Étude et gestion de données de signaux optiques reliés aux
menaces biologiques.

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Title: Studies and data management of optical signal related to
biological threat.

(a) Objective:

1.	Create a data base and manage the collected optical signals
related to biological threats and associated metadata;
2.	Develop and modify software tools;
3.	Process and analyse optical signal from irradiated biological
aerosol/material;
4.	Study the phenomenology of the optical signal from irradiated
biological aerosols/material;
5.	Execute field and/or lab measurement.

(b) Tasks:

This task authorisation contract include the following tasks:

Task 1: Develop a data base
Task 2: Support for software developement
Task 3: Process and analyse
Task 4: Study the phenomenology of optical signal from
illuminated aerosols/material
Task 5: Execute field and/or lab measurements

For each of the above task many sub-tasks are associted.

(c) Work location:

Trials preparation and data analysis will be performed at the
Contractor office. Most of the experimental work will be done at
DRDC Valcartier. It may be possible that some field trials must
be performed outside Quebec's region (e.i. other Canadian
provinces or other contries). The work location will be
specified in each task authorisation.

(d) Client department :

The services will be rendered to Defence Research and
Development Canada (DRDC-Valcartier).

(e) Period of the contract :

The period of the contract is from the date of the contract to
March 31, 2016.

(f) Estimated funding available

The maximum funding available for the contract resulting from
the bid solicitation is $800,000.00 CAD (Goods and Services Tax
or the Harmonized Sales Tax extra, as appropriate). Bids valued
in excess of this amount will be considered non-responsive. 
This disclosure does not commit Canada to pay the maximum
funding available.

(g) Intellectual property rights 

Any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of
the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.

(h) Security Requirement

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. 

(i) Mandatory technical criteria
1. Each proposed resource must have at least one post-secondary
degree from a recognized Canadian institution, or equivalent
determined by an evaluation service credentials recognized in
Canada *, if the diploma or certificate has been obtained
outside Canada.

*The list of recognized organizations can be found on the
Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials Web
site at http://www.cicic.ca.

2.  Each of the proposed resources by the bidder must have
acquired at least 6 months experience in the labor market in a
field directly related to the field of study since the end of
his studies or hold a Master degree.

3. The bidder must propose a minimum of one (1) resource for
each of the following labour categories:

(a) project manager,
(b) software architect,
(c) software developer,
(d) analyst,
(e) specialist (phenomenology, theory, and modeling),
(f) technical personnel.

Not: A given resource can be proposed for more than one labour
category.

(j) Category of point rated technical criteria

1. COMPANY EXPERIENCE
2. MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL
3. PROPOSED RESOURCES (per labour category)

(k) Basis of Selection - Lowest Evaluated Price Per Point

1.	To be declared responsive, a bid must:

(a)	comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; 
(b)	meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; 
(c)	obtain the required minimum points for each criterion and
each group of criteria with a pass mark; and
(d)	obtain the required minimum points overall for the technical
evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating. 

Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) will be declared
non-responsive.  Neither the responsive bid that receives the
highest number of points nor the one that proposed the lowest
price will necessarily be accepted.The responsive bid with the
lowest evaluated price per point will be recommended for award
of a contract. The evaluated price per point will be determined
by dividing the evaluated price of the bid by the number of
points obtained for the point rated technical evaluation
criteria.

In the event that two or more responsive bids have the same
lowest evaluated price per point, the responsive bid which
obtained the highest number of points overall for the point
rated technical evaluation criteria will be recommended for
award of a contract.

(l) Other information :

- The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT).  
- The requirement is limited to Canadian services.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.