MAGNETIC SILENCING TREATMENT CENTRE

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Low Dollar Value
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Ultra Electronics - EMS Development Corp.
95 Horseblock Road - Unit 2
Yaphank New York
United States
11980
Nature of Requirements: 
MAGNETIC SILENCING TREATMENT CENTRE

W8472-155567/A
Girard, Luc
Telephone No. - (819) 956-0652
Fax No. - (819) 956-0897

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.	Definition of the requirement:
The Department of National Defence has a requirement for
specialized engineering services in order to; develop and
deliver an accurate, credible and detailed design of a Magnetic
Silencing Treatment Centre  for the Canadian Navy 'Halifax'
class frigates, at Canada's Pacific Fleet home port in Victoria,
BC.  This 'Deperming' (short for Magnetic Silencing Treatment of
a vessel) requires and a detailed installation and positioning
plan for the magnetic sensors as well as providing the design of
the height adjustable Seabed Bore Tubes which hold these
sensors, in order to monitor the effects of the Deperming
treatment throughout the entire process.

The detailed design will be used by the Canadian Navy
Maintenance and Engineering Support group to build and install
the Centre.  

The work will involve the following:

(a)  Assess the feasibility of the proposed Deperming site and
participate in a preliminary magnetic field survey with
qualified personnel, in conjunction with MARPAC Fleet personnel.
 This evaluation will take place  during a two day site visit at
the Canadian Forces Base in Victoria BC, Canada.

(b)  Design and provide a precise Array Topography, including
precise underwater placement and depth of  a predetermined
quantity of underkeel, height adjustable, sensor array nodes in
order to provide optimal magnetic signature assessments of
Halifax frigates and other potential vessels.

(c)  The contractor will develop and provide precise engineering
drawings and sketches, including orthogonal and layout with
dimensions and cable lengths.

(d)  The contractor must provide the design of the height
adjustable Seabed Bore Tubes in order to incorporate the
magnetic sensors and enable precise placement depth/orientation
of the sensor array below the keel of the vessel.


2.  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:
(i) The interested supplier must have a minimum of 3 years'
experience in the past 5 years, wherein they served as the
primary design agent for a Deperming Centre for the United
States of America (USA) or a North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) member country.  This design experience shall include the
sensor array topography for the client Navy centre.
(ii) The interested supplier must have been the design agent for
at least one Deperming Centre for ships of similar size and
tonnage of the Canadian 'Halifax' class frigates, for the USA or
a NATO member country.

(iii) The interested supplier must have a minimum of 3 years'
experience in the last 5 years, in the simulation of ships'
electromagnetic signatures in 3 axes, in the presence of ambient
magnetic fields at any location on Earth, using advanced
electromagnetic field simulation software tools.

(iv) The interested supplier shall have designed a degaussing
system for a minimum of 2 separate classes of ships, of size
similar size or greater than the Halifax Class Frigates, for the
USA or a NATO member country.

(v) The interested supplier and personnel working on this
requirement, must be cleared to NATO CONFIDENTIAL level or
higher.

(vi) The interested supplier must possess Document Safeguarding
Capability (DSC) as approved by Canada.
	
3.	This procurement is not subject to any of the trade
agreements.
4.	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The proposed contractor is a leader in rugged, high performance,
reliable degaussing systems and has extensive experience
modelling and designing Magnetic Silencing Treatment Centres for
Navy Ships including the Halifax Class Ships.  They have
performed extensive electromagnetic software simulation and
analysis of the Halifax Class Ships.

5.	Government Contracts Regulations Exceptions
The following exceptions to the Government Contracts Regulations
are invoked for this procurement under;
(i)  subsection 6(b)(ii), the estimated expenditure does not
exceed $100,000, where the contract is for the acquisition of
architectural, engineering and other services required in
respect of the planning, design, preparation or supervision of
the construction, repair, renovation or restoration of a work.
(ii)  subsection 6(d) - only one person is capable of performing
the work.

6.	Period of the proposed contract :
The proposed contract is for a period of twelve (12) weeks from
contract award date.

7.	Cost estimate of the proposed contract:
The estimated value range of the contract (including options) is
$25,000.00 to $50,000.00         (GST/HSTincluded)

8.	Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
	Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc.
	40 Atlantic Street
	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
	B2Y4N2
	Canada




9.	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.

10.	Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is October 2, 2014 at 2:00pm EST.

11.	Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Luc Girard, Supply Officer
Portage III - 6C2 
11, rue Laurier, Gatineau (Québec)
K1A 0S5  Canada
Telephone:  819-956-0652
Facsimile:  819-956-0897
E-mail:  Luc.Girard@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
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calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it
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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.