Contstant Wear Garments - Socks and Seals

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 the requirement
The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the supply of The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the supply of Specialized Flight Clothing and Accessories, GSIN: 8475 as indicated below:
Item Description Quantity per Fiscal Year (FY)
1 NSN: 8475-20-002-2709
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 1
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 5 FY26/27
5 FY27/28
2 NSN: 8475-20-002-2710
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 2
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 10 FY23/24
10 FY24/25
5 FY25/26
5 FY26/27
5 FY27/28
3 NSN: 8475-20-002-2711
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 3
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 5 FY23/24
10 FY24/25
10 FY25/26
10 FY26/27
10 FY27/28
4 NSN: 8475-20-002-2712
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 4
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 10 FY23/24
15 FY24/25
10 FY25/26
10 FY26/27
10 FY27/28
5 NSN: 8475-20-005-5783
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 5
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 5 FY24/25
5 FY25/26
5 FY26/27
5 FY27/28
6 NSN: 8475-20-002-2714
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 6
P/N : D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 30 FY23/24
25 FY24/25
20 FY25/26
20 FY26/27
20 FY27/28
7 NSN: 8475-20-002-2715
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 6XL
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 20 FY23/24
15 FY24/25
20 FY25/26
15 FY26/27
15 FY27/28
8 NSN: 8475-20-002-2716
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 7
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 10 FY23/24
10 FY24/25
10 FY25/26
10 FY26/27
10 FY27/28
9 NSN: 8475-20-002-2717
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 8
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 25 FY23/24
20 FY24/25
20 FY25/26
25 FY26/27
20 FY27/28
10 NSN: 8475-20-002-2718
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 9
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 20 FY23/24
20 FY24/25
25 FY25/26
20 FY26/27
25 FY27/28
11 NSN: 8475-20-002-2719
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 9XT
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 5 FY23/24
5 FY24/25
5 FY25/26
10 FY26/27
5 FY27/28
12 NSN: 8475-20-002-2721
Coveralls, Flyers' Anti-exposure, size 10XL
P/N: D-22-536-001/SF-001, NCAGE: 36376 5 FY25/26
5 FY27/28
13 NSN: 8475-01-315-9401
Socks, Anti-exposure, , size 10
P/N: 1725AS100-7, NCAGE: 30003 45 pair - FY 23/24
14 NSN: 8475-01-315-9402
Socks, Anti-exposure, size 11
P/N: 1725AS100-8, NCAGE: 30003 180 pair - FY 23/24
15 NSN: 8475-20-003-8933
Anti- Exposure Sock Type J Large
P/N: DTAES 08-001, NCAGE: 36376 75 pair - FY 23/24
16 NSN: 8475-20-002-2732
Neoprene wrist seal
P/N:MA7511(VCF), NCAGE: 37463 220 pair - FY 23/24
17 NSN: 8475-20-002-2733
Immersion Suit neck seal P/N:MA7512(VCF), NCAGE: 37463 344 - FY 23/24

3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product/equipment/system (as appropriate) meets the following requirements of items listed in section 2 above – Definition of the requirement.
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
• World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
• Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
• Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
• Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
• Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
• Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
• Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
• Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
• Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
• Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
• Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
• Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The SPECIALIZED FLIGHT CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES as sought by the Department of National Defence on this procurement (as outlined under part 2) are only manufactured by one supplier, Mustang Survival Corp. The Department of National Defence has determined that Mustang Survival Corp. is the only source capable of manufacturing these NSNs as it is the only supplier that possesses the requisite expertise and experience in the production of these items.

6. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".
7. The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations are invoked under the
Chapter 5 article 513(b)(iii)of the CFTA is applicable on the basis of limited tendering where the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.

Article 15.10(2)(b) of the CPTPP is applicable on the basis of limited tendering under the circumstance that the good or service can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute good or service exists due to the absence of competition for technical reasons.

Article XIII(b) of the WTO-AGP is applicable on the basis of limited tendering following circumstances where the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.
8. Ownership of Intellectual Property
Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.
9. Cost and period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The estimated value of the contract is $3,041,090.00 CAD (taxes excluded), Delivery of items to begin by the end of March 2024.

10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier:
MUSTANG SURVIVAL CORPORATION CANADA
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
CANADA V6V 1Y6
11. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, services or construction services described in the ACAN may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or before the closing date of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
12. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is December 6, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Dany Lebel
Directorate of Aerospace Procurement (DAP 2-2-7)
dany.lebel2@forces.gc.ca