ACCESS & CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Canquest Communications (Wireless) Inc.
141 Grand Ave. East
Chatham Ontario
Canada
N7L1W1
Nature of Requirements: 
ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR THE CBSA IN NIAGARA FALLS -
FORT ERIE AREA

47064-13-9243/A
Rocque, Anne-Elise
Telephone No. - (819) 956-1640 (    )
Fax No. - (819) 956-9191

1.	ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE (ACAN)
1.1	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 officer will proceed to a full
tendering process.

1.2	Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of
its client, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), intends to
enter into a contract with Canquest Communications (Wireless)
Inc. of Chatham Ontario for Access and Maintenance Services.

2.	REQUIREMENT:
2.1	CBSA requires a Contractor to provide the Canada Border
Service Agency (CBSA) with radio system access to the
Canquest-owned MPT1327 radio system, as well as corrective
maintenance, radio activation, deactivation, programming and
relocation services for the CBSA's user kit in the Niagara Falls
- Fort Erie area.

2.2	The Contractor must, upon award of contract, provide the
services described, was well as provide the coverage to the
locations listed in Appendix 2 to Annex A. 

3.	TRADE AGREEMENT APPLICABILITY: 
This requirement consists of telecommunication and transmission
services (FSC D304A); therefore, this procurement is excluded
from the application of the World Trade Organization - Agreement
on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
(CCFTA) and the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA). The
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) is applicable. The Advanced
Contract Award Notice (ACAN) will be posted on the Government
Electronic Tendering Service (GETS).  Since no services will be
carried out in regions that are covered by the Comprehensive
Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs), notification of the requirement
will not be made to the claimant group(s).  Aboriginal Set Aside
is not applicable, as the client has determined that this
project will not be part of the Set Aside program.

4.	GOVERNMENT OF CANADA CONTRACT REGULATIONS (GCRs)
Article 6, d) of the GCRs is being invoked as only one
individual or firm is capable of providing the service of access
and maintenance etc. on the contractor-owned network in the
Niagara Falls-Fort Erie area.

5.	OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The ownership of intellectual property will rest with the
Contractor.

6.	TERM OF THE CONTACT: 
The Contract Period begins on the date of contract award and
ends on 31 March 2017.

7.	ESTIMATE COST OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT: 
For the contract period, the estimated contract value shall be
between $2,500,000.00 - $3,350,000.00 taxes included.   

8.	NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR: 
Canquest Communications (Wireless) Inc.
141 Grand Ave. East 
Chatham, Ontario
N7L 1W1
 
9.	SUPPLIER'S RIGHT TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES:
9.1	Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and
available to provide the services/goods described in this
Notice, 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. 

9.2	The statement must demonstrate the supplier's ability to
meet the terms of the contract by detailing the existing access
infrastructure and maintenance service which would satisfy the
requirement described in the Annex A -Statement of Work as well
as the coverage described in Appendix 2 to Annex A.  

9.3	The supplier must include the following information with its
statement of capabilities:

	a)	compatibility with existing MPT1327 portable and mobile
radios;
	b)	a detailed coverage map of each repeater tower site; 
	c)	system's capability to process alarm signals generated by
portable radios; and
	d)	demonstrate how the proposed system meets in-building
coverage requirements.

all of which must satisfy the requirements of the contract.

9.4	All statements of capabilities received by the time frame
indicated in the ACAN will be reviewed by the contracting
officer.

9.5	When a supplier's statement of capabilities provides
sufficient information to indicate that it meets the
requirements set out in the ACAN, the supplier is notified of
the decision to compete the requirement before proceeding to a
full bidding process.

10.	CLOSING DATE:
As shown on page 1 of the Advance Contract Award Notice. 


11.	ENQUIRIES:
Enquiries may be addressed to:

Anne-Élise Rocque
Contracting Authority
PWGSC
Telecommunications Services Division (EF)
Telephone No. - (819) 956-1640
Fax No. - (819) 956-9191
Email:  anne-elise.rocque@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

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.