PILOT SCALE COAL GRINDER

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Xstrata Technology Canada Ltd.
1000 - 700 West Pender Street
Vancouver British Columbia
Canada
V6C1G8
Nature of Requirements: 
PILOT SCALE COAL GRINDER

Natural Resources Canada has a requirement for the following
item to be delivered to Ottawa, Ontario by March 31, 2013.

1)	GSIN:  3415		PILOT SCALE COAL GRINDER
	This includes installation, commissioning and training.
	Quantity:  1


SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Mill must be capable of grinding coals; lignites through to
anthracites.
The mill must grind coal to a final product size of 5 µm or
better.
Mill must have proven one-to-one scalability, for the sub 100 µm
particle size, from laboratory to plant scale.
To ensure scale-up the mill configuration at the laboratory and
plant scale must be the same; that is, the same orientation of
mill, same feeding method which must be continuous, same
grinding action, same grinding media, and same classification
method.
Laboratory scale mill must be capable of receiving same input
feed stock size as plant size mill.
Mill must have short residence times, single pass grinding, and
rely on attrition and abrasion breakage modes to grind the coal.
Ball milling technology will not be considered as an acceptable
means of grinding coal.


APPLICABLE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS

This requirement is subject to the Agreement on Internal Trade
(AIT), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),the World
Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement
(WTO-AGP), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and the
Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA).


GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REGULATIONS (GCR) EXCEPTION AND LIMITED
TENDERING REASON

In accordance with the GCR exception, this requirement is being
directed to the Xstrata Technology Canada Ltd. (OEM) as the sole
source of supply for the Pilot Scale Coal Grinder.

Limited tendering procedures are being invoked for reasons of
technical reasons the goods or services can be supplied only by
a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or
substitute exists.  


REQUIRED DELIVERY 

March 31, 2013


PROPOSED CONTRACTOR

Xstrata Technology Canada Ltd.
5 Floor, 509 Richards St.
Vancouver, BC
V6B 2Z6


CLOSING DATE FOR ACCEPTING STATEMENTS OF CAPABILITIES

February 20, 2013, 2:00 pm. EST.


INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSION OF STATEMENTS OF CAPABILITIES

Joanne Ladouceur (M)
Supply Specialist
Public Works and Government Services Canada
"HN" Division
Floor 7B3, Place du Portage, Phase III
11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0S5

Telephone:  (819) 956-3587
Facsimile:   (819) 953-4944

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.  Documents may be submitted in either official
language of Canada.


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.