SolarWinds or equivalent for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

This contract is for the procurement of SolarWinds software or an equivalent solution for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, issued by Shared Services Canada under solicitation number BPM026045/34009. The solicitation was amended to publish responses to supplier inquiries and extend the submission deadline to June 15, 2026. Bidders must submit pricing in accordance with Annex A, which lists deliverables including the SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor ALX and SolarWinds Virtualization Manager VM64, with an initial one-year contract term beginning June 5, 2026, and two optional one-year extensions at the Government’s discretion. The award will follow a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology, where only bids compliant with all mandatory requirements—including technical equivalency, security compliance, and performance standards such as 99% uptime, 60-minute support response, and integration with Active Directory and SAML—are considered; among those, the lowest-priced responsive bid will be selected. All submissions must be made via the SSC P2P portal, and registrants must provide their Procurement Business Number and complete Forms 1 through 3, including certifications on software publisher status and Canadian supplier eligibility. The software must be commercial off-the-shelf, support encrypted communications and audit logging, and be deployed within a Government of Canada protected information environment. Delivery is FOB destination to Ottawa, Ontario, and the contract is governed by Ontario law. Contract administration includes invoice submission to the Technical Authority and Contracting Authority, with no electronic invoicing system specified. Key obligations include immediate notification of business location changes, virus scanning of electronic media prior to delivery, and adherence to clauses on foreign national usage for both Canadian and foreign contractors. Compliance with the Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions Manual is mandatory, and any vendor license terms not incorporated into the bid are excluded. Although bidding forms request security clearance information, the contract explicitly states no security clearance is required, though protected information handling standards still apply. No contract value is disclosed due to blank pricing fields in Annex A, and no unique entity ID, CAGE code, or socioeconomic categorization is required. The Contracting Authority is Javier Ventura of Shared Services Canada, while the Technical Authority remains unnamed until award.