Special Advisor

The resource will provide support in the following areas:

Enterprise Integration Support

• Provide advice and analytical support to help maintain an integrated, enterprise-level view of digital transition activities
• Support the identification of sequencing considerations, dependencies, and readiness factors across digital domains
• Assist DSG in consolidating inputs from multiple Lines of Effort

Governance and Decision Support

• Support preparation of DG/ADM-level briefings, summaries, and decision support materials
• Provide analysis, options, and considerations to inform governance discussions
• Assist in aligning reporting inputs for senior governance forums

Risk and Dependency Awareness

• Support development and maintenance of an enterprise-level view of risks and dependencies
• Identify potential cross-domain or cross-organizational issues and bring them to the attention of DND leadership
• Assist with documentation of mitigation consideration.

Stakeholder Engagement Support

• Participate in meetings and working discussions with stakeholders across DND, CCG, DFO, Transport Canada, and Shared Services Canada as directed
• Support information-sharing and aligning across organizations
• Assist in documenting issues and points requiring senior attention or decision

Transition Monitoring and Readiness Support

• Support DSG in monitoring progress against planned integration activities
• Assist in assessing transition readiness milestones
• Provide advisory input related to operational continuity considerations

Reporting Support

• Support the development of integrated status summaries and reporting products
• Assist DSG in maintaining a single, coherent enterprise-level view of transition progress for senior leadership use.

For the purposes of this requirement, a large-scale initiative would generally be considered an initiative that:

• Includes both public and private entities

• Involves multiple organizations or stakeholder groups;
• Requires coordination across several interdependent workstreams;
• Has enterprise-wide, departmental, or multi-organizational impacts; and
• Supports critical business, operational, service delivery, or transformation objectives.

1- The bidder must provide copies of all relevant documentation—such as degrees, diplomas, certifications, and other professional designations—as required under the minimum mandatory criteria or any additional mandatory criteria if specified.

2- *Please provide references in your proposals who can validate that the information submitted in response to the solicitation is accurate.

Additional mandatory criteria