DEVELOPING SEARCH OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGIES FOR CANADIAN COAST GUARD MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)



Solicitation #: FP802-150046 REVISED Closing Date: September 29, 2015    Time: 2 p.m. EDT 


This requirement is for the department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.


Title: 
DEVELOPING SEARCH OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGIES FOR CANADIAN COAST GUARD MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE


Introduction:  
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has a requirement for the development and implementation 
of advanced Search and Rescue Optimization Methods within Canadian Coast Guard’s
Automated Search Planning Tool (ASPT).  This requirement will be part of “Implementing
Probabilistic Drift and Search Optimization Methodologies in Maritime SAR” Search and
Rescue (SAR) New Initiatives Fund (NIF) project.  The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is a
special operating agency within Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Automated Search Planning Tools are complex decision support systems that assist the Maritime SAR Coordinator at a Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) or Marine Rescue Sub-Centre (MRSC) to determine the correct search area and plan for search and rescue; these complex software programs include a search object drift simulation module which is coupled with a SAR planning module.

The Canadian Coast Guard’s ASPT working group explored future options for the 
Canadian ASPT, culminating in the hosting of an International ASPT workshop.  After a thorough examination of the alternatives; such as the United States Coast Guard’s SAROPS program, the ASPT working group recommended that work be undertaken to incorporate a probabilistic drift simulation and SAR resource optimization module within the existing Canadian ASPT; i.e. Canadian Search and Rescue Program (CANSARP), thereby creating the next generation Canadian ASPT.   The “Implementing Probabilistic Drift and Search Optimization Methodologies in Maritime SAR” project was submitted and approved as a SAR New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF) project.  

Contract Dates:
The intent is to establish a contract for the period of Contract Award to October 15th, 2017.

 The Contractor must submit a proposed schedule showing milestones and completion dates for each task within their tender submission.  The schedule must be detailed as to allow the Project Authority and the Contractor to plan, monitor and coordinate tasks and resources efficiently to achieve completion of the work on time. The Contractor’s proposed work schedule and any changes post start-up will require written approval by the Project Authority.	

Ownership of Intellectual Property: 
Intellectual Property ownership developed under this contract will remain with Fisheries and
Oceans Canada (DFO).

All results and correspondence from this project are the property of DFO, and shall not be
released or distributed by the contractor without the prior permission of DFO, or unless
specifically required by law.

This project is based around the CANSARP 5.0 application which has been licensed using the GNU General Public License (GPLv3).  Consequently, any source code developed and integrated into CANSARP as part of the contract must also share the same license.  For details on the GPLv3 license, please refer to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html .

Security Requirement:
There are no security requirements under this contract. The contractor will not be working from any Department of Fisheries and Oceans facility.  Should the contractor be required to be on DFO property; he/she will be escorted by DFO Personnel at all times.

The Contractor, at all times during the performance of the Contract, must not access protected and/or classified information or assets.

The Contractor personnel may not enter nor perform work on sites where protected or classified information or assets are kept, without an escort provided by the department or agency for which the work is being performed.

The Contractor must not remove any protected information or assets from the identified work site(s), and the Contractor must ensure that its personnel are made aware of and comply with this restriction.

Subcontracts which contain security requirements are not be awarded without the prior written permission of the DFO or CISD/PWGSC.

The Contractor must comply with the provisions of the:

a)	Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable)
b)	Industrial Security Manual (latest edition).


Mandatory Requirements: 

M1. Proposed Project Leader must have experience in the development and implementation of a proven* advanced Search and Rescue Resource Optimization Methodology and Solution. 

The Bidder must have experience in the development and design of proven Search and Rescue Resource Planning Methods for Public Sector clients. Specifically, the Project Leader contracted resource must have experience in the design, development documenting of a proven* methodology for SAR, including the development of manuals. 
*Proven is defined as being in use or having been in use in Search and Rescue operations.

The Bidder must provide  one (1) or more project summaries describing, in detail, the current/previous experience in development and design of Search and Rescue Resource Planning Methods for Public Sector clients.  

M2. Experience of the Bidder’s additional Resource(s)* in the development and implementation of an advanced Search and Rescue Resource Optimization and Theory.  

The Bidder will provide a summary up to 2 pages that provides the name of the supporting resource and describes, in detail, the experience that each resource has accumulated in the study or research-and-development of advanced Resource Optimization and Theory.  

*Additional Resources is defined as those proposed to support the Project Leader for this project.
M3. Education: Proposed Project Leader must have experience developing and designing an advanced Search and Rescue Resource Optimization and Theory.

The Project Leader proposed by the Bidder must have a degree from a recognized college or university relevant to the field of operations research, decision analysis or related discipline.

Bidders must include within their proposal a detailed curriculum vitae (c.v.) for the Project Leader resource named in their bid; c.v.’s must include detailed listing of the experience and, educational and professional designation. 
M4. Education: All other resources’ experience developing and designing an advanced Resource Optimization and Theory.

All of the other resources proposed by the Bidder must have a degree from a recognized college or university in the field of operations research, decision analysis or related discipline.

Bidders must include within their proposal a detailed curriculum vitae (c.v.) for all other resources named in their bid; c.v.’s must include a detailed listing of the educational and professional designation attainments, as well as all other academic credentials for each proposed resource. 





Enquiries regarding this RFP requirement are to be submitted in writing to the following:

Nancy L. Stanford
Senior Contracting Officer
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Station 9W087, 9th Floor, 200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario, 
K1A 0E6 
Tel:  (613) 993-1550
Fax:  (613) 991-1297
Email: nancy.stanford@dfo-mpo.gc.ca