Local Internet Access Services (LIAS)

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP) Solicitation No.: BPM014160P2P Link: Local Internet Access Services (LIAS) (BPM014160)Department: Shared Services Canada (SSC)Notification Period: Friday October 22, 2021 to Friday December 17, 2021 Delivery Destination Area:  Canada / National Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can qualify for one or more of the six (6) regions below: Region # 1: Alberta and British Columbia Region # 2: Saskatchewan Region # 3 : Manitoba Region # 4 : Ontario and Quebec Region # 5 : Northern Territories (YT, NT and NU) Region # 6 : Eastern Provinces (NF, NB, NS and PEI)
 Description of Requirement: Shared Services Canada (SSC) requires Local Internet Access Services (LIAS) for federal government sites across Canada on an as-and-when requested basis for SSC itself, its exclusive Partner Organizations, Mandatory Clients, and any other Government Organization that chooses to use SSC for the procurement of its LIAS. This Notice of Proposed Procurement is to invite Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prequalify their business through this Request For Supply Arrangement (RFSA) solicitation. All suppliers that demonstrate the required experience and capacity will be qualified as part of the resulting Supply Arrangements (SAs) for opportunities to supply Canada with LIAS. The intent is to issue Supply Arrangements to all qualified ISPs. The resulting SAs will be used to: Establish a list of qualified ISPs for future exclusive competition of LIAS requirements Standardize resulting contracts for a more efficient and timely contract award process Streamline future solicitations, their responses, inquiries, and invoicing, to improve organizational processes while reducing manual clerical deficiencies. Formalize and consolidate pre-existing Legacy and Contracted Connections for ease of management and payment Recompete pre-existing Contracted Connections as they expire Establish new LIAS Connections
 This RFSA is not a solicitation of bids or tenders and is intended to pre-qualify suppliers that possess the criteria required by SSC to be issued a Supply Arrangement. Although SSC intends to award as many SAs as possible resulting from this RFSA, there is no obligation to award a contract as a result of being issued an SA from this RFSA process. Procure to Pay (P2P) Portal: Procure to Pay (P2P) is an integral part of SSC’s contracting processes where all SSC requirements and solicitations are posted and managed. Suppliers must be registered and logged into P2P in order to submit a response. Registering for an account will allow vendors to view, respond, bid, invoice, and manage opportunities with SSC. Resources are available to assist your business with account setup and support. Visit https://sscp2pspc.ssc-spc.gc.ca and click “New Supplier? / Register Now” to get started on creating your account. Legacy Connections: A comprehensive list of Legacy Connections will be requested at solicitation closing but will be mandatory before the issuance of an SA if applicable. Associated Documents: The RFSA documents are available for download on this NPP listing and in P2P BPM014160 on the RFSA posting date. If you require help registering please contact the P2P helpdesk at SSCP2Psupport-soutiensSPCAPL@ivalua.com. On-going Opportunity for Qualification: Subsequent to the initial solicitation posting period closing and SAs being established, the solicitation will be reposted on www.buyandsell.gc.ca with the provision that new ISPs may submit a response at any time. This RFSA is open-ended to allow for continual qualification of suppliers until there is no value for the Crown or public to continue. Mandatory and Requested Criteria: Suppliers are being requested to respond to various mandatory and requested criteria regarding experience, capability, service regions, and Legacy Connections. The criteria will be required during specified points of the solicitation process: Mandatory at solicitation closing; Requested at solicitation closing; and Mandatory before being issued a Supply Arrangement.
 Selection Methodology: Suppliers must meet all the requirements that are mandatory at both solicitation closing and before SA issuance. Suppliers failing to meet all the mandatory conditions will be considered non-compliant and will be given no further consideration.All suppliers who are compliant with all  requirements that are mandatory at solicitation closing and before SA issuance, will become qualified suppliers of LIAS under the SA and considered for all future solicitations.Security Requirements: There are no security requirements for this RFSA. Suppliers do NOT require security clearances issued by the federal government in order to propose their services or to become prequalified. However, it’s possible that subsequent requirement-specific solicitations may have security requirements and will be requested to provide valid security credentials. Suppliers are therefore requested to identify in the Checklist and Other Forms Tab of ATTACHEMENT 1 – LIAS RFSA Response Spreadsheet whether they hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Contract Security Program (CSP), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements (CLCA): Requirement specific solicitations will consider contracting obligations that exist in the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements across Canada Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB):  Requirement-specific solicitations will consider Procurement Strategies for Indigenous Businesses. Socio-economic considerations: Incentives are applied to Socio-economic groups to encourage their participation in the RFSA and requirement- specific solicitations. RFSA Debriefings: Suppliers may request a debriefing on the results of the RFSA process. Suppliers must make the request to the SA Authority within fifteen (15) Federal Government Working Days (FGWD) of receiving the  RFSA process results. At Canada’s discretion, the debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or virtually.RFSA Responses: To submit responses to the RFSA, suppliers must use the provided ATTACHMENT 1 – LIAS RFSA RESPONSE SPREADSHEET to allow for a complete response. This Response Spreadsheet allows for easy, comprehensive completion of all requested information in a timely manner to ensure effective assessment of all respondents.Canada reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any time.  Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.To better organize and facilitate communication, questions and comments about this notice may be submitted through the P2P Portal. Enquiries can also be addressed to ssc.pvr.lias-sail.arf.spc@ssc-spc.gc.ca but Canada may not respond to questions submitted outside of the P2P Portal.SSC Local Internet Access Services (LIAS)- Amendment 001