Software development for electro-optical systems

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
BID SOLICITATION FOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE STUDIES

1. Description of the requirement
This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement
of Defence Research and Development Canada, Valcartier (the
"Client") for Software support and development services for
electro-optical system performance studies.
The objectives of the work carried out under this contract are
as follows:
Ensure availability and operability of software used for studies
and field testing.
Provide technical support for software applications during field
testing.
Perform improvement, maintenance, upgrading and documentation
work on existing software applications.
Develop and document new software applications for interfacing
and controlling electronic and electro-optical systems,
acquiring and recording data, and processing and analyzing
information. 
Integrate software components into current and future equipment.
Plan and coordinate software development project management
activities. 
Develop the digital models required for simulation of the
systems studied.
The period of the resulting contract is from the date of the
contract award to June 30, 2017.
The estimated amount of funding available for this contract
(GST/HST extra) is 800,000.00$ CAD.
Any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of
the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.
There is a security requirement associated with this requirement.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile
Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free trade
Agreement, the Canada-Colombia Free trade Agreement and the
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

This requirement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.

2. Work location

Given the nature of the equipment in use (military systems,
controlled goods, fixed and mobile laboratories and shared
equipment), the main part of the work must be carried out
on-site at DRDC Valcartier. However, the parts of the software
development work not requiring constant use of equipment may be
performed off the DRDC Valcartier site. If the nature of the
work allows it to be performed off-site, these aspects will be
set out in the task authorization. For the work of task 2
(software support during field testing), the test site may be
outside Quebec or even Canada. This information will be set out
in the task authorization.
3.	List of the mandatory technical criteria

1.	Labour category «Software Architect»
	1.1	All the proposed resources in the  «Software Architect » 
labour category must, at a minimum, hold a bachelor's degree in
software engineering or computer engineering or electrical
engineering.

1.2 	All of the proposed resources in the « Software Architect »
 labour category must, at a minimum, have the equivalent of 12
months of full-time experience over the last five years
exclusively dedicated to designing software application
architecture or using UML modeling language or applying a
software development process that is recognized in the industry.
1.3	The bidder must propose a minimum of two resources in the
labour category «Software Architect».

2.	Labour Labour category « Software Developer »
2.1 	All of the proposed resources in the « Software Developer »
labour category must, at a minimum, hold a bachelor's degree in
computer engineering or in electrical engineering or in computer
science or software engineering.
2.2	All of the proposed resources in the « Software Developer »
labour category must, at a minimum, have the equivalent of 12
months of full-time experience over the last five years
exclusively dedicated to developing software applications using
C++ programming language.
2.3	 The bidder must propose a minimum of three resources in the
labour category «Software Developer ».

3.	Labour category  «Project Manager»
3.1	All of the proposed resources in the «Project Manager» 
labour category must, at a minimum, hold a bachelor's degree in
pure or applied science or administration, or a bachelor's
degree in another discipline combined with a complementary
degree (e.g. undergraduated certificate or graduate certificate
or master's degree) in administration or project management.
3.2	All of the proposed resources in the «Project Manager»
labour category must have had a minimum of 35 hours of formal
training in project management (such training could be a part of
a university program or be given by a private company).
3.3	All of the proposed resources in the «Project Manager»
labour category must, at a minimum, have the equivalent of 12
months of full-time experience over the last five years
exclusively dedicated to managing software development projects.
3.4	The bidder must propose a minimum of two resources in the
labour category «Project Manager».

4.	Point rated technical criteria categories :

1. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
2. MANAGEMENT
3. RESOURCE'S EXPERIENCE
4. COMPANY'S EXPERIENCE

5. 	Basis of Selection - Lowest Evaluated Price Per Point

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;
(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.

This PWGSC office provide procurement services in French and
English / Ce bureau de TPSGC fournit des services d'achat en
français et en anglais
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.