TBIPS – IT professional services for the Digital Experience Platform Implementation

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP) For TASK BASED INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TBIPS) GSIN: R019 Other Professional Services Reference Number: 23-237021 Solicitation Number: 23-237021 Organization Name: Department of foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Solicitation Date: 2024-01-11 Closing Date: 2024-01-26 04:00 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time EDT Anticipated Start Date: 2024-04-01 Estimated Delivery Date: 2024-04-01 Estimate Level of Effort: Up to three hundred and seventy-eight (378) Days Contract Duration: DFATD intends to award one (1) contracts for a period of two (2) years from the date of contract award. Solicitation Method: Competitive Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies: No Number of Contracts: One (1) Applicable Trade Agreements: • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), • the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), • the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), • the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), • the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), and • the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) 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 categories: Platform Analyst (Technical Architect) Senior Project Manager Systems Analyst (Product Owner) Systems Analyst (Content/UI Architect) Programmer/Analyst (DXP Specialist) Quality Assurance Specialist/Analyst Platform Analyst (Analytics Specialist) Platform Analyst (Personalization Specialist) **IMPORTANT NOTE** In accordance with the TBIPS SA rules, section 16.2.3 – Tier 1 Requirement Limitations – iv. No limitation to Invitation Process, the following applies to this solicitation: DFATD thanks you for your request and your interest in our procurement process. The RFP will only be open to the fifteen (15) suppliers listed on the NPP and we will not be adding any additional suppliers to this solicitation. DFATD has met the mandatory requirements under the PSPC TBIPS SA and we are confident that we will be receiving a sufficient number of proposals to make this a truly competitive process. With our current staffing limitations, we cannot invite additional proponents without creating undo process or inefficiencies within our procurement system. DFATD thanks you again for your interest and going forward we will keep your firm in mind for our future requirements. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal: 10947482 Canada Inc. 4165047 CANADA INC., INNOVISION CONSULTING INC., IN JOINT VENTURE Adobe Systems Federal LLC CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. Dalian Enterprises and Coradix Technology Consulting, in Joint Venture Louis Tanguay Informatique Inc. Procom Consultants Group Ltd. Prolity Corporation Quarry Consulting Inc. SAPPER LABS INC., ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATES - CANADA, LTD, in joint venture Solutions Moerae Inc SRA Staffing Solutions Ltd. Symbiotic Group Inc. THE LANSDOWNE CONSULTING GROUP INC. Zernam Enterprise Inc Description of Work: IT professional services Digital Experience Platform Implementation. Incumbent Information: No Incumbent. Security Requirement: Common PS SRCL applies Minimum Corporate Security Required: SECRET Minimum Resource Security Required: SECRET Document Safeguarding Required: No Controlled Goods Requirement: No Contract Authority Name: Houssam.hannat Phone Number: N/A Email Address: houssam.hannat@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