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Shared Services Canada Network Equipment Requirement REF # BPM025974
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Shared Services Canada is soliciting bids for the procurement of specialized network equipment under solicitation number BPM025974, Amendment 003, with a response deadline of May 21, 2026. The scope involves acquiring Layer 3 Switches, Gateway Routers, Edge Routers, and a Network Management System for a test lab in the National Capital Region and select areas of Ontario, excluding the NCR, with delivery to be made DDP to the primary location at 3100 Swansea Crescent, Ottawa, ON K1G 3W4. All equipment must meet stringent technical specifications including 10 Gbps switching capacity, support for 100 IPsec endpoints, PQC-ready PKI, CNSA Suite 2.0 encryption, DSCP-based QoS, and VLAN/VRF functionality, aligning with NIST and Canadian government cybersecurity standards. The procurement follows a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation model, where technical compliance is mandatory and non-negotiable, with award going solely to the lowest-priced responsive bid. Contractual obligations include a one-year period of performance, mandatory five-year maintenance and support terms for hardware, and a five-year OEM warranty on licensed software. Bidders must submit a technical proposal, financial bid, and supporting certifications through the SSC P2P portal in specified formats, ensuring compliance with Form 1 (Integrity Provisions), Form 2 (Bidder Declaration), and other mandatory annexes. The contractor must also adhere to SACC clauses covering insurance, foreign national restrictions, and single payment upon completion, while ensuring all packaging and labeling include the P2P requisition number R000206150 in both English and French and provide two business days’ advance notice for each delivery. The contracting authority is Dimeji Temidire, with oversight provided by a Project Authority and technical personnel from the Department of National Defence, and no pricing data is currently populated, indicating the solicitation remains an open request for bids rather than a finalized contract.
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Ontario (except NCR), CANSet-Aside
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