Expandable conductivity probes

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / CPTPP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc.
Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc.
7 Barnabas Road
Marion Massachusetts
United States
02738
Nature of Requirements: 

Expandable conductivity probes

F2915-190025/A
Barnett, Delaney
Telephone No. - (613) 327-5986 (    )
Fax No. - (   )    -     (    )

Expandable conductivity probes

1. 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. 

2. Definition of the requirement 

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has a requirement for the supply of quantity 96 deep water expendable probes.  The initial contract period will be for 1 year with the option to extend for 4 additional 1 year periods. This requirement also includes an option to purchase up to an additional 384 deep water expendable probesthroughout the initial contract period and any optional extension to the contract period if exercised. The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is a division of the Science Branch of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Under the Oceans Act, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has the authority to conduct hydrographic surveys in Canadian territorial waters. The primary scientific instrument that the CHS utilizes for the acquisition of the hydrographic data is the multibeam sonar. The multibeam sonar must be calibrated for speed of sound through the water column. The CHS conducts hydrographic and oceanographic expeditions in the Arctic Ocean. To allow measurements to be collected, profiles of ocean temperature and salinity are measured while the ship is under way. To collect data from ice-covered waters, from depths greater than 400m, and while the ship is travelling at speeds up to 12kts, an eXpendable CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) or deep water expendable probes is used. The data from this profiler is utilized to calibrate the multibeam sonar to ensure the data collected meet acceptable international standards.

3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)

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

- The expandable conductivity probe must be able to calibrate the multibeam sonar 
- The expandable conductivity probe must be capable of deployment from a ship travelling in speeds up to 12 knots.
- The expandable conductivity probe must be capable of collecting data from depths greater than 400m
- The expandable conductivity probe must be capable of collecting data from ice covered waters 
- The expandable conductivity probe must be capable of temperature accuracy of +/- 0.02 degrees Celsius

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement 

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)
- World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
 
The only known supplier of deep water expendable probes, meeting all the above required technical specifications is Lockheed Martin Sippican Inc. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate this requirement with Lockheed Martin Sippican Inc.

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s) The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".

7. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the:

- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016.2.b 
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Article 513: Limited tendering (b, iii)
- Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)- Article 19.12 - Limited tendering (b, iii)
- World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO) - Article XIII — Limited Tendering Para 1 (b, iii)

8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
- The equipment should be delivered by March 31st, 2020

9. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc.
7 Barnabas Road, Marion, MA 02738-1499
Tel: (774) 553-6245

10. 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.

11. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities 

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: 

Delaney Barnett
Title: Supply Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada

Address: 140 OConnor Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R5

Telephone: 613-327-5986
E-mail: Delaney.Barnett@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.