Storage Solutions

Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
SHARKCAGE Inc
111844 Bandera Rd #487
Helotes, TX Texas
United States
78023-4132
Nature of Requirements: 

Storage Solution
W0125-180016/A

1.  Title: Storage Solution
An advanced contract award notice (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 and time stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

2. Definition of requirement:
The Department of National Defence 8th Air Communications Squadron Bagot Ville, QC has a requirement to procure cages to store and secure material, tools and test equipment while maintaining the capability to transition seamlessly to intermodal containers and air pallet. 
Cages must have capability to:
Secure material
Provide capability for visual inspection 
Withstand harsh climate condition with little or no degradation, preferable with hot dip galvanization. 
Cages must be anti-sparking.  
Cages must be portable using existing material handling equipment (pallet jacks/forklifts) with additional top lift capability.  
Cages must offer the flexibility to quickly reconfigure spaces when required.  
Cages must be stackable to safely increase vertical storage capability. 

3. Criteria for assessing the statement of capabilities (minimum essential requirements):

The storage solutions must allow B Flt to safely store more CIS equipment inside Hangar 3 in collapsible/stackable galvanized steel cages, with PVC covers, while also increasing floor space available for equipment maintenance and training activities. Due to the old wooden roof structure of the hangar it is not authorized to bolt down shelving or cages to secure the equipment since the roof requires a yearly inspection and tightening with the use of a scissor lift which requires the space to manoeuvre around.

Mobility: Must allow for 4-way forklift capability with pallet jacks.  Designed to fulfill both STANAG-2828 as well as MIL-STS-648D to ensure operability in joint operations. Must provide top-lift capability with reinforced corner posts and connection points to accommodate crane, helicopter lift and UNREP according to MIL-STD-913A, -209K and -648D.  Critical weld seams inspected according to RCX-3 to ensure safety.  Strong enough for all modes of strategic transport, designed according to MIL-STD-1791D, and -1366E. 

Flexibility: Rearrange without emptying the cages. Cages must allow easy repositioning of parts, tools and test equipment next to the required point of work.  For maintenance operational checks, cages with parts, tools and test equipment can be easily moved to maintenance locations.  

Security and Durability: Cages can be locked using standard issue series 6200 padlocks. Must be highly durable by using extra high-strength steel and hot dip galvanization to withstand any type of climate and handling. 

4. Applicability of the trade agreement (s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement (s):
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); and
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are included below
The procedural requirements of the other international trade agreements will be fulfilled following compliance to the procedural requirements of CFTA, NAFTA, and/or the CETA.

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
Sharkcage Inc. is the only known supplier that can meet the requirement as stated in the minimum essential requirements.  The pre-identified supplier meets all of the minimum essential requirements described in this ACAN.

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection:
(d)  only one person is capable of performing the contract.

7.  Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the: 
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Article 513, section 1 (b) (iii) 

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Article 1016, section 2 (b)  
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Article 19.12, section 1 (b) (iii)

8. Period of the proposed contract or the delivery date(s)
Delivery must be on or before 31 March 2019.

9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract is $187,214.00 (HSTI).

10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Name: Sharkcage Inc. 
Address: 7648 Reindeer Trail, San Antonio, TX 78238

11. 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 and time of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

12.  Closing date and time for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is: 
4th December, 2018 at 14:00 EDT.

13.  Inquiries and submission of statement of capabilities
Inquiries and statement of capabilities are to be directed to:
Vashti Ramnarine
Ontario Region-Acquisitions 
Public Services and Procurement Canada / Government of Canada
33 City Centre Drive, Suite 480C, Mississauga, ON, L5B 2N5 
Vashti.Ramnarine@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca / Tel: 905-615-2419/ 
Cell: 289-772-7284


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.