft Azure Cloud platform.

Security Requirement: Common PS SRCL #19 applies Minimum Corporate Security Required: SECRET Minimum Resource Security Required: SECRET

Contract Authority Name: Deeptee Seebun Phone Number: 613-791-7571 Email Address: Deeptee.Seebun@international.gc.ca

Inquiries Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above. Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly from the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT “CANADABUYS.CANADA.CA” IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with any supplier on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language.

NOTE: Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Method of Supply is refreshed three (3) times per year. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact RCNMDAI.-NCRIMOS@pwgsc.gc.ca