PERFORMANCE DATA FROM HORIZONTAL AXIS RIVER-CURRENT OR TIDAL-CURRENT TURBINES

REQUIREMENT

By means of this RFP, NRCan is seeking proposals from bidders to provide CanmetENERGY with data sets containing the hydrodynamic performance data for a model-scale horizontal axis river or tidal-current turbine(s) and for their geometrically similar full scaled version(s). The hydrodynamic performance data from the turbines shall be gathered from both laboratory and field tests, as described further in the RFP.

CONDITIONS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

There shall be no direct payment by NRCan for costs incurred for the presentation and submission of proposals in response to this RFP. 

ESTIMATED CONTRACT PERIOD

The estimated period of the contract will be from contract award to March 31, 2014.

SOLICITATION/BID CLOSING DATE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The deadline for submissions of bids in response to this RFP is November 21, 2013 @ 14:00 (E.D.S.T.). 	

Proposals must be directed to:

Bid Receiving Unit - Mailroom
Natural Resources Canada
Loading Dock				
588 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y7
ATTENTION: Lucie Lepage
RFP: NRCan-5000013432

NRCan will not assume responsibility for proposals directed to any other location.   Proposals not received in the Bid Receiving Unit by the closing time, will be return to the Bidder unopened.				

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries concerning this RFP must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the bidding period. Enquiries must be received no less than three (3) calendar days  prior to the bid closing date to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be able to be answered prior to the bid closing date.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

1.	The Bidder MUST provide background information ;

a)	General information about the Proponent
b)	Experience in river-current and in-stream tidal current energy technologies
c)	Facilities (equipment, test rigs, etc.) and its accessibility to the Proponent (Optional – only required if additional testing needs to take place to deliver the data sets)

2.	Data Deliverables

The Bidder MUST provide a description of Turbine Data Sets

a)	The data sets must meet the minimum requirement as described in ‘Scope of Work’ and ‘Task Descriptions’. 
	Please indicate if additional data parameters/fields will be available 
b)	Identify how many data sets will be delivered for model turbines and scaled-up turbines respectively.


3.	Delivery Capacity

a)	Availability of Data Sets and Work to be Performed
-	Indicate the present availability of data sets and describe what additional work needs to be performed to obtain any gaps in the data sets requirement by CanmetENERGY

b)	Error and Regression Analysis Experience
-	Elaborate your experience performing error and regression analysis

c)	Capability to deliver the deliverables on time
-	Identify your capability to meet the deadlines, and any risk mitigation approach


RIGHTS OF NRCAN

NRCan reserves the right to:

- Seek clarification or obtain verification of statements made in a proposal;
- Reject any or all proposals received in response to this RFP;	
 
- Enter into negotiations with one or more Bidders on any or all aspects of its proposal;
- Accept any proposal in whole or in part without prior negotiation;
- Cancel and/or re-issue this RFP at any time;
- Verify any or all information provided by the Bidder with respect to this RFP including references;
- Retain all proposals submitted in response to this RFP;
- Declare a proposal non-compliant if NRCan determines during the evaluation phase, that the Bidder does not have the legal status, facilities and technical, financial and managerial capabilities to fulfill the requirements stated herein;
- Discontinue the evaluation of any proposals which are determined, at any stage of the evaluation process, to be non-compliant.