Alberta Purchasing #26-053

Continuation of Google Workspace and Google Cloud services for the City of Calgary

The City of Calgary plans to continue using Google services for its corporate cloud tenant and business operations. - Government buyer: City of Calgary. - Named OEM and provider: Google Cloud Canada Corporation. - Services requested: Continued Google Workspace and Google Cloud services, including cloud, AI, mapping, identity, and security services for the City’s corporate GCP tenant. No part numbers or quantities are specified. - Operational requirements: The services support critical operations and integrated workflows across City business units. The City cites existing system integration and the costs, disruption, data and service-continuity risks, and implementation time associated with switching providers. - Estimated value: Approximately USD $2.1 million, including GST. - Performance period: Initial five-year term, with an option to renew for an additional five years.

Description

The City of Calgary intends to enter into an agreement with Google Cloud Canada Corporation to continue providing Google Workspace, cloud, AI, mapping, identity, and security services. These services support critical business operations and integrated workflows across multiple business units. The City states that the existing solutions are embedded in its systems and that switching providers would cause significant costs, operational disruption, risks to data and service continuity, and extensive implementation timelines. The planned arrangement is for an initial five-year term, with an option to renew for an additional five years.

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