Purchase Digital files for Canada's Groundwater Resources

Definition

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.

Definition of Requirements

Requirement to purchase digital print files (PDF) for the book Canada’s Groundwater Resources and 200 print copies of the book.

Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that they meet the following requirements:

Supplier must be the publisher of Canada’s groundwater Resources.

Trade Agreements

Trade Agreements are not applicable.

Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

We intend to deal directly with the supplier mentioned in section 10 below as, it is the only known supplier that meets the mandatory criteria set out in section 3 above.

Should Canada receive a statement of capabilities from a supplier that contains sufficient information to indicate that it meets the requirements set forth in this ACAN, a competitive process will be triggered with a technical and financial evaluation methodology of the bids proposed by the potential bidder.

Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations and applicable trade agreements

The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6 (d) only one person or firm is capable of performing the work.

The identified provider, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited is the only one capable to meet all of the criteria identified in paragraph 3 above.

Title to Intellectual Property

Natural Resources Canada intends to retain ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract on the basis that the main purpose of the contract is to generate knowledge and information for public dissemination.

Contract Period

From award of contract to March 31, 2018.

Estimated Cost

$50,000.00 excluding taxes.

Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor

Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited

195 Allstate Parkway

Markham, ON

L3R 4T8

Suppliers’ right to submit a 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.

Closing Date

September 18^th, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EDST).

Contract Authority

Lucie Lepage

Natural Resources Canada

Contracting Officer

580 Booth Street, room 5-D2-2

Ottawa, Ontario

K1A 0E4

Fax: 613-947-5477

E-mail: lucie.lepage@canada.ca