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What is "Statistics Canada: Request for Information"?

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**PURPOSE & SCOPE:**
- **What is being procured/granted?**: Statistics Canada seeks information on commercially available off-the-shelf analytical platforms integrated with metadata and data to modernize infrastructure for data access.
- **Project scope and objectives**: The goal is to obtain a scalable and adaptable solution for Real Time Remote Access (RTRA) and the Microdata Access Portal (MAP), ensuring compliance with Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) standards, and offering user-centric service delivery for clients to securely access microdata.
- **Contract type and estimated value**: Specific contract type and estimated value are not mentioned, as this is a Request for Information (RFI).

**BUYER INFORMATION:**
- **Issuing organization**: Statistics Canada (StatCan)
- **Contact details**: Susan Hall at susan.hall@statcan.gc.ca; additional inquiries to statcan.macs-bids-smc-soumissions.statcan@canada.ca.
- **Important dates**: Posted on December 8, 2025; due by December 15, 2025, at 4:00 PM.

**MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:**
- **Required certifications/registrations**: Must adhere to Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) standards, have well-documented metadata, and provide REST APIs.
- **Mandatory qualifications**: Solutions must be adaptable, scalable, and deployable within Statistics Canada’s Azure cloud environment.
- **Set-aside requirements**: Not specified.
- **Geographic restrictions/location requirements**: Installation must occur within Statistics Canada's environment.

**TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:**
- **Key technical capabilities needed**: Integration of structural, administrative, and descriptive metadata into analytical platforms, with user dashboards.
- **Specific technologies, methodologies, or approaches required**: The platform should support REST APIs and data integration capabilities.
- **Deliverables and performance standards**: Solutions must ensure security for client access to microdata and facilitate a modernized analytical environment for educational purposes.
- **Evaluation criteria**: Not detailed; emphasis on experience and capabilities specific to data and analytics integrated platforms is implied.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**
- **Nice-to-have certifications or experience**: Experience with educational institutions and familiarity with current systems in use at Statistics Canada.
- **Preferred qualifications**: Additional capabilities in automation and cloud optimization may enhance proposals but are not explicitly mandatory.
- **Additional evaluation factors**: Respondents are encouraged to provide feedback and recommendations concerning the RFI scope, which may influence procurement planning.

**KEY EVALUATION FACTORS:**
- **How proposals will be evaluated**: Evaluation will focus on the potential to modernize infrastructure and deliver user-centric services, though specific weighting or criteria are not mentioned.
- **Weighting of different criteria**: Not specified.
- **Past performance requirements**: Not mentioned, but previous experience in relevant integrations is implied to be favorable.

This summary outlines the key aspects of the opportunity for prospective respondents seeking to align their capabilities with Statistics Canada's requirements.

Question 2

When is the proposal submission deadline?

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The proposal submission deadline is December 15, 2025 (Overdue).

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