RFP TI20241129 - Email Security Solution

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CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking Proposals from industry in response to its Request for Proposals (“RFP) for an E-mail Security solution.

An Agreement resulting from this RFP may potentially be for three (3) years with four (4) irrevocable option(s) to extend for one (1) year period(s).

1. SUMMARY OF REQUIRED GOODS/SERVICES:

The key objectives in issuing this RFP is as follows:

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking proposals to establish a Goods/Services Agreement with the successful proponent for the provisioning of an E-mail security solution to provide inspection of inbound and outbound and internal  email to determine its safety - being free from malware or indicators of malicious intent prior to delivery or dispatch. CBC/Radio-Canada must also be able to set and enforce security policies on email protection and report statistics on the same.

2.  MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:
This RFP is opened only to Proponents who meet each of the following mandatory requirements as evidenced in its written request for RFP documents:

1. 1. The solution must detect inbound, outbound and internally circulating email threats including associated links and attachments and not limited to but including defence against malware, phishing, social engineering and impersonation with real-time up to date threat intelligence and provide reporting on the same.
   2. The solution must have functionality of the full product feature set with Gmail on G-Suite Business SKU.
   3. The solution must provide for a layered security approach by operating independently of the enterprise cloud security platform and in a manner which does not represent a single point of failure for mail flow in the event the email security provider suffers a service outage.
   4. The solution must have multiple hosted mail domain / subdomain protection when mail is hosted on a single platform ( i.e CBC and Radio-Canada).
   5. The solution must have configurable and customizable features namely policy rules, user groups, admin groups and reports.

1. Determine your eligibility to participate based on the description/objective statement for the RFP and the Qualification Request Form which is only available to registered MERX users as indicated below.
2. To obtain the documents you must be registered with MERX. If you are not already registered, please follow the MERX Supplier User Guide link above and/or call 1-800-964-6379.
3. Download the mandatory requirements qualification form.
4. Complete the form by responding and providing evidence to support the claim, in other words, “yes” is not sufficient evidence to qualify.
5. Email the completed form to the contact indicated in section 4 of this document.

1. Déterminez votre admissibilité en fonction de la description/l’énoncé des objectifs de la DP et du formulaire de demande de qualification, qui n’est disponible que pour les utilisateurs enregistrés de MERX, comme indiqué ci-dessous.
2. Pour obtenir les documents, vous devez être inscrit auprès de MERX. Si vous ne l’êtes pas déjà, veuillez suivre le lien vers le Guide du fournisseur MERX ci-dessus et/ou appelez au 1 800 964-6379.
3. Téléchargez le formulaire de qualification des exigences obligatoires.
4. Remplissez le formulaire en répondant aux questions et en fournissant des preuves à l’appui. Veuillez noter que répondre « oui » aux questions ne suffit pas pour être admissible.
5. Envoyez le formulaire dûment rempli, par courriel, à la personne-ressource indiquée à la section 4 du présent avis.