CanadaBuys #BPM026715/35036

Shared Services Canada RFI for Application and Desktop Virtualization and Application Delivery Controller Services

Shared Services Canada is gathering industry input to modernize application and desktop virtualization and application delivery controller services for Government of Canada departments. - Government buyer: Shared Services Canada (SSC), also identified in French as Services partagés Canada (SPC), Government of Canada. Contact named: Gary Presley. The contracting office is SSC headquarters, 99 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario. - Scope: Application and Desktop Virtualization (ADV) and Application Delivery Controller (ADC) services, supporting more than 30 partner departments and approximately 50,000 concurrent users. - Requested capabilities: Application and desktop virtualization for legacy application delivery and modern cloud-native architectures, plus ADC capabilities. Environments may include on-premises, hybrid, cloud, isolated, and multi-tenant deployments. - Important requirements and considerations: Industry input is sought on architecture, interoperability, security, automation, licensing and procurement models, and operational needs. The solution should support integration and bilingual operations, with flexibility for evolving Government of Canada requirements. - OEMs and vendors: No solution OEMs, product vendors, or resellers are named in the supplied opportunity materials. The buyer/contact and prospective suppliers are not identified as product manufacturers. - Procurement status: This is an information-gathering RFI, not a contract award or a request for priced product quantities. SSC is contemplating a future multi-year procurement; the initial opportunity summary indicates a potential maximum term of up to eight years, subject to a later solicitation.

Description

This Invitation to Qualify concerns Enterprise End-User Computing application and desktop delivery solutions. Shared Services Canada is seeking to qualify independent software vendors, product owners, or authorized entities with product authority over commercially available solutions for a subsequent Review and Refine Requirements phase. The solutions may include remote application delivery, shared or multi-session desktops, and full virtual desktop environments, deployed on-premises, in private or public cloud, or in hybrid and specialized environments. This is a pre-qualification process only; no contract will be awarded during this phase.

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