Advance Contract Award Notice:

Standing Offer for Aeronautical Engineering Specialists Training Courses for the Department of National Defence

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.

2.Definition of the requirement

The Department of National Defence has a requirement for a Standing Offer to provide Aeronautical Engineering Specialists Training Courses on an "as and when requested" basis. The purpose of the courses is to provide specialist engineering training to the Royal Canadian Air Force fleets, to meet the Airworthiness regulations as well as provide day-to-day engineering expertise to solve technical problems and maintain operational availability and capability. The support covers all disciplines of engineering for all types of aircraft operated by the RCAF.

The following aerospace course fields must be covered:

1. Flight Test Principles and Practices;
2. Fundamental Avionics;
3. Commercial Aircraft Safety Assessment and 1309 Design Analysis;
4. Principles of Aerospace Engineering;
5. Software Safety, Certification and DO- l 78C and Integrated Modular Avionics;
6. FAA Certification Procedures and Airworthiness Requirements as Applied to Military

Procurement of Commercial Derivative Aircraft/Systems;

1. Cabin Safety and Crashworthiness of Cabin Interior;
2. Aircraft Structural Loads: Requirements, Analysis, Testing and Certification;
3. Principles of Aeroelasticity;
4. Electrical Wiring Interconnect System;
5. Aircraft Icing: Meteorology, Protective Systems, Instrumentation and Certification;
6. Airplane Flight Dynamics;
7. Civil and Military Certification of Propulsion Systems to Support Aircraft and Helicopter Operations; and
8. Rotorcraft Vibration: Analysis and Practical Reduction Methods.

The training courses should be delivered using a combination of the following methods:

• Lectures;
• Simulations;
• Practical exercises; and
• Video presentations.

3.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:

1. Demonstrated experience in conducting aerospace short training courses covering a maximum period of 5 days for one complete course;

1. Demonstrated experience in conducting training courses in North America that cover US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) procedures and standards;

1. Demonstrated experience delivering aerospace short training courses on at least 10 separate occasions to classrooms of over six students; and.

1. Demonstrated experience delivering the following aerospace short training courses topics:

In-person

1. Advanced Avionics
2. Aerodynamic Design Improvements: High-Lift & Cruise
3. Aerodynamic Design of Commercial Airplanes
4. Aircraft Avionics Test and Evaluation Fundamentals
5. Aircraft Icing: Meteorology, Protective Systems, Instrumentation, and Certification
6. Aircraft Lightning: Requirements, Component Testing, Aircraft Testing and Certification
7. Aircraft Structural Loads: Criteria, Analysis, and Validation
8. Aircraft Structures: Analysis and Design
9. Airplane Flight Dynamics
10. Cabin Safety and Crashworthiness of Aircraft Cabin Interiors
11. Complex Electronic Hardware Development and DO-254*
12. Conceptual Design of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
13. Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) and FAA Requirements
14. Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) Safety Assessment - 25.1709
15. Electromagnetic Effects Aircraft Level Testing and FAA Requirements
16. FAA Aircraft Certification and Airworthiness Approvals
17. FAA Type Certification Process
18. Flight Control and Hydraulic Systems
19. Flight Test Principles and Practices
20. Flight Testing Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Unique Challenges
21. Fundamentals of V/STOL Rotorcraft
22. Future Propulsion Systems and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation
23. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Using Enhanced Zonal Analysis Procedure (EZAP)
24. Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) and DO-297*
25. Introduction to Electromagnetic Effects and Aircraft Engineering Requirements
26. Introduction to Fuel Tank Safety and Ignition Prevention - Design, Certification and Compliance
27. Introduction to RTCA DO-160 Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations
28. MIL-STD Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations
29. Operational Aircraft Performance and Flight Test Practices
30. Principles of Aeroelasticity
31. Propulsion Systems for UAVs and General Aviation Aircraft
32. Software Safety, Certification and DO-178C
33. Stress Analysis for Aerospace Structures
34. Structural Composites
35. System Safety Assessment for Commercial Aircraft Aviation
36. Systems and Safety for Electric/Hybrid Electric Aircraft and Urban Air Mobility
37. Unmanned Aircraft System Software Airworthiness

Online

1. Aircraft Icing: Meteorology, Protective Systems, Instrumentation and Certification
2. Complex Electronic Hardware Development and DO-254
3. Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) and FAA Requirements
4. Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) Safety Assessment – 25.1709
5. Electromagnetic Effects Aircraft Level Testing and FAA Requirements
6. Fundamental Avionics
7. Fundamentals of V/STOL Rotorcraft
8. High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) Certification and Compliance
9. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Using Enhanced Zonal Analysis Procedure
10. Introduction to Electromagnetic Effects (EME) and Aircraft Engineering Requirements
11. Introduction to RTCA DO-160 Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations
12. System Safety Assessment for Commercial Aircraft Certification
13. Systems and Safety for Electric/Hybrid-Electric Aircraft and Urban Air Mobility

4.Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This requirement is subject to the provision of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA), Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement (CHFTA), Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPaFTA), Canada-United Kingdom Free Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA), and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP).

5.Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

The University of Kansas is the only known firm that offers readily accessible, multi-subject and specialized aerospace short-duration training using North American aviation standards.

6.Government Contracts Regulations Exception

The following exception 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".

7.Ownership of Intellectual Property (IP)

Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.

8.Period of the Proposed Standing Offer

The period of the proposed Standing Offer is from 1 June 2022 to 31 March 2025.

9.Option to extend the Standing Offer Period

The proposed Standing Offer will have the option to extend the term of the Standing Offer by two (2) years, one year at a time, under the same terms and conditions.

10.Estimated Cost of the Proposed Contract

The estimated all-inclusive value of the Contract, including option periods is approximately

$300,000.00 CDN excluding taxes).

11.Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

University of Kansas

1450 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence KS 66045, USA

12.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.

13.Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is 27 May 2022, 14:00 EDT.

1. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Nadia Picard, DAP 2-3

Team Lead, Materiel Acquisition and Support

Directorate of Aerospace Procurement (DAP)

Department of National Defence

DapServicesBidReceiving-DoaServicesReceptionDesSoumissions@forces.gc.ca