3-Dimensional Lightning Mapping Array

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro New Mexico
United States
87801-4750
Nature of Requirements: 
3-Dimensional Lightning Mapping Array

Environment Canada, King Weather Radar Research Facility in King
City, Ontario, has a requirement for the supply and installation
of:

1)  Quantity of 14 - 3-Dimensional Lightning Mapping Array (LMA)
Stations consisting of operational software and firmware,
batteries, solar panels, external housing, and other applicable
installation hardware;  and

2)  Quantity of 1 - Central Processing Computer with real-time
processing and display software 

The minimum essential requirements of the 3-Dimensional
Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) Stations are as follows:

· It must be a research-grade surface-based network capable of
detecting 'total lightning' activity (i.e., cloud-to-ground,
intra-cloud, inter-cloud, and cloud-to-air lightning) in
3-dimensional space over the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and
vicinity.
· The network must record time of occurrence (to tens of
nanoseconds), 3-dimensional location (to tens of metres) and
signal strength.
· The operating frequency of the network mustl be in the
Very-High Frequency (VHF) range in order to detect total
lightning activity.
· The surface network must consist of multiple 'stand-alone'
lightning sensor stations equipped with the necessary antennae,
solar panels, batteries, loggers and communications devices.
· There must be a central processing computer with real-time
processing and display software.

All of the items must come with ongoing software support,
upgrades and consultations for at least 2 years.

It is intended to sole source this requirement to New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, the
only known manufacturer who can meet these minimum essential
requirements of the 3-Dimensional LMA.

Estimated Value:  $400,000.00 
Delivery:  If at all possible by 28 March 2013.

The following Trade Agreements are applicable to this
requirement:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement
(WTO-AGP)

Government Contracts Regulations Exception

The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations
is invoked for this procurement under section 10.2.1 subsection
6(d) Only one person or firm is capable of performing the
contract; for patent or copyright requirements, or technical
compatibility factors and technological expertise.

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:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Article 506.12 (b) where
there is an absence of competition for technical reasons and the
goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier
and no alternative or substitute exists.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Article 1016.2 (b),
where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the
protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or
proprietary information or where there is an absence of
competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be
supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable
alternative or substitute exists.

TheWorld Trade Organization Agreementon Government Procurement
(WTO-AGP) ArticleXV (b) when, for works of art or for reasons
connected with protection of exclusive rights, such as patents
or copyrights, or in the absence of competition for technical
reasons, the products or services can be supplied only by a
particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute
exists.


Delivery Date: 28/03/2013

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.

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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.