IntellijIDEA ULTIMATE SOFTWARE

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
SHI CANADA ULC
900 Greenbank Rd
Suite 524
Ottawa Ontario
Canada
K2J4P6
Nature of Requirements: 
ACAN - IntellijIDEA ULTIMATE SOFTWARE

45045-130083/A
Baker, Roxane
Telephone No. - (819) 956-1105
Fax No. - (819) 953-3703
Email:  roxane.baker@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

REQUIREMENT:

Statistics Canada has a requirement for the provision of goods
as specified under "Background" below.  The purpose of this
Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to signal the government
intention to award a contract for these goods to JetBrains
Americas, San Mateo, California, United States.  Before awarding
a contract, however, the government would like to provide other
suppliers with the opportunity to demonstrate that they are
capable of satisfying the requirements set out in this Notice,
by submitting a statement of capabilities during the 15 calendar
day posting period.

If other potential suppliers submit a statement of capabilities
during the 15 calendar day posting period that meet the
requirements set out in the ACAN, the government will proceed to
a full tendering process on either the government's electronic
tendering service or through traditional means, in order to
award the contract.

If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a
statement of capabilities meeting the requirements set out in
the ACAN, a contract will be awarded to the pre-selected
supplier.
BACKGROUND:
Statistics Canada requires up to 80 licenses of a Java IDE
(Integrated Development Environment).  The software must support
the work of Java developers working on the development of
Statcan's new generation of web applications to support
Statistics Canada operations.

Public Works and Government Services Canada , on behalf of its
Client, Statistics Canada, intends to enter into a sole source
contract with JetBrains Americas, San Mateo, California, United
States, for the purpose of procurement of the following software
licenses including Software Maintenance and Support:
Initial Requirement

A. Proprietary Software Products as follows:

IDEA Ultimate Commercial License New including 1 year upgrade
subscription (maintenance and support services) - Quantity 30


The contract will also include options, as follows:

Options to procure additional software licenses

Up to 50 more licenses within the next two (2) years.

Options to extend maintenance and support services

Annual software maintenance and support services over two (2)
one (1) year options. 
MINIMUM ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that it meets all of the mandatory requirements
in Annex A 

JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRE-SELECTED SUPPLIER

The reasons for single tendering are described in Annex A.

Section 6 of the Government Contract Regulations is being
invoked in this procurement as only one person or firm is
capable of performing the contract.  

Article 506.12(b) of AIT is applicable on the basis when there
is an absence of competition for technical reasons and the goods
or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no
alternative or substitute exists.

Article 1016.2(b) of NAFTA are applicable on the basis of
limited tendering due to reasons where, for works of art, or for
reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or
other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where
there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the
goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier
and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

The proposed contract is for the purchase 30 IntellijIDEA
Ultimate Commercial licenses including associated maintenance
and support services for a period of one (1) year, from date of
Contract Award.  The proposed contract includes irrevocable
options on the part of Canada to procure additional software
licenses and to extend the Maintenance and Support period of any
resulting contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year.

The software licenses will be delivered within 10 days of any
resulting contract.

CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR WRITTEN SUPPLIER RESPONSES CHALLENGING
THIS REQUIREMENT IS 2:00 p.m. EST, November 12, 2013.

You are hereby notified that the Government intends to solicit a
bid and negotiate with one firm only as identified above. 

If you wish to submit a written response showing that you are
capable of meeting this requirement, it must be done not later
than the specified closing date and time. The file number,
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.
As it is intended to proceed in a timely manner, responses
received after the closing date will not be considered.  

Responses received on or before the closing date will be
considered solely for the purpose of deciding whether or not to
conduct a competitive procurement. Information provided will be
used by the Crown for technical evaluation purposes only and is
not to be construed as a competitive solicitation. Your written
response must provide sufficient evidence (e.g. specifications,
technical data, drawings, or any other proof) that clearly
demonstrates that your product or service is capable of
fulfilling this requirement.  

Suppliers that have submitted a response will be notified in
writing of PWGSC's decision to continue with the non-competitive
procurement or to compete the requirement.

ANNEX A

The reasons for sole source justification for the required
Commercial IntellijIDEA Ultimate Software are detailed below.
Statistics Canada (StatCan) requires the software to be
compliant with the following functionalities:  

The proposed IDE must function* to work efficiently on Java
development, including features expected from a Java IDE, such
as refactoring, syntax highlighting, auto-complete, compilation
error and warnings, recommendations on how to fix issues,
generation of getters and setter, generation of overridden
methods and unimplemented methods.

The proposed IDE must be fast (1-2 minutes) and consistent
(works all the time) start of Tomcat to run the web application
under development.

The proposed IDE has no need for manual intervention when
working on the code of the web application to see it running in
Tomcat.

The proposed IDE must be able to be configured to connect with
an Oracle database. The data model extracted from the database
will then be used to validate JPA annotated class (the IDE
should report errors when fields are not existing in the
database).

The proposed IDE must allow for auto completion of cucumber
(http://cukes.info/) features based on available step
definitions, auto formatting of feature files, navigation
between feature file and step definitions, ability to run only
one feature file or a single scenario within that feature file.

The proposed IDE must be able to be configured to connect to an
Instant Messaging system (jabber) exposing a Graphic User
Interface to enable developers to use Instant Messaging while in
the context of the IDE.

The proposed IDE must be able to be configured to connect to
Integration JIRA and Subversion. It must offer a function to
link a commit to a JIRA ticket currently assigned to the user in
a simple and efficient way, the ability to shelve a set of
changes, and easy to use merge functions in case of conflicts
with the source code repository.

The proposed IDE must offer to the user the ability to mark some
of the files as "Favorites" and must provide an easy and
convenient access to those files.

The proposed IDE must be able to import an existing Maven
project, so that the project object model from Maven can be used
directly by the IDE without the requirement for an additional
step or file describing the project.

The proposed IDE must be able to delegate to Maven the task of
downloading the required dependencies from the corporate
repository (Nexus) to the local repository without the need for
a manual intervention from the developer.

The proposed IDE must include a support contract, and the
support provided must be quick to react to bugs and able to fix
issues that are found while using the IDE.

The proposed IDE must offer a low learning curve for developers
transitioning from .Net/Visual Studio development.

The proposed IDE must include functions to manage property
files, including side by side editing of the French and English
files and a function to extract a hard coded string out of a JSP
to a property file.
* A function is defined as an action that can be triggered from
inside the IDE through clicking on a button, navigating in a
menu or using a keyboard shortcut.
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.