Software support and development for electro-optical system performance study

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to meet qualification requirements Competitive Procurement Strategy: Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number W7701-166149/A dated 2017-02-10 with a closing of 2017-02-27 at 2:00PM.

Tendering Procedure: Selective Tendering

This requirement is open only to those SBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders EN578-170432/A who qualified under Tier 1 for services in the Quebec City Region for the following categories:

A.1 Applications and Software Architect - Level 1 A.7 Programmer / Analyst - Level 1 P.9 Project Manager - Level 1

SAHolders may not submit a bid in response to this bid solicitation unless they have been invited to do so. However, should an uninvited qualified SA Holder wish to be invited, it may contact the Contracting Authority to request an invitation at any timeprior to five business days before the published bid closing date, and an invitation will be made to that SA Holder unless it would not be consistent with the efficient operation of the procurement system. In no circumstance will such an invitation require Canada to extend a bid closing date. The following SA Holders have been initially invited to bid on this requirement. Where additional invitations are made during the bid solicitation process, it may be that they are not reflected in a solicitationamendment. Thus, the list below will not be updated if other invitations are made.

1- 2Keys Corporation 2- ADGA Group Consultants Inc. 3- CAE Inc. 4- Calian Ltd. 5- CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. 6- Fujitsu Consulting (CANADA) Inc. / Fujitsu Conseil (Canada) Inc. 7- General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada Corporation 8- iFathom Corporation 9- MDA Systems Ltd. 10- Microsoft Canada Inc. 11- OpenFrame Technologies Inc. 12- Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP 13- Procom Consultants Group Ltd. 14-Proxamis Systems Inc 15-S.i Systems Ltd. 16- Solana Networks INC. 17- Thales Canada Inc. 18- Valcom Consulting Group Inc.

Additional information i. The organization for which the services are to be rendered is Defence Research and Development Canada -DRDC Valcartier Research Centre.

ii. The period for the Contract is from the date of Contract to five years after Contract award.

iii. The estimated amountof available funding for the Work is $840 000.00 Applicable Taxes extra.

iv. All of the work willbe performed on an ?as and when requested basis?, using a Task Authorization (TA).

v. Canada has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.

vi. Given the nature of the equipment used (military systems, controlled goods, stationary and mobile laboratories and shared equipment), the Work must be carried out on site at DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre, with the exception of the project management, which may be done outside DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre, unless otherwise indicated in the Task Authorization. For Work related to Task 2 (Software support during field testing), the test site may be outside Quebec or even Canada. This information will also be specified in the Task Authorization.

vii. There is a security requirement associated with this requirement.

viii. The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) and the Agreement onInternal Trade (AIT).

ix. This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.

Inquiries Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above. Request forProposal (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: Solutions Based Informatics Professional Services (SBIPS) 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

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.