Icing Tests on Horizontal Stabilizer in Icing Conditions

ACAN - Solicitation Number 13-22036 - Icing Tests on Horizontal Stabilizer in Icing Conditions

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Provisions in accordance with the Government Contracts Regulations - only one person or firm are capable of performing the contract.

The National Research Council wishes to award a contract to APS Aviation to support in a collaborative testing between the NRC and the European Aviation Safety Agency.  APS is part of a group – ASGA which is located in Ottawa. ADGA Group is industry leaders in providing professional services and solutions in key areas which will be relevant to the collaborative study which would include, engineering of systems, software, technology, communications, civil aviation and aerospace. 
The focus of the work will be Aviation consulting, safety and De/Anti-Icing Standards. APS civil aviation services is a certified ISO 9001:2008 that provides professional consulting, research and development and systems maintenance services to all sectors of de-icing/anti-icing expertise and has performed over fifteen years of Research and Development into this area in association with other Government Departments i.e.: Transport Canada, US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), several major airlines, fluid manufactures, airport authorities, national and international fixed based operators. 

The vast experience and technical expertise of APS in the de-icing field has provided over 100 reference reports that reflect a number of de-icing studies with Transport Canada / FAA Research Program, United Airlines, American Airlines and Canadair Jet Program.  To the best of NRC’s knowledge APS is the sole vendor that’s ability to fulfill our requirement.

This contract continues a major program of research and testing related to aircraft winter operations, much of which has been conducted by the proposed contractor. APS was chosen for this part of the work because the company has developed unique experience in the area of field-testing and laboratory testing of anti-icing fluids.

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to meet the specified requirements may submit a statement of capabilities, in writing, to the Contracting Authority 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

Proposed Vendor: APS Aviation, 6700 Cote-de-Liesse Suite 105 Montréal Québec H4T 2B5
Contract Value - $85,039 plus taxes
Contract Duration: September 1st 2013 to November 30 2014.