OPTICAL FREQ. DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
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: 
Testforce Systems Inc.
235 Stafford Road West, Suite 107
Ottawa Ontario
Canada
K2H9C1
Nature of Requirements: 
OPTICAL FREQ. DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER

31184-149443/A
Lafontaine, Marie-José
Telephone No. - (819) 956-3472 
Fax No. - (819) 956-3814


The National Research Council has a requirement for the supply
of one (1) 'Luna Innovations' Optical Frequency Domain
Reflectometer (OFDR) for delivery to Ottawa, Ontario. The
delivery is requested by October 3, 2014.

Through the Quantum Photonics Security and Sensing (QPSS)
Program, NRC will develop sensing technologies based on fiber
optics for applications in the energy, aerospace and
manufacturing sectors. This equipment is essential for spatially
characterizing fiber modifications down to 10's of microns, and
can be used directly to measure temperature and strain along a
fiber length with the same spatial resolution. The required
equipment is the only commercially available instrument which
has a special resolution of 10 um for 30 meter device length.
The new instrument must have a dynamic range of 70 db and a
wavelength range of 1525-1610 nm. The new instrument must have a
sensitivity of -130 db.

The only known supplier of a OFDR meeting all above required
technical specification is Luna Innovations. For this reason, it
is proposed to negotiate this requirement with the Canadian
distributor of Luna Innovations Incorporated, Testforce Systems
Inc., Ottawa, Ontario.

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.