Cablevision Services for Finance Canada
Solicitation number FIN-951110-2015-10-23
Publication date
Closing date and time 2015/11/09 14:00 EST
Description
1. Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the competitive requirements of the Government’s contracting policy have been met. The Department may then proceed with the award of a contract to the pre-identified supplier. 2. Definition of the requirement The Department of Finance Canada has an on-going requirement for Cablevision services for cable outlets. The supplier shall provide the channel line-up, as per Annex A, of required TV stations to the Department of Finance Canada (Finance Canada), located at 90 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5. This service must be provided via COAX or Fiber cables. 3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements) Potential suppliers must be able to provide the video channels as per Annex A via COAX cable or Fiber to Finance Canada located in the downtown core of the National Capital Region. Finance Canada has a 0% tolerance level to outages due to sensitivity of broadcast recordings and delivery of cablevision via COAX or Fiber is not susceptible to storms and inclement weather. Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product/equipment/system (as appropriate) meets the following requirements: video signals must be supplied via COAX or Fiber; the signal must be able to function with Finance Canada’s existing CATV RG-6U cabling; must not require additional infrastructure, rack space and power; and signals must comply with the CRTC regulations. 4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement This requirement is not subject to the trade agreements. 5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier There is no other supplier within the National Capital Region NCR that can provide Cable TV via COAX or Fiber. Other suppliers can provide similar service over satellite; however due to seasonal inclement weather, outages can occur causing loss of video signals. 6. The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement: Subsection 6(d) - only one firm is capable of performing the work. 7. Ownership of Intellectual Property Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor. 8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date The proposed contract is for a period of two (2) years, from the date of award to November 30, 2017. 9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract The total estimated value of the contract including applicable taxes is $97,252 10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier Rogers Cable Communications Inc. PO Box 4100 STN Don Mills Don Mills, ON M3C 3N9 11. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services described in the ACAN may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person 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. 12. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is November 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST. 13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: Name: Nick Plettenberg-Dussault Position: Senior Contracting Officer Postal Address: 90 Elgin, 10th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5 Telephone No.: (613) 369-3593 Electronic Mail Address: nicholas.plettenberg-dussault@canada.ca Annex A Station/Channel Name Global SRC – Radio Canada CTV Ottawa CBC Ottawa NBC TVA V Hull TFO CBS OMNI.2 City Toronto OMNI.1 (CFMT) CTV News Channel CHCH ABC The Weather Network CPAC English (& CPAC French - SAP) (Cable Public Affairs Channel) CBC News Network RDI CNN TV5 FOX BNN Ontario Legislature Télé-Québec APTN CNBC BBC Canada CPAC French (& CPAC English-SAP) Le Canal de l’Assemblée Nationale du Québec
Contract duration
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Trade agreements
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No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Department of Finance
- Address
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90 Elgin StreetOttawa, Ontario, K1A0G5Canada
- Contracting authority
- Plettenberg-Dussault, Nicholas
- Phone
- 613-369-3593
- Address
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90 Elgin StreetOttawa, ON, K1A 0G5CA
Buying organization(s)
- Organization
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Department of Finance
- Address
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90 Elgin StreetOttawa, Ontario, K1A0G5Canada
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