Engineering and Technical Services for Field Trials

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives
Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Amtech Aeronautical Limited
P.O. BOX 1404
MEDICINE HAT Alberta
Canada
T1A7N3
Nature of Requirements: 
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. 

1. TITLE: Engineering and Technical Services Field Trials

2. SECURITY REQUIREMENT:

2.1 The Contractor must, at all times during the performance of
the Contract, hold a valid Facility Security Clearance at the
level of SECRET, with approved Document Safeguarding at the
level of SECRET, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security
Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC).

2.2. The Contractor personnel requiring access to CLASSIFIED
information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must be permanent
residents of Canada or citizens of Canada, Great Britain, United
States, Australia or New Zealand and must EACHhold a valid
personnel security screening at the level of SECRET, granted or
approved by the CISD, PWGSC. Until the security screening of the
Contractor personnel required by this Contract has been
completed satisfactorily by the CISD, PWGSC, the Contractor
personnel MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS to CLASSIFIED information or
assets, and MAY NOT ENTER sites where such information or assets
are kept, without an escort.

2.3. The Contractor MUST NOT utilize its Information Technology
systems to electronicallyprocess, produce or store any sensitive
CLASSIFIED information until CISD/PWGSC has issued written
approval. After approval has been granted, these tasks may be
performed at the level of SECRET.

2.4. Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to
be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.

2.5. The Contractor must comply with the provisions of the: (a)
Security Requirements Check List, and (b) Industrial Security
Manual (Latest Edition).

3. REQUIREMENT:

Defence Research & Development Canada - Suffield has a
requirement for a task authorization contract to provide to
provide engineering, technical and project management support
for investigation of energetic material devices, of device
detection and of device neutralization.  DRDC Suffield has
conducted studies of explosive phenomena using a variety of
energetic material devices, explosive detection devices and
explosive neutralization devices. In order to lead these studies
to success, additional support of engineering and technical
services is required from outside sources. These studies are
classified Secret and the Contractor must have the proper
facility, personnel and computing resources to handle and store
classified information.

To qualify a bid will have to consist of no less than 80% of
goods and/or services of Canadian origin.

4. 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. Education:  Contractor's staff must include personnel with
graduate and/or post-graduate degrees in mechanical or aerospace
engineering from a recognized university; Overall Project
Manager must be a registered Professional Engineer.  Proof of
this certification must be provided. 
2. A minimum of two members of the contractor's team must have
experience in designing and conducting field experiments of
multiphase explosives, dynamic artillery projectiles, and large
scale weapon systems.  At least five years of experience is
required in explosion dynamics, experimental methods such as
data reduction and processing as well as analysis.  Fluency in
numerical modeling using Finite Element Analysis Codes and
Artillery Projectile Ballistics and Terminal Effect Analysis
Codes is also necessary.  
3.  Contractor must be able to be on site within two hours to
respond to urgent tasks; and must have a local
assembly/integration facility, or plans to set up a local
assembly/integration facility, for completing test fixture
design and integration work that is not done on-site at DRDC
Suffield.
4.  Confirmation that the bidder currently holds a valid
Facility Security Clearance at the level of Secret with approved
Document Safeguarding at the level of _Secret_, issued by the
Industrial Security Division (ISD) of PWGSC.
5. Contractor must be registered with the Controlled Goods
Program. 
5. APPLICABILITY OF THE TRADE AGREEMENT(S) TO THE PROCUREMENT

NAFTA excluded: Annex 1001.1b-2, GSIN AD917700 Research &
Development- Military is excluded.

WTO-AGP excluded: Annex 5, GSIN AD917700 Research & Development-
Military is not included.AIT applicable; limited tendering
allowed under Article 506 12 (b).

The Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs) are not
applicable to this procurement, as Work will not be delivered
to, nor conducted within CLCA areas.
6. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRE-IDENTIFIED SUPPLIER
Due to the sensitive nature and SECRET security classification
requirements of this contract, the work must be keep within the
restriction of a Canadian owned company which is in compliance
with the security requirements checklist. From a technical
standpoint, the required company must provide a wide variety of
skills and high quality expertise in designing and production
such specified devices in highly time-restricted period.

Amtech is the one unique Canadian company that has the required
security clearance and the wide variety of skills and high
quality expertise in designing and productions of such specified
devices in a highly time-restricted period. This company was
responsible for prior related contracts (W7702-07R141/001/EDM,
W7702-09R220/001/EDM, W7702-125318/001/EDM) that were
successfully completed. These contracts included contracts for
the design and manufacture of explosive compression devices,
extensive support to the development, commissioning and
operation of the Urban Test Site (UTS), support to the Force
Protection Against Enhanced Blast (FPAEB) TDP, integration and
commissioning of the Explosives Casting Facility, engineering,
technical and consultative support in the conduct of the
associated R&D and field trials, and engineering and technical
personnel that are flexibly and immediately available for
supporting on-site components of the work at DRDC Suffield.

During these contracts, the company has accumulated
significantly critical knowledge and experience required for
such unique devices and materials required in this project. 
Accumulation of the experience in designing, developing,
prototyping and testing explosive compression devices and in
supporting Urban Test Site, Explosive Processing Facilities and
other explosive physics field work on the Experimental Proving
Ground would require considerable time, which is not acceptable
for the schedule constraints of the projects and the required
level of expertise and experience, and would also not be
economical. Amtech has the personnel who have demonstrated the
specialized skills and expertise required to complete explosive
physics facilitation and field trials work, and to provide this
support in a timely and efficient manner.

7. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS REGULATIONS EXCEPTION(S)
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations
is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only
one person is capable of performing the work".
8. LIMITED TENDERING REASONS

The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the (section of the trade agreement(s) specified):
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article(s) 506, 12b - "where
there is absence of competition for technical reasons and the
goods and services can only be supplied by a particular supplier
and no alternative of substitute exists". 
9. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Crown will retain intellectual property. DRDC is exempted
from the Treasury Board "Policy on Title to Intellectual
Property Arising Under Crown Procurement Contracts" approved
1-June-2000. Any intellectual property arising from the
performance of the Work under the
Contract will vest in Canada.

10. PERIOD OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT

The period of the proposed contract is from the date of contract
award to March 31, 2018.
11. COST ESTIMATE OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT

The estimated value of the contract is $747,600.00 CADapplicable
taxes included.

12. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PRE-IDENTIFIED SUPPLIER

Amtech Aeronautical Limited 
678 Prospect Drive S.W
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 4C1

13. 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.
Suppliers may request a copy of the Statement of Work from the
Contracting Authority. Suppliers must complete and sign the
Non-Disclosure Agreement which is attached as Annex A and submit
it to the Contracting Authority at the Coordinates detailed
below in order to obtain a copy of the Statement of Work.
14. CLOSING DATE FOR A SUBMISSION OF A STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES

The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is July 10, 2015 at 2:00p.m. MDT.

15. INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSION OF STATEMENTS OF CAPABILITIES

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Mony Lee
Supply Specialist
Acquisitions Branch
Public Works and Government Services Canada
ATB Place North Tower, 10025 Jasper Ave, 5th Floor
Edmonton, AB T5J 1S6

Mony.lee@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
Telephone:  780-224-6675
Fax: 780-497-3510





Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

You are hereby notified that the government intends to negotiate
with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any
questions concerning this requirement, contact the contracting
officer identified above.

An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) allows departments and
agencies to post a notice, for no less than fifteen (15)
calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it
intends to award a good, service or construction contract to a
pre-identified contractor. If no other supplier submits, on or
before the closing date, a Statement of Capabilities that meets
the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contracting authority
may then proceed with the award.  However, should a Statement of
Capabilities be found to meet the requirements set out in the
ACAN, then the contracting authority will proceed to a full
tendering process.

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to provide the services/goods described herein, 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.

The PWGSC file number, the contracting officer's name and the
closing date of the ACAN must appear on the outside of the
envelope in block letters or, in the case of a facsimile
transmission, on the covering page.

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.