Arti. Intell & Mac. L.R&D Services

Solicitation number W6399-19KH95/B

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Closing date and time 2020/08/21 14:00 EDT

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    Description
    Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
    Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
    Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
    Nature of Requirements: 
    
    IMPORTANT NOTICE: There are security requirements associated with this procurement
    
    TITLE:
    Applied Machine Learning Engineering and Scientific Services
    
    BACKGROUND
    The Department of National Defence (DND) conducts a variety of Research and Development (R&D) activities to develop and improve specific capabilities that are required to support its unique operational mandate.  The majority of these types of projects are pursued through Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) at various centers across Canada, or with industrial partners with DRDC oversight.  DRDC's mandate includes taking advantage of the most recent and advanced technology to assess, explore and develop novel machine learning (ML) derived products and solutions tailored to specific Canadian Armed Forces requirements.
    
    DRDC, as the DND lead in defence research, must keep up to date with the latest technology in order to deliver effective, high tech solutions to operational problems.  The latest trends in ML hold a lot of promise to revolutionize the way DND conducts its business by becoming a key enabler to defence capability development.  To that end, this project seeks to establish a technology exploitation mechanism for DRDC and DND to draw upon applied ML engineering and scientific support services.
    
    The objective of this work is to conceive, develop, test, optimize and implement all components of custom ML solutions. The Contractor must provide scientific and engineering services for applied ML in support of R&D activities on an "as and when requested" basis. The support services are divided into two streams: (1) Software Centric Services; and (2) Hardware Centric Services.
    
    The procurement is subject to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). The procurement is solely limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
    
    This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program. The Defence production Act defines Canadian Controlled Goods as certain goods listed in Canada’s Export Control List, a regulation made pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA).
    
    The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; refer to Part 5 - Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled "Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity" Certification.
    
    It is Canada’s intent to award up to two contract(s) to satisfy this requirement. The period of the Contract will be for a three year period from the date of contract award, with the irrevocable option to extend the term of the contract by up to two additional one year period(s) under the same conditions.
    
    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.

    Contract duration

    Refer to the description above for full details.

    Trade agreements

    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Public Works and Government Services Canada
    Address
    11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du Portage
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Veilleux, Jean-Philippe
    Phone
    (613) 297-4403 ( )
    Email
    Jean-Philippe.Veilleux@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
    Address
    Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
    10, rue Wellington, 4e étage
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Department of National Defence
    Address
    101 Colonel By Dr
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0K2
    Canada
    Bidding details

    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.

    Tender documents
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    English
    55
    007
    French
    11
    006
    English
    26
    006
    French
    4
    005
    English
    25
    005
    French
    3
    004
    English
    37
    004
    French
    9
    003
    English
    43
    003
    French
    13
    002
    English
    50
    002
    French
    11
    001
    English
    64
    001
    French
    11
    000
    English
    249
    000
    French
    61

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    National Capital Region (NCR)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Selective Tendering
    Selection criteria
    Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

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