Notice: Upcoming Request for Proposal - IT Professional Services

Notice for upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP 9144-19-0222) from the City of Toronto for the provision of IT Professional Services.

The purpose of this non-binding and negotiable RFP is to allow Proponents to present their qualifications, experience, and conceptual approach to providing professional resources on an as-and-when-required basis in order to select Preferred Vendor(s) who will provide a range of Services (identified below) to meet or exceed the IT Professional Services needs of the City and Participating Agencies, including but not limited to:

• Highly skilled Resources with extensive IT knowledge and experience;

• Excellent and timely customer and account management support; and

• All potential proponents shall provide the following Roles:
  1. Business Analyst
  2. Change Management (Organizational)
  3. Cloud Developer and Administrator
  4. Data Warehouse Analyst
  5. Database Administrator
  6. Project Manager
  7. SAP Developer
  8. SAP Configurator
  9. User Interface Specialist
  10. Security Specialist
  11. Salesforce Developer
  12. Salesforce Architect
  13. Developer
  14. Technical Architect
  15. Trainer
  16. Quality Assurance
  17. Information Management Taxonomy
  18. Kronos Consultant

• The potential proponents should provide all the Roles listed above in the following Experience Levels:
  Experience Level               Definition
  Level 1    Junior :               Less than 5 years of experience
  Level 2    Intermediate:      More than 5 and less than 10 years of experience
  Level 3    Senior:               10 years or more of experience

It is anticipated that the RFP documents will be issued by the City of Toronto (“City”) by early November 2019.

Estimated Deadline for Submitting to Solicitation:  January 9, 2020 – 12PM (Eastern Standard Time)

The term of the Agreement is to be for a period of three (3) years, with options in favour of the City to extend the Agreement on the same terms and conditions for two (2) additional separate one (1) year periods.

Applicable Trade Agreements to the procurement:
Chapter 19 of Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA);
Chapter 5 of Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); and
Chapter 9 Trade and Cooperation Agreement between Ontario and Quebec (OQTCA).

Please continue to monitor the City's website for more information on the up-coming RFP.

Contact Information:

Theodoros Maicantis, Senior Corporate Buyer
Purchasing and Materials Management Division, City of Toronto
Telephone: (416) 338-5588
Email: theodoros.maicantis@toronto.ca

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