Canada - Acquisition of object storage solution and file access gateways

Description

PUBLICATION NOTICE

CALL FOR TENDERS BASED ON VALUE FOR MONEY

TENDER TITLE

Acquisition of object storage solution and file access gateways

MANDATE DESCRIPTION

Revenu Québec requires a supplier for the acquisition of an object storage solution including file access gateways. In addition, the supplier will be required to provide support services for implementation and data migration, training, support and maintenance of the solution.

Services and deliveries will be carried out in Quebec City and Drummondville.

The contract is for a period of three years.

OBTAINING TENDER DOCUMENTS

Tender documents are available from the Electronic Tendering System (SEAO).

RECEIPT AND OPENING OF TENDERS

Bids must be marked in the tender documents and sent to the following address:

Revenu Québec

3800, rue de Marly

Quebec City, Quebec G1X 4A5

no later than November 4, 2024 at 2 p.m., local time, to the attention of Geneviève Gaudreau.

Bids will be opened publicly by teleconference at 2 p.m. local time on November 6, 2024. It is also possible to attend in person by presenting yourself at 1:50 p.m. at the reception desk located at the security station near the gates, mentioning your first and last name, the title and number of the call for tenders. A security officer will contact the designated contact person to escort you to the dedicated room.

SUPPLIERS ELIGIBLE TO BID

Only qualified suppliers with an establishment in Quebec or one of the territories covered by the applicable agreements and who have obtained the tender documents distributed by SEAO are eligible to submit a bid.

QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM

No requirement

LIMITATION

Any supplier who has contributed directly or indirectly to the preparation and/or drafting of this invitation to tender may not bid on it or otherwise participate in the performance of the work provided for in the resulting contract. For greater certainty, this limitation also applies to any subcontractor of the supplier as well as to any person related to and/or controlled, directly or indirectly, in any way whatsoever by the supplier or any subcontractor.

Any bidder subject to this limitation who submits an offer of services in response to this call for tenders will automatically be declared ineligible.

COMPLAINT AND DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE

A complaint may be lodged if the current call for tenders documents provide for conditions that do not ensure fair and equitable treatment of competitors, do not allow competitors to participate even though they are qualified to meet the needs expressed, or do not otherwise comply with the normative framework.

All complaints must be sent electronically to the person responsible for enforcing the contractual rules, no later than October 21, 2024, at the following address

plaintegestcontractuelle@revenuquebec.ca

For further information on how to proceed, please consult the Procedure for the receipt and examination of complaints provided for in section 21.0.3 of the Act respecting contracting by public bodies (IN-690).

Revenu Québec does not undertake to accept any of the bids received, even the one with the lowest adjusted price.

Director of Expertise and Contractual Services

Paul-André Robitaille

Opportunity closing date

04 November 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed