Aerological observations at the Whitehorse Upper Air Station, YT
Solicitation number 5000068191
Publication date
Closing date and time 2023/10/03 18:00 EDT
Last amendment date
Description
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has a requirement for aerological observations at the Whitehorse Upper Air Station, Yukon Territory as detailed in the Statement of Work, Annex A to the bid solicitation. The period of the contract is from contract award to March 31, 2026, with renewal option periods of three (3) one-year periods.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) operates aerological observing stations throughout Canada. These stations complete soundings of the upper atmosphere twice daily for each day of the year. The observations are taken by releasing a gas-filled balloon with an attached instrument which is tracked via one of a variety of electronic navigational methods. This attached instrument transmits meteorological data to the Canadian Meteorological Center relating to temperature, humidity, wind shear and the height of standard atmospheric pressure levels for including in atmospheric models used in forecasting and global weather monitoring.
These soundings are conducted using the Vaisala AUTOSONDE AS41 which provides full automation of the upper air observations from prelaunch, radiosonde preparation, balloon filling, radiosonde launching to data collection, processing and meteorological message generation.
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 24 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2024/04/01.
Trade agreements
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World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
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Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
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Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
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Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
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Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
Reason for limited tendering
A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:
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None
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Address
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#101 – 401 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC, V6C 3R2Canada
- Contracting authority
- Angelina Garcia
- Phone
- (778) 726-1680
- Email
- Angelina.Garcia@ec.gc.ca
- Address
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#101 – 401 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC, V6C 3R2Canada
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
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5000068191 RFP EN_CanadaBuys.pdf | 001 |
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5000068191 RFP FR_CanadaBuys.pdf | 001 |
French
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