TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 1, 2012) - Route1 Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ROI), a security and identity management company, today announced that it has been awarded a Supply Arrangement by the Government of Canada to facilitate the government's procurement of required software products including but not limited to security, identity management and remote access solutions. The Company also is providing a review and update on the status of its business development initiatives and priorities since 2010.
Supply Agreement with the Government of Canada
As of January 1, 2012, the Canadian government put in place a new, comprehensive approach for the procurement of all software products - Software and Shared Systems and Procurement Directorate's New Method of Supply, the Software Licensing Supply Arrangement (SLSA). SLSA officially replaced the software departmental individual standing offers.
The SLSA is a two-phased procurement process. The first phase consists of suppliers qualifying through the SLSA Request for Supply Arrangement permanently posted on GETS. Once qualified, as Route1 now is, suppliers list their products and ceiling prices in the publicly available SLSA Catalogue. Based on the information in the SLSA Catalogue, the second phase consists of the approved Public Works and Government Services Canada service providers competing their requirements via request for quotations, simplified bid solicitations or through sole sourcing.
Route1's Supply Arrangement number is EN578-100808/071/EE. The period of the Supply Arrangement is February 29, 2012 through to and including December 31, 2014. There is no minimum or maximum dollar amount attached to the Supply Arrangement