Request for Standing Offer Agreement for Maritime Information
Analysis, Research and Tool Developm

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
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other bids will not be considered
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Nature of Requirements: 
Request for Standing Offer Agreement for Maritime Information
Analysis, Research and Tool Development 

W7707-145677/A
LeBlanc, JoAnne
Telephone No. - (902) 496-5010 
Fax No. - (902) 496-5016

The Solicitation Closing Date has been extended by one week 
and will close on September 25, 2013 at 2:00 pm ADT.

There is a Security Clearance Requirement associated with this
requirement.

Background

Over the past several years DRDC Atlantic has been utilizing
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) data sources and developing
associated tools for the analysis or processing of these data. 
Typically these data sources provide data or information on
vessels, shipping activities, and related information.

The primary effort of this Standing Offer is related to: 

a.   research and analysis associated with the combining and
utilization of the data provided by data sources supporting MDA.
 The goal of this research and analysis is to better describe
the overall maritime situation, thereby providing improved
knowledge of the maritime domain.

b.   software programming related to a. above.  The goal of the
programming is the development of automated procedures that
implement analysis techniques.


Requirement

There is a need to support the ongoing development and
refinement of the tools currently being used by the MDS Section.
 In general this includes software design, development, coding,
software implementation, and data analysis.  This may also
include the visualization of data products or more generally,
results of computations.  Ideally, the contractor will be
capable of identifying broad objectives that the tasks will
contribute towards, building upon existing tools or methodology.


Period of Performance
The Period of Performance for this Standing Offer shall be from
date of Standing Offer Agreement award to March 31, 2014.  The
RISO will have an option to extend the period by four (4)
additional one-year options to extend.  The user of this
Standing Offer Agreement (RISO) will be:  
Department of Research & Development Canada - Atlantic.


Designated User:
Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) - Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS is the
Designated User of this Standing Offer Agreement (SOA).

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods
and/or services.

The solicitation document contains complete details on the
requirement and the bid evaluation and contractor selection
methodology.

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
English.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.