Notice of Intended Procurement
NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (the “University”)
CONTACT PERSON AND CONTRACT PERSON COORDINATES
Harneer Batra
215 Huron Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M5S 1A2
harneer.batra@utoronto.ca
PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS
The procurement documents are available at www.merx.com.
Note that obtaining access to the procurement documents will require prospective suppliers to register and pay a registration fee. Pricing and Payment Terms are available on the MERX website.
DESCRIPTION OF PROCUREMENT
The University is conducting an RFP for Security Orchestration, Automation, And Response (SOAR) Tool.
The procurement is anticipated to involve negotiation. An electronic auction is not anticipated.
The University of Toronto is planning to purchase a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response, or SOAR tool to enhance the capabilities of its security operations team. Among other capabilities, we expect the SOAR tool to help with the deduplication of alerts and rapid data enhancement to accelerate analysts’ time to respond or the outright elimination of the need for analyst involvement through the careful use of automation. We look forward to a SOAR tool that will increase staff time availability by needing minimal development or professional services time through its use of low-code/no-code or similar playbook development methods, together with highly capable orchestration and automation.
Notes –
- Proponents are permitted to use sub-contractors, however it should be noted that the Value-added resellers submitting a Proposal for this RFP are not permitted to assign/delegate the work to further sub-contractors.
- Proponents should not submit web links (URLs) in lieu of materials relevant to the RFP in their Proposal submission. The University will neither review nor evaluate any web links submitted by Proponents in their Proposals for any of the evaluation criteria described below. The Proposal should be provided in full text (please download and provide full text from your website at the time of submission).
- All the requirements stated below have also been added in an MS Excel file that is separately uploaded on MERX (not as an attachment in this RFP). Proponents should add their responses in the MS Excel file and ensure that the excel file is uploaded on MERX along with their written Proposal.
ADDRESS AND FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submissions must be submitted electronically at https://utoronto.bonfirehub.ca/opportunities/74050 on or before Saturday, January 20, 2024 (2:00 PM local time). The submissions will not be opened publicly.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The procurement is subject to the following conditions for participation: Not applicable
APPLICABLE TRADE AGREEMENTS
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
- The Canadian Free Trade Agreement, Chapter Five
- The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, Chapter 19
- The Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Chapter 9
CONTRACT DETAILS
The term of the Agreement would be 3 years with option to extend for three additional terms of one (1) year each.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The University will base its selection of qualified suppliers on the following criteria:
STAGEEVALUATION CRITERIA WEIGHT (POINTS)
Functional Requirements 650
Support and Maintenance 50
Accessibility and Diversity 50
Pricing 250
Total for Stage 1 1000
2. Presentation 150
3. Testing (Optional) 150
4. Reference Check (Optional) 100
Total with Stages 1,2,3,4 1400
NOTES
Suppliers should note that information contained within this notice is subject to change. Suppliers are encouraged to obtain the procurement documents which contain the most current information. If there is a conflict between the procurement documents and this notice, the procurement documents will take precedence.
