Many IT departments at the University of Toronto run and maintain WordPress websites, and one of the central IT departments currently has a growing fleet of more than 300 WordPress websites, managed and hosted internally at the University. These are official public websites representing faculty departments, programs, institutes, courses, and administrative departments from within the University. As automation and platform-as-a-service solutions become readily available commercially, the University is looking for a solution to streamline and improve the processes of managing and hosting these websites. This translates to savings, shortening the time to deliver and enhancing the quality of service we provide to our internal clients. Additionally, cyber security has become a major concern over the last few years. In order to preserve and safeguard the reputation of the University, these public web presences are in need of modern architecture and dedicated security measures to prevent hackers from vandalism. The University is looking for a solution for our website development and administration team to host and manage our fleet of WordPress websites. The solution must demonstrate the ability to fulfill the functional and non-functional requirements listed below. In addition, the solution should demonstrate its ability to provide modern self-service, on-demand, platform-as-a-service capabilities to the University’s developers and administrators. This RFSQ is an invitation to prospective Proponents to present a submission to qualify as a pre-qualified supplier under the Vendor of Record (VOR) arrangement. This RFSQ does not bind the University of Toronto or constitute an offer of any nature by the University of Toronto to any or all of the Proponents. This is not a call for tenders. The University intends to select, in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in this RFSQ, up to three (3) Suppliers to be Vendors under the VOR Arrangement with the University The term of the Master Agreement is to be for a period of three (3) years with an option in favour of the University to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for two (2) additional terms of one (1) year each. It is anticipated that the Master Agreement will be executed with the selected Proponent(s) on or around September 2017.
