MDA ENTERPRISE LICENSE

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
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: 
GL Systems Canada
350 Sparks St
Suite 1208
Ottawa Ontario
Canada
K1R7S8
Nature of Requirements: 
The Department of National Defence (DND), as part of the Coastal
Marine Security Operations Centers (MSOCs), has a requirement
for the provision for a solution that displays real-time and
historical vessel data, in addition to other reference and
operational data layers from the five core departments, to allow
the identification and reporting of maritime activities that
represent a potential thtreat to the sovereignty, security and
safety of Canada.  

The MSOCs are comprised of federal government departments and
agencies responsible for marine security, asset support or
maritime expertise, including the Department of National
Defence, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Department of Fisheries
and Oceans-Canadian Coast Guard, Canada Border Services Agency,
and Transport Canada.

The purpose of this Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to
signal the government's intention to award a contract for these
goods to GL Systems Canada of Ottawa, ON. Before awarding a
contract, however, the government provides 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 fifteen
calendar day posting period.

If other potential suppliers submit statements of capabilities
during the fifteen 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

Securing an open society, Canada's National Security Policy
2004, introduced the need for the Marine Security Operations
Centres (MSOC) to meet both marine and national security
challenges of the 21st century.  The function of MSOC is to
enable departments and agencies to work collaboratively to
collect and analyze intelligence and other information in an
effort to deleop solid awareness in their area of responsibility
with regard to marine security, and to support a national
response to perceived and real marine security threat to the
country.

The interdepartmental MSOC project office, led by DND, has been
mandated to provide MSOC with the personnel, technology and
physical infrastructure capability they require to carry out
their primary mission in a more efficient and effective manner.

Requirement

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf
of its Client, DND, intends to enter into a sole source contract
with GL Systems Canada of Ottawa, ON, Canada, for the supply of
access to MDA Enterprise solution. 

Deliverables

1) 1 MDA Enterprise Software Version 6.0 - Single Agency
2) 1 MDA Enterprise '150 Named User Pack' - Single Agency
3) 1 MDA Satellite AIS (S-AIS) Module
4) 1 MDA Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS)
5) 1 MDA Enterprise Software Maintenance - Single Agency
6) 1 MDA Enterprise '150 Named User Pack' Maintenance - Single
Agency  


Optional Requirement:

The contract will also include irrevocable options to exercise,
at the sole discretion of the Crown, three (3) additional
periods of one (1) year each to renew the user and maintenance
subscription.

Minimum Essential Requirements

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its product meets the following essential
requirements:

The Information Product must provide online access to market
information and must comply with the following:

1.	The solution must be commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software
and not open source;
2.	The solution must be capable of fusing vessel characteristics
from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) registry, the
IHS Fairplay feed and both terrestrial and satellite-based
Automatic Identification System (AIS) positional information;
3.	The solution must be capable of visualizing this fused
information via ESRIs ArcGIS geospatial information system; 
4.	The solution must provide the ability to create, update,
display and store user specific views of this data;
5.	The solution must provide the ability to store unique
preferences and permissions for each user including data access
and personalized data views and queries;
6.	The solution must provide the ability to create, update,
display and store vessel of interest watch-lists and user
specific lookouts with emails notification identifying vessels
destined for Canadian ports and facilities on a daily basis;
7.   The solution must provide the ability to filter and
identify vessels by all of the following fields, exportable to
Comma-Separated Values (CSV) format:
a.	Vessel name 
b.	Name Change History
c.	International Maritime Organization (IMO) Number
d.	Maritime Identification Numbers  
e.	Flag
f.	Flag History
g.	Call sign
h.	Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI)
i.	Port of Registry
j.	Flag Change History
k.	Vessel type
l.	Vessel Status (Live/Dead)
m.	Registered Operator (with company contact info - address,
email, and phone number)
n.	Registered Owner (with company contact info - address, email,
and phone number)
o.	Registered Technical Manager (with company contact info -
address, email, and phone number)
p.	Registered Beneficial Owner (with company contact info -
address, email, and phone number)
q.	Ownership History
r.	Gross Tonnage
s.	Net Tonnage
t.	Deadweight tonnage 
u.	Date of Construction
v.	Construction Details (Yard, built by, launch)
w.	IMO Company Number 
x.	IMO Document of Compliance Number (DOC)
y.	Dimensions - (Length, breadth, depth / draught
z.	Classification Societies
aa.	Hull Info
bb.	Inmarsat Numbers with details
8.	The solution must provide real-time and historical vessel
movement and vessel positional data including:
a.	Latitude / Longitude of all stoppages on land and at sea  
b.	Time and dates of all stoppages on land and at sea 
c.	Movement history details back to vessel launch (when
possible) 
d.	Current position
e.	Current Course 
f.	Current Speed 
g.	Estimated time of arrival (ETA) at next port
h.	General cargo information
9.	The solution must provide the ability to access current
global commercial port and marine facility information including
location, physical layout (length of jetties/piers, depth
alongside, etc) services, capabilities, owner/operator
information and historical information on at least 150,000
shipping companies.
10.	The solution must provide access to additional commercial
vessel data including:
a)	Inspection records, 
b)	Casualty information/details,
c)	Vessel technical specifications/details, 
d)	History since construction of: 
i.	Vessel name
ii.	Flag/Country of registry
iii.	Vessel type
iv.	Registered owner
v.	Name of operator 
vi.	Casualties 
vii.	Crew data
viii.	Vessel credit information
		
		11.	The solution must provide the ability for users to create
and use Risk 					Assessment Models (RAM) based on Risk
Categories, Inerest Factor, Rules, 				Watch Lists, etc; 

		12. 	The solution must provide the ability to generate
geo-alerts, via e-mail 					notification or other means, when a
vessel of interest crosses a user-defined 				geographical
boundary or satisfies some other user-defined RAM condition;

		13.	The solution must provide the ability to assess vessels
using an integrated risk 				analysis module which provides
users with the ability to rate and risk-score 				vessels;

		14.	The solution must provide the ability to configure rules
and scoring, as well as 				additional risk analysis rules;

		15.	The solution must be capable of being hosted internally
behind DND firewalls;

		16.	The solution must support and be fully compatible with the
Microsoft stack.  This 			includes being hosted on Windows
Server 2008 and being capable of being 				integrated with the
rest of the MSOC Portal solution by menas of Microsoft's
				".Net" technology.

		

This information product is the only known information product
that can meet all of the above mandatory requirements.  GL
Systems Canada is the publisher of the required information
product and is the only vendor that can satisfy the requirement
for the reason of exclusive and proprietary rights.  

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.

Annex 502.3(E)(1)(c) of AIT is applicable on the basis of
limited tendering due to reasons when, contracts with the only
supplier able to meet the bid requirements, including contracts
to ensure compatibility with existing products, to recognize
exclusive rights, such as exclusive licences, copyright and
patent rights, or to maintain specialized products that must be
maintained by the manufacturer or its representative.

The conditions of the developer's shrink-wrap license are not
acceptable to the Crown.  The information product is
proprietary, and the proposed Contractor must have the authority
to negotiate the terms and conditions of the contract and the
related information product licensing terms including, but not
limited to; limitation of liability, indemnification,
transferability of license, termination/refund to the Crown.

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to meet the specified requirements may submit a statement of
capabilities in writing to the Contracting Authority 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 closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is March 25, 2013 at 2:00p.m. EST. 

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Robert Picco, Supply Team Leader
Commercial Acquisition and Supply Management Sector (CASMS)
Commercial and Consumer Products Directorate (CCPD) PR Division
 
Place du Portage, Phase III, 6A2-5
11 Laurier Street,
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0S5
 
Tel: 819-956-9564
Fax: 819-956-8799
Email: robert.picco@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.