Legacy Platform and Web Services Contracting Vehicle

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requires information and technology services to support the department’s program delivery mandate. This includes servicing business applications that support and streamline work processes, access data, and process millions of benefit-related transactions to address Canadians’ needs. Accompanied by an integrated solution for IT Services, ESDC requires support from professional IT resources to ensure continuity and quality of service. The objective of this contract is to build and support services for the following discretionary projects as well as supporting the existing ongoing operations of the legacy platform while transforming them into Open Standards instead of proprietary and vendor locked platforms. These projects include: Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Assault Style Firearms Compensation (ASFC), eSin Automation, SIN@Entry, Technical Debt Remediation, ePayroll, National Workload Management Tool (NWMT), and Future Social Insurance Registry (FSIR).

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