Redesign of CED’s intranet site

Redesign of CED’s intranet site This requirement is for: Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED). Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama. Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid. Competitive Procurement Strategy: Compliant bid with the highest combined score of technical merit and price. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers. Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement. Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements. Nature of Requirements: The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement. Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions will call upon a firm that offers state-of-the-art expertise in the implementation of business solutions including an intranet operating on SharePoint Online and a digital workplace within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, and will be able to offer comprehensive advisory and support service in the implementation of its new intranet. Objectives: On a short-term basis, CED wishes to proceed with a complete revamp of its intranet site. On a medium-term basis, CED intends to implement a digital workplace offering collective collaboration and innovation tools. To do so, CED wishes to obtain the services of a firm whose mandate will be to offer support to the Communications Directorate and the Information and Technology Solutions Branch in the rapid implementation of a solution that responds to the organization’s, as well as its users’ and content producers’, needs. Services are required in two key areas: an analysis, advisory and comprehensive support component, as well as a solution deployment component. Deliverables: Expected services are required in two key areas: an analysis, advisory and comprehensive support component, as well as a solution deployment component. (for more detail regarding the deliverables, consult Annex A – Statement of Work of the Request for proposal). Term of Contract: The period of the Contract is from the award, until March 31st, 2021. File Number: 9K001-S21-0114 Contact : Nancy Haddad Telephone number: 514-701-5789 E-mail: nancy.haddad@canada.ca NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by downloading the solicitation document and associated documents from Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French). After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person. The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) offers seminars to businesses interested in learning how to sell goods and services to the Government of Canada. The seminars are FREE. Topics include: ? Overview of the federal government contracting process; ? Searching for opportunities on the Buy and Sell - Tenders website; ? Bidding on opportunities; ? Registering in supplier databases. The full schedule of seminars can be found on the Buyandsell.gc.ca website, under Event Calendar (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/event-calendar).