Development of a Customized “PC Coal Lab®” Module for Torrefied Biomass Analysis

ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE (ACAN)

1. Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)

An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

2. Definition of Requirements

Natural Resources Canada has a requirement for the development of a custom module in the existing PC Coal Lab® (Software that accurately predicts the devolatilization, combustion, and gasification behavior of torrefied biomass, given the proximate and ultimate analyses of the torrefied fuel, and the operating conditions).

This customized module is for accurately predicting the devolatilization, combustion, and gasification behavior as well as also accurately predicting the Arrhenius rate coefficient for use in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) of torrefied biomass.

3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements:

 - Having access to the PC Coal Lab® software source code;

- Having the authorization to develop or input customized module in the PC Coal Lab® software.

4. Trade Agreements

Not applicable

5. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business

N/A

6. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s)

N/A

7. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

We intend to deal directly with the supplier mentioned in section 10 below as it is the only known supplier that meets the mandatory criteria set out in section 3 above.

Should Canada receive a statement of capabilities from a supplier that contains sufficient information to indicate that it meets the requirements set forth in this ACAN, a competitive process will be triggered with a technical and financial evaluation methodology of the bids proposed by the potential bidders

8. Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations

The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under subsection 6 (d) - only one person is capable of performing the work.

The identified provider, Niksa Energy Associates LLC., is the only one able to meet all of the criteria identified in paragraph 3 above.

9. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

Not applicable.

10. Ownership of Intellectual Property

Niksa Energy Associates LLC has exclusive ownership of the Intellectual Property in the PC Coal Lab® software.

11. Contract Period

From contract award to March 31, 2020.

12. Estimated Cost

$60,500.00 USD.

13. Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor

Niksa Energy Associates LLC
PO Box 60892
Palo Alto, CA 94306
USA

14. Suppliers’ right to submit a statement of capabilities

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a Statement of Capabilities in writing, preferably by e-mail, to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date and time of this Notice. The Statement of Capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

15. Closing Date

The closing date for a submission of a Statement of Capabilities is January 22, 2019 at 14:00 Pacific Daylight Time).

16. Contract Authority

Gerald Baran

Senior Procurement Officer

506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5

Telephone: (250) 298 2502

email: gerald.baran@canada.ca