Address:
York University
Procurement Services
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M3J 1P3
Description:
York is currently utilizing a variety of application deployment and license tracking mechanisms; including Microsoft SCCM, manual native installations and Citrix XenApp. In order to facilitate the changing computing environment including the use of York owned or non-York owned devices, York is looking for a commercial off the shelf application virtualization and delivery System that provides a user experience similar to that of a natively or locally installed application while providing a front-end interface similar to that of the latest Applications stores such as Apple, Google and Microsoft.
The deployment will consist of a Proof of Concept, Pilot, and two (2) phases of Production to York owned and non-York owned devices on multiple operating system platforms under a preferred site license model.
York will only consider Proposal submissions received from Proponents who have registered with Biddingo or MERX and have obtained the Bid Document directly from Biddingo (www.biddingo.com) or MERX (www.MERX.com) for this competitive bid. Proposal submissions from Proponents who have not registered and obtained this Bid Document directly from Biddingo or MERX will be disqualified.
Tendering Website:
Proponents will find the complete RFP Documents at: https://www.biddingo.com or https://www.merx.com/
Pricing and Payment Terms are available on the Biddingo or MERX website, respectively.
Procurement Method:
Open tender whereby all interested Proponents may submit a Proposal.
Estimated Quantities:
Available within the RFP Documents.
Submission Details:
Proponents shall submit their Proposal response at: https://yorku.bonfirehub.ca
Submission Deadline:
(Revised) October 27, 2017 at 3:00:00pm EST
Public Opening:
Not Applicable
Mandatory Submission Requirements:
- Executive Summary, Company Profile, Implementation Team and References;
- Methodology and Timetable / Work Plan;
- Financial Considerations;
- Proposed System License Requirements;
- Acknowledgement;
- Mandatory System Requirements Questionnaire; and
- Desirable System Requirements Questionnaire.
Complete submission requirements are provided within the RFP documents.
Scored Submission Requirements:
- Mandatory System Requirements;
- Qualifications, Experience and References;
- Methodolgy;
- Desirable System Requirements;
- Financial Considerations; and
- Short-Listed Proponent Demonstration.
Complete submission requirements are provided within the RFP documents.
This procurement is covered by Chapter 5 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
Delivery Date:
Proof of Concept implementation by a tentative date of November 1, 2017
Duration of Agreement:
The initial term of the Agreement shall be for sixty (60) months, with two (2) optional twenty-four (24) month extensions; for a potential Term of one-hundred and eight (108) months.
Additional Options:
See above.
Negotiation:
At the end of the evaluation process, York University may identify by written notification one or more Proponents with whom it wishes to enter into negotiations with.
Responses must be submitted in English.
Proponents should note that information contained within this notice is subject to change. Proponents are encouraged to download the tender document which contain the most current information.
If there is a conflict between the RFP documents and this RFP Notice, the RFP documents will take precedence.
