201708008 - RFP Advisory Services Pre-Qualification

The VIA Information Technology (IT) department is in the process of evaluating its needs from an IT services perspective.  In preparation for future growth, VIA Rail would like to pre-qualify a set of firms who would be used to obtain quality consulting services for initiatives where a tender process may be required.  More specifically, these services would be used to elaborate a sourcing strategy, assessment of the current services in order to prepare the required scope of work and specifications for the tender documentation (RFP), develop evaluation criteria and approach, supporting VIA during the tender process and evaluation, develop an action plan in order to make recommendations to management, supporting VIA in the contract negotiations and potentially managing any future transition work.