APPLICATION AWARE FIREWALL RFI

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THIS IS NOT A BID SOLICITATION

Request for Information (RFI) for the Department of National Defence (DND) for an Application Aware Firewall Software Solution

Introduction

The Government of Canada is seeking information from Industry with respect to a possible product/solution for implementing an application-aware firewall technology to provide network border security for the Department of National Defence (DND)/ Canadian Forces (CF).

Objectives

The purpose of the RFI is to better understand the prospective products or solutions on the market. This is neither a call for tender nor a Request for Proposal (RFP) and no agreement or contract for the procurement of a possible product(s)/solution(s) for an application-aware firewall shall be awarded as a result of this RFI.

This RFI does not constitute a commitment by the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Responders may submit commercial-in-confidence documents/information/data which the Government of Canada reserves the right to use to assist in preparation of the resulting System Requirements Specification (SRS) and RFP for the possible product(s)/solution(s) for implementing application-aware firewall technology. This RFI is not to be considered a commitment to issue a final RFP for this project. While Canada makes no future commitment, any and all information and data provided will be considered commercially confidential and will be treated as such.

The Government shall not be bound by anything stated in this RFI. The Government reserves the right to change, at any time, all or any part of its requirements. The Government also reserves the right to finalize, or change, its procurement approach as it considers appropriate, either based upon information submitted in response to this RFI or for any other reason whatsoever.

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.