Data Centre Discovery Tool with Options Analysis

October 2, 2019 Attachment 2 has been added. The document contains questions and an answers related to the Challenge. ******************** September 9, 2019 #1 - The Desired outcomes and Considerations have been amended as follows: REMOVE: Essential (Mandatory) Outcomes Proposed solutions must:

be able to collect data and deliver to a central location/repository across multiple VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) consume no more than 1Unit of rack space consume no more than 15Watts of power be able to analyze information obtained during discovery and provide options for reducing/consolidating infrastructure be able to analyze information obtained during discovery and provide strategies/plans for data centre migrations

Additional Outcomes Proposed solutions should:

cost less or be on par with current data centre discovery tools available on the market. be deployable using a small footprint, or from a centralized location (e.g. Cloud) without requiring large initial investments and/or expensive operating costs (ex: $1 Million for 5,000 configuration items discovered)

INSERT: Essential (Mandatory) Outcomes Proposed solutions must:

be able to collect data and deliver to a central location/repository across multiple VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) consume no more than 1Unit of rack space be able to analyze information obtained during discovery and provide options for reducing/consolidating infrastructure be able to analyze information obtained during discovery and provide strategies/plans for data centre migrations

Additional Outcomes Proposed solutions should:

cost less or be on par with current data centre discovery tools available on the market. be deployable using a small footprint, or from a centralized location (e.g. Cloud) without requiring large initial investments and/or expensive operating costs (ex: $1 Million for 5,000 configuration items discovered)

**************************************************************** This Challenge Notice is issued under the Innovative Solutions Canada Program (ISC) Call for Proposals 002 (EN578-170003/C). For general ISC information, Bidders can visit the ISC website. Please refer to the Solicitation Documents which contain the process for submitting a proposal. Steps to apply: Step 1: read this challenge Step 2: read the Call for Proposals Step 3: propose your solution here CHALLENGE TITLE: Data Centre Discovery Tool with Options Analysis CHALLENGE SPONSOR: Shared Services Canada (SSC) Funding Mechanism: Contract MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE: Multiple contracts could result from this Challenge. The maximum funding available for any Phase 1 Contract resulting from this Challenge is $150,000.00 CAD (plus tax) including shipping, travel and living expenses, as applicable, for up to 6 months. The maximum funding available for any Phase 2 Contract resulting from this Challenge is $1,000,000.00 CAD (plus tax) including shipping, travel and living expenses, as applicable, for up to 12 months. Only eligible businesses that have completed Phase 1 could be considered for Phase 2. This disclosure is made in good faith and does not commit Canada to contract for the total approximate funding. TRAVEL:  No travel is anticipated Kick-off meeting Teleconference/videoconference Progress Review Meeting(s) Teleconference/videoconference Final Review Meeting Teleconference/videoconference Problem Summary Statement Shared Services Canada is seeking an innovative solution that will collect and analyze information from multiple data centres in order to provide options for reducing/consolidating infrastructure and strategies/plans for data centre migrations. Problem Statement SSC currently spends a large amount of time, money and resources gathering information on current technologies, applications and services in aging data centres, using out-of-date tools and information, and a manual decision-making process on the best strategy to consolidate all federal data centres into 10 or less. The current process for gathering the necessary information on the infrastructure, applications and services that reside in Legacy Data Centres is extremely time-consuming and cumbersome. SSC must engage the individual owners (other federal departments) of these Legacy Data Centres in order to obtain a snapshot in time of constantly changing information, using whichever local tools are available in that particular data centre. These tools often cannot show important interdependencies or required Facilities as a Service (FaaS). Once this data is gathered, it must be manually consolidated in order to perform an options analysis to identify best fit of services into an Enterprise Data Centre (EDC). This process is also lengthy, resource intensive and the information is often out of date by the time the options analysis phase can begin, creating the risk of missing opportunities for consolidation, and infrastructure reduction. In addition, there is no capability to analyze Cloud-readiness or opportunities for innovation. Desired outcomes and Considerations Essential (Mandatory) Outcomes Proposed solutions must:

be able to collect data and deliver to a central location/repository across multiple VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) consume no more than 1Unit of rack space be able to analyze information obtained during discovery and provide options for reducing/consolidating infrastructure be able to analyze information obtained during discovery and provide strategies/plans for data centre migrations

Additional Outcomes Proposed solutions should:

cost less or be on par with current data centre discovery tools available on the market. be deployable using a small footprint, or from a centralized location (e.g. Cloud) without requiring large initial investments and/or expensive operating costs (ex: $1 Million for 5,000 configuration items discovered)

Background and Context SSC is mandated to consolidate all Government of Canada data centres down to 10 or less. SSC is operating over 500 data centres of varying size for multiple clients in sole-tenant/multi-tenant configurations. The technology landscape varies from client to client in terms of: • Age • Operating Systems • Software Development Lifecycle • Degree of virtualization • Sensitivity of information • Criticality of workload • Number of users • Geography • Physical Scale • Magnitude of data • Business considerations and Service Level Agreements, such as black-out periods, high-availability • Use of mainframes. Most legacy data centres that are being analyzed are at capacity for power, space, and compute. ENQUIRIES All enquiries must be submitted in writing to TPSGC.SIC-ISC.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca no later than ten calendar days before the Challenge Notice closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.