Aerodynamic Laboratory Technical Support Consultant

Solicitation Number: 16-22157 – Aerodynamic Laboratory Technical Support Consultant

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 contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

1. Definition of the requirement: The National Research Council, Aerodynamics Laboratory has a requirement to provide technical support during the deployment of the new TestSlate based DAC system for the upgrade of the 2x3 wind tunnel. The work will involve the following: Manage and assist with the design and development activities related to the integration of TestSlate plug-ins and wind tunnel instrumentation; Establish test plans to validate the plug-ins; produce documentation; ensure systems are ready for deployment; prepare validation plan; Manage and support decommissioning, installation, commissioning and validation work.

1. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements):
    
   • Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements:
     • Certified LabView Developer (CLD certification);
     • 10 years of experience developing Labview applications;
     • 5 years of experience developing Labview RT applications;
     • 5 years of experience developing .NET assemblies;
     • 2 years of experience developing Plugins for the Testslate platform (from Jacobs Engineering);
     • Knowledge of NRC's 2mx3m Wind Tunnel legacy DAC systems;
     • Knowledge of NRC's new wind Tunnel DAC architecture based on TestSlate, Automated Test Software, by Jacobs.
     • Experience developing and deploying complex applications for wind tunnel testing facilities;
     • Experience developing muti-axis motion applications with Labview Softmotion;
     • Experience designing and configuring motion servo system with Kollmorgen hardware;
     • Experience designing distributed data acquisition systems
     • Experience designing advance multi-axis motion systems and control theory;
     • Experience with Digital Signal Processing algorithms and theory;
     • Experience with Matlab and data reduction algorithms for aerodynamic analysis;
     • Experience with software version control and bug tracking tools;
     • Experience with wind tunnel testing
     • Bachelor degree in Computer or System engineering
     • Ontario Professional Engineer

1. This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s): North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

1. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier:
   The pre-identified supplier has several years of experience at the NRC wind tunnels developing data acquisition software in Labview and specifically with the TestSlate platform. The pre-identified supplier has extensive knowledge of the complex systems that will be put in place as part of this critical facility upgrade. The pre-identified supplier has extensive knowledge of the wind tunnel where this upgrade will take place.

1. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons: Only one vendor is able to satisfy the unique technical requirements listed herein.
   • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – Article(s) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists

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 from March 8th 2017 to June 2017. The National Research Council Canada reserves the right to negotiate a long terms service agreement with the proposed contractor subject to the terms and conditions of the Government of Canada. The long term agreement will not exceed the value in this solicitation.

9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is $100,000 CAD

10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
CODA Consulting/GIBEAULT SOLUTIONS INC

1403 Clay court

Ottawa, Ontario

K1C 4T2

11.Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, services or construction 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 March 7th 2017.

13. Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Senior Procurement Officer

Johnathon Gillis
Telephone: (613) 993-5506
E-mail:Johnathon.Gillis@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca