One (1) Level 3 Application /Software Architect

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP) For TASK BASED INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TBIPS) GSIN: D302A ADP SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Reference Number: 17-121629 Solicitation Number: 17-121629 Organization Name: Department of Foreign affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) Solicitation Date: 2016-07-08 Closing Date: 2016-07-25 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time EDT Anticipated Start Date: 2016-08-15 Estimated Delivery Date: 2016-08-08 Estimate Level of Effort: Approximately 150 days Contract Duration: The contract period will be for approximately 150 days from the date of contract with one irrevocable option to extend it for up to one additional one year period Solicitation Method: Competitive Applicable Trade Agreements: WTO-AGP, NAFTA, AIT… Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies: No Number of Contracts: 1 Requirement Details Tendering Procedure: Selective Tendering This requirement is open only to those TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Tier 1 for services in the National Capital Region for the following category(ies): One (1) Level 3 Application /Software Architect The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal: 1019837 Ontario Inc. 2231622 Ontario Inc. 2707209 Canada Inc. o/a Kleins Consulting 2Keys Corporation 3902641 Canada Inc 4165047 Canada Inc. 4165047 CANADA INC., INNOVISION CONSULTING INC., IN JOINT VENTURE 4Plan Consulting Corp. 529040 ONTARIO INC and 880382 ONTARIO INC 7792395 Canada Inc. 8si Inc. A Hundred Answers Inc. A. Net Solutions Inc. A.S.G. Inc. Accenture Inc. Access Corporate Technologies Inc. Action Personnel of Ottawa-Hull Ltd ADGA Group Consultants Inc. Adhartas Consulting Inc. Adirondack Information Management Inc., Amita Corporation, Artemp Personnel Services Inc., The AIM Group Inc.,in JOINT VENTURE ADRM Technology Consulting Group Corp. ADRM Technology Consulting Group Corp. and Randstad Interim Inc Aerotek ULC Alcea Technologies Inc. Alika Internet Technologies Inc. Alivaktuk Consulting Inc. & NavPoint Consulting Group Inc. in JV Altis Human Resources (Ottawa) Inc., and Excel Human Resources Inc., in Joint Venture ALTRUISTIC INFORMATICS CONSULTING INC. AMITA Corporation Amtek Engineering services Ltd. Andrew Mazeikis, Andrew Lee Apption Corporation AQR Management services Inc. Avaleris Inc. Axio Solutions Inc. AZUR HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED B.D.M.K. Consultants Inc. BBG Management Corporation BDO Canada LLP Bevertec CST Inc. Beyond Technologies Consulting Inc. BiR Consulting Inc. BMB Data Consulting Services Inc. BP & M Government IM & IT Consulting Inc. Bridgetown Consulting Inc. C-CORE CA Canada Company Cache Computer Consulting Corp. CAE Inc. Calian Ltd. CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. CISTEL TECHNOLOGY INC, TECSIS CORPORATION IN JOINT VENTURE Cistel Technology Inc. CloseReach Ltd. CM Inc. Cofomo Inc. Cogniva Information Solutions Inc. Compusult Limited Computer Sciences Canada Inc. /Les sciences de l'informatique Canada Inc. Confluence Consulting Inc. Confluence Consulting Inc. in Joint Venture with the Corporate Renaissance Group Conoscenti Technologies Inc. Contract Community Inc. Coradix technology Consulting Ltd. CORE Software Corp CSI Consulting Inc. CSI Consulting Inc., FoxWise Technologies Inc., DWP Solutions Inc., Innovision Consulting Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE CVL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS INC. Dalian Enterprises and Coradix Technology Consulting, in Joint Venture Dare Human Resources Corporation Davidson Violette & Associates Inc. Deloitte Inc. Design Group Staffing Inc. DLS Technology Corporation Donna Cona Inc. DONNA CONNA INC., IBM CANADA LIMITED IN JOINT VENTURE Eagle Professional Resources Inc. Eclipsys Solutions Inc Emerion Empowered Networks Inc. Emtec Infrastructure Services Canada Corporation ENET4S SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LTD Epixus Incorporated Equasion Business Technologies Consulting Inc Equasion Business Technologies Consulting Inc and Watershed Information Technology Inc in CJV Ernst & Young LLP Esper Consulting Inc. Etico Software Canada Inc. ETICO SOFTWARE INC. eVision Inc., SoftSim Technologies Inc. in Joint Venture Evolving Web Inc. Excel Human Resources Inc. Facilité Informatique Canada Inc. Flex Tech Services Inc. Four Point Solutions Ltd. FoxRed Consulting Inc. FoxRed Consulting Inc., CloseReach LTD. in JOINT VENTURE Fujitsu Consulting (CANADA) Inc./Fujitsu Conseil (Canada) Inc. GCSTRATEGIES INCORPORATED General Dynamics Canada Limited General Dynamics Information Technology Canada Ltd. Gevity Consulting Inc. / Gevity Conseil Inc. Greenline Systems Canada, ULC Groupe Alithya Inc / Alithya Group Inc Harrington Marketing Limited Hays Specialist Recruitment (Canada) Inc. Helix Management Consulting Services Inc. HELM'S DEEP CONSULTING CORP., MESSA COMPUTING INC., THINKPOINT INC., IN JOINT VENTURE Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Cie Holonics Inc. I4C INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING INC IAN MARTIN LIMITED IBISKA Telecom Inc. Ibiska Telecom Inc. and CM Inc., as a contratual Joint Venture IBM Canada Ltd. IDEV Solutions Inc. IDS Systems Consultants Inc. iFathom Corp, Simfront Simulation System Corporation, ING Engineering Inc., in JV iFathom Corporation IMP Group Limited InfoMagnetics Technologies Corporation (IMT) Inround Innovations Incorporated, 3056058 Canada Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE Intergraph Canada Ltd Isheva Inc. IT Services Canada Inc. IT Services Canada Inc., ADGA Group Consultants Inc., In Joint Venture IT/Net - Ottawa Inc. NEWFOUND RECRUITING CORPORATION, APPTION CORPORATION , IN JOINT VENTURE Nisha Technologies Inc. Nisha Technologies Inc., Contract Community Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE Nortak Software Ltd. Northern Micro Inc. NRNS Incorporated Nurun inc. Olav Consulting Corp ONIX Networking Canada Inc. OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd. OpenFrame Technologies and Mindstream TC & PSB in Joint Venture OpenFrame Technologies, Inc. Oracle Canada ULC Orangutech Inc. Orbis Risk Consulting Inc. Pentelar Inc. Phirelight Security Solutions Inc. Pleiad Canada Inc. PRECISIONERP INCORPORATED PrecisionIT Inc,IDS Systems Consultants Inc., PrecisionERP Incorporated, in JOINT VENTURE Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Primex Project Management Limited Procom Consultants Group Ltd. Procom Consultants Group Ltd., Emerion , IN JOINT VENTURE Proex Inc. Professional Computer Consultants Group Prolity Corporation Prologic Systems Ltd. Promaxis Systems Inc Promitus Solutions Ltd., in Joint Venture with Icorp.ca Inc., Fineworks, Hamilton, Thomas & Associates Ltd., Elemental Strategies Inc. Protak Consulting Group Inc. ProVision IT Resources Ltd. QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated QMR STAFFING SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, 3D GLOBAL ENTERPRISES INC. IN JOINT VENTURE Quallium Corporation R.J.R. Innovations Inc. Randstad Interim Incorporated Real Decoy Inc. Robertson & Company Ltd. Rockwell Collins Canada Inc. RS Tec Systems Inc Run Straight Consulting Ltd S.i. Systems Ltd. Semantic Consulting Inc Shore Consulting Group Inc. Sierra Systems Group Inc. Solana Networks INC. Solutions Moerae Inc Somos Consulting Group Ltd. Spearhead Management Canada Ltd. Spectra FX Inc. SRA Staffing Solutions Ltd. StoneShare Services Inc. Strategic Relationships Solutions Inc. Sundiata White Group - Intellistaff Ltd. Symbiotic Group Inc. Systematix IT Solutions Inc./Systematix Technologies de L'Information Inc./Les Services Conseils Systematix Inc. in Joint Venture. SYSTEMATIX SOLUTIONS TI INC/SYSTEMATIX IT SOLUTIONS INC Systemscope Inc. Systemscope Inc., LNW Consulting Inc., Perfortics Consulting Inc., VK Computer Systems Inc., Lansdowne Technology Services Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE T.E.S. Contract Services INC. TAG HR The Associates Group Inc. Talentlab Inc. Teambuilder Consulting Inc. TECSIS Corporation TEKSYSTEMS CANADA INC./SOCIETY TEKSYSTEMS CANADA INC. TELUS Communications Inc. TeraMach Technologies Inc. Thales Canada Inc. The AIM Group Inc. The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada/La Compagnie de Téléphone Bell du Canada ou Bell Canada The Devon Group Ltd. The Halifax Group Inc. The KTL Group, Inc. The VCAN Group Inc. The VCAN Group Inc., Titus International Inc. in Joint Venture Tiree Facility Solutions Inc. TPG Technology Consulting Ltd. Transpolar Technology Corporation and The Halifax Computer Consulting Group In Joint Venture Trillys Systems inc. Trinetra Systems Inc. TRM Technologies Inc. TRM Technologies Inc., BP&M Government IM & IT Consulting Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE Turtle Technologies Inc. Turtle Technologies Inc. and SOMOS Consulting Group Ltd. In Joint Venture Unisys Canada Inc. Valcom Consulting group Inc. Veritaaq Technology House Inc. Watershed Information Technology Inc., ED-COM Software Inc. and IDEV Solutions Inc. as a contractual Joint Venture WorkDynamics Technologies Inc. WorldReach Software Corporation Yoush Inc. Zernam Enterprise Inc Description of Work: The IT Engineering and Maintenance section (SIAO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) requires the services of one (1) Applications Architect (System Center Configuration manager (SCCM) Product Specialist) The scope of work under this contract includes but is not limited to the following:

Design the Configuration Management Servers (CM) Architecture for GAC network based on windows 2008R2/2012 while storing the data on SQL 2008R2/2012. Design the Windows Server Update service (WSUS) Architecture for GAC network for windows 7/8.1/10. Install and configure the CM SIGNET-D development center in a virtualized environment that mimics the proposed CM SIGNET-D production environment. Install and configure the CM SIGNET-D in a virtualized (vmware) production IT environment. Present all technical documentation to the Technical Authority (i.e., SIAO Manager) for approval and inclusion in project records. Develop operations guidelines and operators guide for the administrations of the CM applications and servers and provide technical assistance to the Enterprise System management (ESM) Operations when required. Knowledge transfer off all tasks and responsibilities to the designated GAC staff member.

Bidders may submit a bid for one or all resource categories. The work is currently being performed by SI Systems Inc. under contract (value $369,401.52 including taxes)

Security Requirement: Common PS SRCL #19 applies Minimum Corporate Security Required: Secret Minimum Resource Security Required: Secret Contract Authority Name: Alexandra Belanger Benavides Phone Number: 343-203-1302 Email Address: Alexandra.Belanger-Benavides@international.gc.ca Inquiries Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above. Request for Proposal (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: Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) 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