Cablevision Services

Solicitation number FIN-20211709

Publication date

Closing date and time 2022/08/19 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    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 competitive requirements of the Government’s contracting policy have been met. The Department may then proceed with the award of a contract to the pre-identified supplier.

    2.Definition of the requirement

    The Department of Finance Canada has an on-going requirement for Cablevision services for 100 cable outlets.

    The supplier shall provide the channel line-up, as per Annex A, of required TV stations to the Department of Finance Canada (Finance Canada), located at 90 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5. This service must be provided via COAX.

    3.Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)

    Potential suppliers must be able to provide the video channels as per Annex A via COAX cable to Finance Canada located in the downtown core of the National Capital Region.

    Finance Canada has a 0% tolerance level to outages due to sensitivity of broadcast recordings and delivery of cablevision via COAX is not susceptible to storms and inclement weather.

    Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product/equipment/system (as appropriate) meets the following requirements:

    • Both the main supply signal and individual signals to offices must be supplied via COAX; as Satellite services are vulnerable to storms and inclement weather and therefore do not meet minimum requirements;
    • the signal must be able to function with Finance Canada’s existing CATV RG-6U cabling;
    • must not require additional infrastructure, rack space and power; and
    • signals must comply with the CRTC regulations.

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

    This requirement is subject to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

    5.Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

    Additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services:

    (i)cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services, or installations procured under the initial procurement; and

    (ii)(ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity;

    1. The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement:

    Subsection 6(d) - only one person is capable of performing the work.

    1. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

    The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the (section of the trade agreement(s) specified):

    Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) – Article(s) 513

    8.Ownership of Intellectual Property

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

    9.Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

    The proposed contract is for a period of two (2) years, from the date of award to August 31, 2024.

    10.Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

    Rogers Cable Communications Inc.

    PO Box 4100 STN Don Mills

    Don Mills, ON M3C 3N9

    11.Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities

    Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the 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 August 19, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

    13.Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

    Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

    Name: Justin Foubert
    Electronic Mail Address: procurement-approvisionnement@fin.gc.ca

    Annex A

    Station/Channel Name

    Global

    SRC – Radio Canada

    CTV Ottawa

    CBC Ottawa

    NBC

    TVA

    V Hull

    TFO

    CBS

    OMNI.2

    City Toronto

    OMNI.1 (CFMT)

    CTV News Channel

    CHCH

    ABC

    The Weather Network

    CPAC English (& CPAC French - SAP) (Cable Public Affairs Channel)

    CBC News Network

    RDI

    CNN

    TV5

    FOX

    BNN

    Ontario Legislature

    Télé-Québec

    APTN

    CNBC

    BBC Canada

    CPAC French (& CPAC English-SAP)

    Le Canal de l’Assemblée Nationale du Québec

    Contract duration

    Refer to the description above for full details.

    Trade agreements

    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Department of Finance
    Address
    90 Elgin Street
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0G5
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Foubert, Justin
    Email
    procurement-approvisionnement@fin.gc.ca
    Address
    90 Elgin Street
    Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G5
    CA

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Department of Finance
    Address
    90 Elgin Street
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0G5
    Canada
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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
    Commodity - GSIN
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