IT professional services for the HISA division

This requirement is for: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

This requirement is open only to those TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders under EN578-170432 who qualified under Tier, under the region / metropolitan area, level of expertise and for the following category(ies):

STREAM 1: APPLICATIONS SERVICES for the NCR

A.1 Application/Software Architect - Level 3 - 1 Resource

A.8 System Analyst – I2 Applications - Level 3 - 1 Resource

A.8 System Analyst – SIEM Application - Level 3 - 1 Resource

The requirement is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal:

1.        Attain Insight Solutions Inc.;

2.        CGI Information Systems And Management Consultants Inc.;

3.        DONNA CONA INC., IBM CANADA LIMITED IN JOINT VENTURE;

4.        IBM Canada Limited/IBM Canada Limitée;

5.        IDEV Solutions Inc.;

6.        Infomagnetics Technologies Corporation (IMT);

7.        IPSS INC.;

8.        Leo-Pisces Services Group Inc.;

9.        Logic 2000 Incorporated;

10.        Maplestream Inc., Cofomo Inc. IN JOINT VENTURE;

11.        Nattiq Inc;

12.        Promaxis Systems Inc;

13.        The Halifax Computer Consulting Group Inc.;

14.        Thomas & schmidt Inc.;

15.        Versatil BPI Inc.

Description of the Requirement:

This requirement is to procure the services of three (3) resources on an as and when basis to deploy, configure and support the HSIA IT platform and to provide technical strategies, analyze existing CRA systems, identify common functional, technical and security requirements and implement IT infrastructure as per the specific client, ITB and security requirements.

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract.

Bids must be submitted by using the Connect service provided by the Canada Post Corporation. When responding, the proposal MUST be delivered to:

Canada Revenue Agency

Bid Receiving Unit
BRUg@cra-arc.gc.ca

Bids will not be accepted if emailed directly to the contracting authority mentioned herein. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation, as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA.

Security:

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. Please note that SA Holders do not need to have the required clearance to submit a bid. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 – Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada ( http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng.html ) website.

Level of Security Requirement:

Security Requirement: SRCL

Minimum Corporate Security Required:        Reliability

Minimum Resource Security Required:         Secret

Proposed period of contract:

The proposed period of contract shall be from contract award date to March 31, 2026 and includes (6) irrevocable one-year options to extend the contract under the same conditions.

Estimated Level of Effort:

The estimated level of effort of the initial contract is 20 days for the ASA resource and 5 days for each of the SA resources.

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

• None