Senior Engineer in Support of Naval Information System (NavIS)

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to meet qualification requirements Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: The Department of National Defence requires the services of one (1) Senior Engineer in support of Naval Information System (NavIS) implemented and under development for Her Majesty's Canadian Ships (HMCS) and shore network operation, test and training facilities. The services required are being solicited under Stream 2 - General Engineering and Related Services of the Technical, Engineering and Maintenance Services Supply Arrangement (TEMS SA). The period of the Contract is from date of contract to one (1) year after date of contract with an option to extend for two (2) additional periods of one (1) year.

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Mandatory Technical Criteria: 1. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum a university undergraduate degree in Engineering from a Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) accredited engineering program (Copy of certificate to be provided with the Bidder's proposal); OR Alternatively, should the candidate's degree be from a non-CCPE accredited engineering program, their engineering education credentials must be deemed 'substantially equivalent' by the CCPE via an application to the Engineering International - Education Assessment Program, (EI-EAP) (Copy of official CCPE judgement to be included); OR Finally, as a third alternative, the candidate's engineering education credentials will be considered compliant if the candidate is deemed eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer by a recognized provincial licensing body (proof of which is to be provided with the Bidder's proposal).

2. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum of eight (8) years of experience as an Engineer.

3. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience with Command & Control, networking or communication systems used in military context within the last ten (10) years.

4. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience with satellite or radio systems in military or commercial context within the last ten (10) years.

5. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience with Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN) and protocols including routers/switches, directory services and addressing/routing schemes within the last ten (10) years.

6. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience with network monitoring and traffic management concepts and IT industry commercial product offering covering low-bandwidth, high latency links (less than 128 kbps) within the last five (5) years.

7. The Senior Engineer must have a minimum of three (3) years of experience with Information Technology Service Management within the last five (5) years. 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.