Network Solutions Supply Chain (NSSC) - Industry Engagement Day (May 28, 2014)

*****The question package will be distributed to confirmed participants during the week of June 2, 2014.*****

Shared Services Canada (SSC) will hold an Industry Engagement Day webcast on May 28, 2014 (via the government teleconferencing service) to: a) continue discussions with industry on the requirements of the Telecommunications Transformation Program (TTP) with a focus on Network Solutions Supply Chain (NSSC) equipment and services; b) share plans with industry and engage in dialogue regarding network service delivery options for SSC and partners; c) explain the proposed “collaborative procurement solutions” approach and address the cyber security supply chain threat; d) ensure that industry is given ample opportunity to contribute to the transformation of the government of Canada’s IT infrastructure; and e) elicit written feedback from industry to questions posed during the presentation by TTP, SSC.

The Network Solutions Supply Chain will support the transformation and maintenance of wired local area networks (LANs) and wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) and other supporting telecommunications equipment and services, while ensuring network security requirements are addressed.

The NSSC webcast may be of interest to vendors in the following fields

• Wired and wireless network technologies; • Network equipment and software; • Network optimization and performance management; • Network security and encryption; • Network intrusion detection and prevention; • URL and content filtering; • LAN engineering and design; and • Digital communications.

While cabling is not part of this Industry Engagement Day exercise, SSC will soon engage the industry to put in place a cabling procurement vehicle to service government buildings. Industry representatives are encouraged to keep watch for a notice on buyandsell.gc.ca for information.