AIRPORT DRONE MITIGATION, INTEGRATION, AND RESPONSE EXERCISES (ADMIRE)– SITUATION AWARENESS CAPABILITY

This RFP is an invitation to bidders to submit a proposal for the following requirement:

The Airport Drone Mitigation, Integration, and Response Experiments (ADMIRE) project will validate draft operational procedures for airport drone response, acquire suitable counter-drone and situation awareness capabilities, create realistic experiments with appropriate evaluation metrics, engage relevant operational stakeholders, conduct the experiments at operational airports, and provide a report on the results.

To provide temporary provision of key operational capability, a system integrating sensor and location information into a 3D representation of the situation. The 3D Situational Awareness System will be used by operational command, during ADMIRE Exercise 2, to maintain awareness of the status and location of threat and friendly air and land vehicles and personnel, so as to direct the deployment of assets during the exercise.

Data received from a recently completed Tabletop Exercise and functional exercise will provide guidance to refine operational requirements to support the final Exercise 2 at the Ottawa International Airport. It is intended that the 3D SA system be modified based on requirements analysis from Exercise 1 and the two TTXs for full functionality at Exercise 2.

TRADE AGREEMENTS:

The Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) applies to this procurement.

POLICY REQUIREMENT:

The requirement is conditionally limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

MANDATORY AND POINT RATED EVALUATION CRITERIA:

The mandatory and point rated evaluation criteria are included in PART 4 - EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND BASIS OF SELECTION

PROPOSAL SELECTION:

Basis of Selection – Lowest Price Per Point

1. To be declared responsive, a bid must:
   1. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
   2. meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
   3. obtain the required minimum of 60 points overall for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating. The rating is performed on a scale of 80 points.
2. Proposals that satisfy all of the applicable mandatory criteria, achieve the specified minimum pass mark of 60 points and meet all other requirements of the RFP will be considered. The responsive proposal with the lowest price per point will be recommended for Contract award.

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY:

Laurie Brault
Supply Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch
10 Wellington St.
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0S5

Telephone: (613) 406-5384
E-mail address: laurie.brault@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca