Tender Notice
RFSQ 2018-047-OP
Vendor of Record for F5 Load Balancers
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5B 2K3
bids@ryerson.ca
Description:
This Request for Supplier Qualifications (“RFSQ”) is an invitation to prospective Suppliers for submissions indicating their organization’s capability to provide professional services to Ryerson University (“Ryerson”) for F5 load balancers as further described in Section 3 - Deliverables.
The objective of this RFSQ is for Ryerson to Award and execute a VOR Agreement, attached as Appendix ‘B’ with up to five (5) suppliers for a period of three (3) years. These suppliers will be collectively known as the Successful Suppliers or Vendor of Record (“VOR”).
The VOR Agreement will pre-qualify Successful Suppliers who have demonstrated their ability and resources to sully, deliver, install, maintain and support load balance products and who will be eligible to respond to subsequent Statements of Work (“SOW”) for upcoming projects. This VOR is a non-exclusive VOR and Ryerson reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to contract with other parties for the same or similar Deliverables as those provided by the Successful Suppliers. This RFSQ does not commit to any volume or number of future projects.
Suppliers are requested to review all aspects of the RFSQ and provide Proposals as per Section 4 - Instructions to Suppliers and Section 5 - Supplier Proposal Requirements.
Tendering Website:
Suppliers will find the complete RFSQ Documents at: https://www.merx.com/
Procurement Method:
Open tender whereby all interested Suppliers may submit a Proposal.
Estimated Quantities:
Available within the RFSQ Documents.
Submission Details:
Suppliers shall submit a Proposal using Bonfire at: https://ryerson.bonfirehub.ca/
Submission Deadline:
April 17, 2018 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
Public Opening:
Not Applicable
Mandatory Submission Requirements:
- Supplier Acknowledgment Form
- Supplier Authorization (certified as F5 Networks Platinum or Gold Partner)
Complete submission requirements are provided within the RFSQ Documents.
Scored Submission Requirements:
- Supplier Information
- Experience
- Social Policy Programs
Complete submission requirements are provided within the RFSQ Documents.
This procurement is covered by:
- Chapter 5 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement
- Chapter 9 of the Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement
- Chapter 19 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union
Delivery Date:
Will vary by Project.
Duration of Agreement:
The term of the Agreement is three (3) years.
Additional Options:
Available within the RFSQ Documents.
Negotiation:
At the end of the evaluation process, Ryerson may identify one or more Suppliers with whom it wishes to enter negotiations, by written notification.
Suppliers should note that information contained within this notice is subject to change. Suppliers are encouraged to download the RFSQ Documents which contain the most current information.
