Professional Services for IT Security

Solicitation Number: ECBR-RFP-15-0060 Solicitation Date: July 7, 2015 Closing Date: July 23, 2015 Number of Contracts: up to two

This requirement is for Elections Canada.

This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Tier 1 stream for Business Services for the following category:

B.4 Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Specialist – Level 3 C.3 IT Security TRA and C&A Analyst – Level 2 C.3 IT Security TRA and C&A Analyst – Level 3 C.7 IT Security Design Specialist – Level 3 C.11 IT Security Vulnerability Assessment Specialist – Level 3 C.15 Computer Forensics Specialist – Level 3

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal.

AMITA Corporation Cistel Technology Inc. Cygnos Corp. Dalian Enterprises and Coradix Technology Consulting, in Joint Venture Dolomite Networks Corporation DWP Solutions Inc. IBM Canada Ltd. Makwa Resourcing Inc., TPG Technology Consulting Ltd. in JOINT VENTURE Nisha Technologies Inc., Contract Community Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE NRNS Incorporated The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada/La Compagnie de Téléphone Bell du Canada ou Bell Canada The Halifax Group Inc. The KTL Group, Inc. TPG Technology Consulting Ltd. TRM Technologies Inc.

Description of the requirement

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (EC) has a requirement under Work Streams 4 and 6 of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services Supply Arrangement (TBIPS), for the provision of resources in multiple resource categories at various levels.

The Chief Information Officer Branch is responsible for Information Management (IM) and Information Technology (IT) within the Agency, including IT Security. Over the past several years EC has conducted various security activities, including threat and risk assessments and a security program review, as part of an increasing commitment to comply with Government of Canada and Agency policy requirements including the Management of Information Technology Security Standard. Following these activities, IT security priorities have been established. Addressing these priorities requires the support of external resources.

The objective of this Contract is to have the on-going ability to provide system owners with professional services on an “as and when requested” basis throughout the system development life-cycle. On the advice of the IT Security team, system owners will issue TAs to carry out work within the scope of this Statement of Work to support the development, implementation, operation or disposal of IT systems, services or programs.

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

Bidders must submit a bid for all resource categories.

The work is currently not being performed by a contracted resource.

Proposed period of contract

The proposed period of contract shall be for a period starting at contract award to March 31, 2016 with an option to extend the term of the Contract by up to two additional one-year periods, under the same terms and conditions.

File Number: ECBR-RFP-15-0060 Contracting Authority: Barbara Robertson Phone Number: 819-939-1493 E-Mail: proposal-proposition@elections.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 “BUYANDSELL.GC.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