Item - 2025.BA144.5

Tracking Status

  • This item was considered by Bid Award Panel on August 6, 2025 and was adopted without amendment.

BA144.5 - Award of Doc5092150643 to Bell Canada for the Next Generation Firewall Acquisition, Premium Support and Implementation Services for Technology Services

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Panel Decision

The Bid Award Panel adopted the following:

 

1. Bid Award Panel grant authority to award the contract in accordance with the Contract Details set out in the report (July 31, 2025) from the Chief Procurement Officer:

 

Solicitation Number:

Request for Quotation Doc5092150643

 

Description:

For Next Generation Firewall Acquisition, Premium Support and Implementation Services for Technology Services Division for a period of up to five (5) years from the date of award.

 

Recommended Supplier:

Bell Canada

 

Contract Award Value:

$2,574,710 USD net of all applicable taxes and charges

$2,909,422 USD including HST and all applicable charges

$2,620,025 USD net of HST recoveries

 

Contract is expected to start on July 3, 2025 and end on July 2, 2030.

Origin

(July 30, 2025) Report from the Chief Procurement Officer

Summary

Solicitation Issued:  April 9, 2025                   Solicitation Closed:  May 20, 2025

Number of Addenda Issued: Three (3)

Number of Bids:  Four (4)

 

Table 2: Summary of Bids Received including bid price

 

Supplier Name

Bid Price (excluding H.S.T.)

Bell Canada

$2,574,709.41

Rogers Wireless INC

$2,926,797.44

INSA Group

$2,998,085.20

Access 2 Networks INC

$431,612,248.22

Background Information

(July 31, 2025) Report from the Chief Procurement Officer on Award of Doc5092150643 to Bell Canada for the Next Generation Firewall Acquisition, Premium Support and Implementation Services for Technology Services
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ba/bgrd/backgroundfile-257718.pdf

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Moved by David McLeod.

 

Vote (Adopt Item)

 

Result:

Majority Required

Yes:

Leah Ross (Chair), David McLeod, Lena Dianda, Diana Santucci

No:

 

Absent:

 
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council