RADAR SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (PWGSC) Paper
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
TITLE

RADAR SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

REQUIREMENT

For the provision of technical support for Defence Research and
Development Canada (DRDC) for radar systems and signal
processing project activities. These activities include tasks
requiring concept development, system design, system build,
system integration, system test, system operation, signal
processing development, and data analysis, where a system can
consist of hardware (stand alone radar or radar integrated with
other sensors or communications systems), software, or both.

The work of the TR group is related to the X-band Wideband
Experimental Airborne Radar Data Acquisition System (XWEAR DAS),
the Data Acquisition System Ground Processing Facility (DAS GPF)
, space-based radar such as Radarsat and Radarsat2, Through The
Wall radar (TTWR) and various signal processing applications
related to such systems.

Services are to be provided on an "as and when requested" basis
in accordance with the Task Authorization process detailed in
Article 1.1, Part 7, of the Resulting Contract.

The period of any resulting contract will be for two (2) years
from the date of Contract with an irrevocable option on the part
of Canada to extend the contract period by up to three (3)
additional one (1) year period.

This requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES

Bids will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement
of the bid solicitation including the mandatory and point rated
technical evaluation criteria.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA

At bid closing time, the Bidder must comply with the mandatory
technical criteria and provide the necessary documentation to
support compliance. Any bid which fails to meet the mandatory
technical criteria will be declared non-responsive. Each
criterion should be addressed separately.

MANDATORY and POINT RATED TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Mandatory  and point rated technical evaluation criteria are
included in ATTACHMENT 2 of the bid solicitation.

SELECTION METHOD

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  556 points out of a possible
793 points overall for the technical evaluation criteria which
are subject to point rating. 
Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared
non-responsive. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
Laurie D Brault
Supply Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Science Procurement Directorate 

Place du Portage III, 11C1 
11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, Québec  
K1A 0S5 

Phone: (819) 956-1378
Fax:	(819) 997-2229 
Email:	Laurie.brault@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting
Authority no later than ten (10) calendar days before the bid
closing date.


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.