Tablets and Software for Offender Population

Request for Information –Tablet computers for CSC offenders Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), Canada Korea Trade Agreement (CKTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Request for information (RFI) procedure: All interested suppliers may submit a response. Competitive Procurement Strategy: Not applicable. This is an RFI. Nature of this RFI: The Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is requesting Industry feedback regarding the provision of secure computing and technology goods and services to facilitate offender rehabilitation. CSC is seeking information about a complete “solution”. A complete solution includes hardware and software developed specifically to meet the requirements of IT equipment used by offenders in a correctional institution environment: • Tablet computers (tamperproof and purpose-built for prison use); • Tablet computer software applications for delivery of various types of services, such as: o Communication services (e.g., Video Visitation, email, instant messaging); o Library and Education services; o Controlled Online services (i.e., GC websites, housing); o Institutional services (e.g., institutional forms, scheduling); and o Entertainment services (e.g., music, movies, electronic books); • Digital information storage; and • Supporting infrastructure (e.g., servers, additional networks). The following is a summary of the objectives of this RFI. Objectives: a. To inform industry of a potential requirement;. b. To gather information which would aid in the refinement of the documents for a potential requirement; c. To identify solutions and potential approaches that would meet CSC’s requirements; d. To gain an understanding of fee structures and potential costs for such devices and services; e. To align CSC’s expectations and requirements with industry capacity and experience. This RFI is neither a call for tendered nor a Request for Proposal (RFP). No agreement or contract will be entered into based on this RFI. The issuance of this RFI is not to be considered in any way as a commitment by the Government of Canada, nor as authority to potential respondents to undertake any work that could be charged to Canada. This RFI is not to be considered as a commitment to issue a subsequent solicitation or award contract(s) for the work described herein. File Number: 21120-24-4355574 Contracting Authority: Jason St-Onge Telephone number: (506) 269-3765 E-mail: bidsubmissions.GEN-NHQContracting@CSC-SCC.GC.CA NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by downloading the solicitation document and associated documents from canadabuys.canada.ca/tenders. The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French). After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person. Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) offers seminars to businesses interested in learning how to sell goods and services to the Government of Canada. The seminars are FREE. Topics include: ? Overview of the federal government contracting process; ? Searching for opportunities on the Buy and Sell - Tenders website; ? Bidding on opportunities; ? Registering in supplier databases. The full schedule of seminars can be found on the Buyandsell.gc.ca website, under Event Calendar (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/event-calendar).