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Databricks Professional Services
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Summary of Opportunity: Databricks Professional Services
Issuing Organization:
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC)
Contact Details:
Roxanne Seguin
Email: [email protected]
What is being procured:
CDIC seeks to procure professional services from a single supplier to architect, plan, implement, test, and deliver use cases on the Azure Databricks platform within CDIC’s Azure environment.
Project Scope and Objectives:
The Supplier will collaborate with CDIC’s development team to design and build a modern cloud-first data architecture aimed at enhancing operational resiliency and supporting standardized data governance. The two key use cases are:
- Data Warehouse Modernization
- Migration of Python/R-based Workloads
The objectives include improving analytics, risk assessments, and modeling capabilities while promoting capability and self-sufficiency among CDIC's technical staff through knowledge transfer.
Important Dates:
- Posted Date: December 17, 2025
- Proposal Due Date: January 30, 2026, 12:00 PM Ottawa local time
- Contract Award Date: On or about May 6, 2026
- Contract Performance Period: Initial term of one (1) year with up to three (3) optional one-year renewals.
Required Certifications/Registrations:
- Must comply with Chapter Nineteen of CETA, Canada-UK TCA, and CFTA.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Proven experience with Azure Databricks implementations.
- Capability in designing and deploying cloud data architectures.
- Adherence to established governance, security, and networking standards.
- Experience in enabling knowledge transfer to enhance internal capabilities.
Key Technical Capabilities Needed:
- Expertise in Azure Databricks, data warehouse modernization, and migration of data workloads.
- Skills in analytics, risk assessments, and modeling with a focus on Python and R.
Specific Technologies or Methodologies Required:
- Azure Databricks
- Cost optimization practices: cluster management, workload optimization, resource allocation, and monitoring.
Deliverables and Performance Standards:
- Development of a modern data architecture, enabling operational resiliency and future integration of Microsoft data ecosystem components.
- Successful delivery of the two defined use cases: Data Warehouse Modernization and Migration of Workloads.
Evaluation Criteria:
Proposals will be evaluated based on the criteria outlined in Schedule “B,” including both technical and financial offers. Key factors will include compliance with requirements, experience in similar projects, approach to knowledge transfer, and cost-effectiveness.
Preferred Qualifications for Competitive Advantage:
- Experience in the financial sector or with organizations similar to CDIC.
- Demonstrated success in cloud-first data architecture projects.
- Strong track record of facilitating self-sufficiency in client technical teams.
This summary encapsulates the critical elements of the RFP for Databricks Professional Services by CDIC, ensuring potential bidders can assess alignment with their qualifications and capabilities.
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CDIC seeks to procure professional services from a single Supplier to architect, plan, implement, test, and deliver the two use cases outlined in this RFP on the existing Azure Databricks platform within CDIC’s Azure environment. The term of any resulting agreement will be for an Initial Term of one (1) year with up to three (3) consecutive optional periods of one (1) year, which if exercised, may be exercised individually or multiple at a time, at CDIC’s sole discretion. The Supplier will work collaboratively with CDIC’s development team to design and build the solution, ensuring alignment with established governance, security, and networking standards. Through this engagement, the Supplier will also enable knowledge transfer by equipping CDIC’s technical staff with the skills, design patterns, and best practices required to independently develop and support future Azure Databricks use cases across the organization. The engagement aims to deliver a modern, cloud-first data architecture that enhances operational resiliency, supports standardized data governance and cataloging, and provides flexibility to adapt to other initiatives within CDIC including Data Collection Modernization (“DCM”) described below. The design must meet evolving business needs by improving analytics, risk assessments, and modelling capabilities while promoting internal team capability and self-sufficiency. The Supplier must ensure that the design and deployment incorporate ongoing cost optimization practices, including cluster management, workload optimization, resource allocation, monitoring, governance, and architecture that allows for the future integration of other Microsoft data ecosystem components such as Microsoft Fabric. The objectives must meet two (2) functional, production use cases (hereafter referred to as the “Services”). The two (2) cases that anchor this initiative are: 1- Data Warehouse Modernization; and 2 - Migration of Python/R-based Workloads. For additional information, please refer to Schedule "A" (Statement of Work) of this Request for Proposals (RFP). Addendum #1.
Additional Information
Source
canadabuys
Status
closed
Procurement Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement Category
Services
Selection Criteria
Variations or combinations of the above methods
Regions of Opportunity
Canada
Regions of Delivery
National Capital Region (NCR) *Toronto
Reference Number
cb-355-38336458
Amendment Number
002
Contracting Entity
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC)
Contact Name
Roxanne Seguin
Contact Email
Contact Phone
+16138508893
Contact Country
Canada
Organization City
Ottawa
Organization Province / State
Ontario
Organization Country
Canada
Last Updated
July 29, 2026
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