Ground Icing Aviation R&D

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
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: 
APS Aviation Inc.
6700 Côte-de-Liesse
Suite 105
Montréal (St-Laurent) Quebec
Canada
H4T2B5
Nature of Requirements: 
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 

2.1 	Transport Canada (TC) has a requirement for a wide range of
Research and Development (R&D) 		tasks relating to aircraft
ground icing in cold climatic conditions. This requirement
relates to the 		development of solutions, processes, and the
investigation of technologies that will enhance 		de-icing and
anti-icing of aircraft. 

2.2 	The work involves various anticipated R&D program elements,
such as, but not limited to: 

2.2.1 	The evaluation of winter weather data; 

2.2.2 	The evaluation of de/anti-icing fluid endurance times on
deployed flaps and slats; 

2.2.3 	Investigating the effects of de/anti-icing fluids and ice
phobic technologies on aircraft surfaces 		prone to icing; 

2.2.4 	Examining the integrity of freezing and thawing thickened
fluids and the resulting holdover times; 

2.2.5 	Investigating the use of sensor technologies to detect
icing on aircraft; 

2.2.6 	Evaluating de/anti-icing fluid holdover times for various
types of fluids and in various winter 		precipitation
conditions; 

2.2.7 	Investigating the potential of reduced effectiveness of
de/anti-icing fluids on the interaction 		between the horizontal
stabilizer and elevator of regional transport airplanes; 

2.2.8 	The examination of how Outside Air Temperature (OAT) is
used to determine frost holdover time 		tables; 

2.2.9 	The development of visibility limits for heavy and very
heavy snow; 

2.2.10 	Full scale evaluation of de/anti-icing fluid endurance
times on the horizontal stabilizer verses the 		wing; 

2.2.11 	Investigation of aircraft nose cone as a suitable
representative surface for determining 			de/anti-icing fluid
condition during holdover times. 

2.3 	The outcome of this work is significant for the aviation
industry and constitutes a major part of 		research and
development related to aircraft ground icing for the Government
of Canada, its 		partners, and stakeholders. The Cold Climate
Aviation Technologies (CCAT) program builds upon 	previous R&D
testing in both a field and laboratory setting for the purposes
of evaluating the 		performance of anti/de-icing fluids, the
development and management of technical reports and 		holdover
time tables, and assessing and investigating new and emerging
technologies related to 		aircraft icing detection. The overall
goal is to identify new solutions related to ground icing of
		aircraft and correlate the performance of de/anti-icing
products with the performance of actual 		aircraft wings, or
other critical surfaces. The research results will be used to
prepare de/anti-icing 		fluid holdover time tables, be published
in technical reports, and be presented to the Canadian 		and
international aviation community at various seminars and
conferences.

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 it meets the following requirements; 

3.1 	Experience 

3.1.1 	The Contractor must have a minimum of 10 years of
aviation related experience as of the ACAN 		closing date
undertaking the following tasks: 

3.1.1.1 	Testing and evaluating aircraft de/anti-icing fluids in
an outdoor and indoor environment including 		testing on actual
aircraft wings and representative flat plate surfaces at an
airport facility and in a 		climatic cold chamber and
aerodynamic wind tunnel; 

3.1.1.2 	Developing test programs for de/anti-icing fluids
through the analysis of fluid performance and 		processing
relevant data to be used in the compilation of the fluid
holdover time tables; 

3.1.1.3 	Interacting with aviation related government regulatory
agencies, academia, and other private 		sector organizations,
managing high value aviation technical projects with competing
concurrent 		tasks; 

3.1.1.4 	Publishing aeronautical technical material and
presenting this work at Canadian and international 		aviation
seminars and conferences. 

3.1.2 	The proposed supplier must have sufficient capability (a
minimum of four (4) team members with 		scientific/engineering
backgrounds and a minimum of two (2) team members with an
			administrative background) to undertake several tasks
concurrently. 

3.2 	Knowledge and Understanding 

3.2.1 	The Contractor must have knowledge and understanding of
atmospheric precipitation conditions 		that could affect
aviation winter operations such as freezing drizzle, freezing
fog, clear ice, rime 		ice, ice pellets, ice crystals, frost,
snow pellets, super cooled liquid water droplets, etc.; 

3.2.2 	The Contractor must have knowledge of how to test and
evaluate de/anti-icing fluids on metal 		plates and on actual
commercial airplane wings in an indoor (climatic cold chamber
and 			aerodynamic wind tunnel) and outdoor (airport facility)
environment; 

3.2.3 	The Contractor must have familiarity with Canadian and
U.S. aviation regulations and standards 		regarding ground
icing; 

3.2.4 	The Contractor must have knowledge and understanding of
the types of ice accretion affecting 		various airplane
surfaces; 

3.2.5 	The Contractor must have knowledge and understanding of
data reduction and regression 		analysis techniques and methods; 

3.2.6 	The Contractor must have knowledge of standards and
procedures required for the publication of 		technical reports
as well as holdover time tables. 

3.3 	Academic Qualifications 

At least one member of the supplier's scientific/engineering
team must possess an undergraduate degree from a recognized
university in the field of engineering. 

4. 	Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement 

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:

- Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) 

5. 	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier 

This R&D work continues a major program of research, testing,
and evaluation related to aircraft winter operations, much of
which has already been conducted in the past by APS Aviation
Inc. (APS). APS has acquired extensive experience and has
developed a unique expertise in the areas of field and
laboratory testing of de/anti-icing fluids as well as the
investigation and evaluation of technologies to enhance de-icing
and anti-icing of aircraft. 

Much of this work is reliant on scientific and engineering
expertise that requires the collection, analysis and
manipulation of data and information that is utilized for the
eventual development of guidelines, standards, recommended
practices and/or other regulatory instruments both domestically,
and on the international level. To that effect, it is of utmost
importance that the quality, integrity, and the continuity of
the data collected remain as consistent and reliable as possible
to that which was previously collected in previous years. This
ensures that the use of resources remains efficient, thorough,
and cost effective to meet the project requirements. 

To the best of Transport Canada's knowledge, APS Aviation Inc.
of Montreal, Quebec is the only known supplier with the
expertise and experience capable of performing the work which
meets both the government's requirements and statement of
capabilities. 

6. 	Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s) 

The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts
Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under
subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the
work." 

7. 	Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons 

The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the: 

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 particuliar
supplier and 		not alternative or substitute exists." 

8. 	Ownership of Intellectual Property 

Canada intends to retain ownership of any Foreground
Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract on
the basis that the main purpose of the contract is to generate
knowledge and information for public dissemination. 

9. 	Period of the proposed contract or delivery date 

The proposed contract is for a period of 7 months, from April 1,
2015 to October 31, 2015 with two optional 1 year periods. The
contract end date is estimated to be October 31, 2017. 

10. 	Cost estimate of the proposed contract 

The estimated value of the contract, including options, is
estimated to be approximately $2,365,000.00 (GST/HST extra). 

11. 	Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

APS Aviation Inc 
6700 Côte-de-Liesse, Suite 105 
Montréal (St-Laurent), QC H4T 2B5 

12. 	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. 

13. 	Closing date for a submission of a statement of
capabilities 

The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is March 30, 2015. 

14. 	Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities 

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: 

Jeff Schmidt 
Supply Specialist 
Acquisitions 
Public Works and Government Services Canada - Ontario Region 
33 City Centre Dr., Ste. 480, Mississauga, ON L5B 2N5 
Telephone: 905-615-2058 
Facsimile: 905-615-2060 
Government of Canada
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.