Product Finder Application

ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE  (ACAN)

1.	Definition

An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) allows departments and agencies to post a notice, for no less than fifteen (15) calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it intends to award a good, service or construction contract to a pre-identified contractor.  If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a Statement of Capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, the competitive requirements of the government's contracting policy have been met.  Following notification to suppliers not successful in demonstrating that their Statement of Capabilities meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contract may then be awarded using the Treasury Board's electronic bidding authorities.

If other potential suppliers submit Statement of Capabilities during the fifteen calendar day posting period, and meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, the department or agency must proceed to a full tendering process on either the government's electronic tendering service or through traditional means, in order to award the contract.

2.	Definition of Requirements

Requirement to develop a French-language version of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) online tool named Product Finder.

Background:
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the EPA have an administrative agreement whereby NRCan will administer and promote ENERGY STAR in Canada on behalf of and with the permission of the EPA.  As a part of this administration, NRCan ensures Canadians have information they need to choose ENERGY STAR qualified products.  
As NRCan recently moved to greater alignment with the EPA in delivering the program, NRCan ceased to list qualified products on its website, opting to direct consumers to use the new product finder tool offered by the EPA.  

Objective:

The objective of the contract is to obtain the services of the EPA’s technical services agency of record to create a French-language version of the EPA’s Product Finder (PF) tool.

Tasks:

-	Develop a mirrored French-language version of the EPA’s Product Finder (PF) tool using NRCan’s translations.
-	Develop a French-language portal for Francophone users to access the translated version of PF tool.
-	Develop a tool for NRCan to “pull” notifications from the EPA’s website about new terminology requirements for PF.
-	Develop an interface for NRCan to enter appropriate translations into a form
-	Develop a tool for NRCan to securely send translations to the EPA’s servers for automatic uploading.




3.	Trade Agreements

•	AIT
•	WTO
•	NAFTA
•	FTA (Chile)
•	FTA (Peru)
•	FTA (Columbia)

 
4.	Title to Intellectual property 

Not applicable.

5.	Contract Period

From award to 31 March 2014.

6.	Estimated Cost

$98,175.00 USD.  

7.	Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations and applicable trade agreements

-	Part 1, Section 6 (d) of the Government Contract Regulations
-	Article 502.1B of the Agreement on Internal Trade
-	Article 1016 (b) of the North American Free Trade Agreement
-	Articles XV (b) of the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement
-	Article 1409 (e) of the FTA (Columbia)
-	Article Kbis-09 (b) of the CCFTA (Chile) and CPFTA (Peru)
The Product Finder application is the sole property of the EPA and the proposed contractor is the sole IT service provider approved/authorized by the EPA to perform Product Finder related services for ENERGY STAR.

8.	Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor

SRA International Inc.
4300 Fair Lakes Court
Fairfax, VA 22033

9.	Inquiries on Submission of 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."

10.	Closing Date

01 November 2013 at 14:00 (EST)