Development of High-Resolution Hourly Cloud Datasets to Support the Development of Surface Solar Resource Datasets for the Canadian North.

Solicitation number NRCan-5000052577

Publication date

Closing date and time 2020/05/19 14:00 EDT


    Description

    The objective of this present contract is to produce high-resolution gridded hourly cloud data products to support the development of a high-resolution (4-5 km gridded) solar irradiance dataset for the Canadian North spanning 58° – 85°N latitude and 50 - 145°W longitude.

    Sole Source Justification ‑ Exception of the Government Contract Regulations (GCR):

    (d) Only one person or firm is capable of performing the contract

    The Supplier must be able to meet all of the following criteria:

    • Owns a unique data archive developed over time based on routinely collecting and processing satellite observations from the world’s geosynchronous (GEO) and low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites for input into NASA satellite mission data production and analysis at the global scale.
    • Developed a unique method to intercalibrate measurements from imagers on the GEO and LEO platforms and methods to fuse and stitch these measurements using advanced methods for data quality assurance and signal processing techniques for data fusion.
    • Developed a unique and comprehensive system for retrieving cloud properties from the intercalibrated radiances from GEO and LEO satellite platforms.
    • Owns a unique set of polar orbiting satellites and a satellite-derived weather surface models used to generate the raw datasets to be used for the development of high-resolution hourly time series of cloud datasets for the Canadian north resource datasets.

    The identified provider is the only one able to meet all of the criteria identified above.

    Contract duration

    Refer to the description above for full details.

    Trade agreements

    • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
    • Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
    • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
    • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
    • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Natural Resources Canada
    Address
    580 Booth St
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E4
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Holmes, Valerie
    Phone
    343-292-8371
    Email
    valerie.holmes@canada.ca
    Address
    580 Booth Street, 5th Floor, Room 5-D4-2
    Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E4
    CA

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Natural Resources Canada
    Address
    580 Booth St
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E4
    Canada
    Bidding details

    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.

    Tender documents
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
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    French
    7
    000
    English
    40

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Advance Contract Award Notice
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    National Capital Region (NCR)
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Procurement method
    Competitive - Limited Tendering

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