2-MICROMETER SEMI CONDUCTOR LASER

Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Interchangeable Parts
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
44792 Helm Street
Plymouth Michigan
United States
48170
Nature of Requirements: 

FILE # : W7701-186666
ACAN - 2-MICROMETER SEMICONDUCTOR  LASER 
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
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of its client, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), is proposing to negotiate the supply of a 2-micrometer semiconductor laser, commercially available.
DRDC - Valcartier Research Center requires a semiconductor laser to conduct laboratory experiments on infrared detectors.

Only «Fraunhofer Institute for Solid State Physics Applied» in Germany is currently able to produce semiconductor lasers capable of meeting the mandatory criteria above: 
• Minimum continuous power output power of 1 Watts ±10%.
• Emission wavelength between 1.9 and 2.5 µm.
• Maximum divergence of 1.5 degrees.
• Optical beam quality: M2 <1.5.
• Modulation range: DC to 100 kHz.
• Air-cooled laser

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 product meets the requirements, described at Section 2. 

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following Trade Agreements:
• Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5.   Government Contracts Regulations Exception
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".

6. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the (section of the trade agreement(s) specified):
• Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Paragraph 513 (b) (iii);
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - paragraph 1 016.2b).

7.    Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The product must be delivered no later than sixteen (16) weeks following the contract award.

8.    Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Tullastraße 72
79108 Freiburg, Germany

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 November 30, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

11. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: 
    
Name:          Bertrand Carrier
   Public Works and Government Services Canada 
601-1550 Ave. D’Estimauville
Québec (Québec) G1J OC7 
     Telephone:        (418) 649-2708
     Facsimile:      (418) 648-2209
     Email:     bertrand.carrier@tpsgc.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.