H2 Datalogger

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
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: 
FTS Forest Technology Systems Ltd.
1065 Henry Eng Place
Victoria British Columbia
Canada
V9B6B2
Nature of Requirements: 
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 preidentified
supplier.

BACKGROUND:
The Fresh Water Quality Monitoring Sector has a requirement for
the supply and delivery of five (5)
Dataloggers.

Data loggers are used whenever precise recording, storage,
evaluation and documentation of
measurement data is required under extreme environmental
conditions.

All the deliverables must be received within 4 weeks from
Contract award.

It is intended to sole source this requirement to Forest
Technology Systems (FTS) Ltd - Victoria BC, the
only known manufacturer and distributor of the H2 GOES
Datalogger.This equipment must be compatible
with existing equipment used by Water Survey Canada at their
stream gauging sites in Northern Canada.

There are also several unique features to this equipment. 
Those features are as follows;
Enclosure (TTS-ENCL + TTS-ENCL-BASE)

a. The enclosure is a unique fabrication to FTS, and is designed
to house an ISCO
Sampler (Model 6712).

b. The enclosure has a drop down arm which lifts the lid of the
Isco through a leveraged
system which makes removal of the lid of the Isco easily done.
The enclosure is designed
to house dual batteries, since the power demands of the
integrated system requires dual
batteries for extended life.

c. All holes for mounting the additional equipment are
pre-drilled in accordance with our
site plan so setup on site requires less setup time, equipment,
and manpower.

Datalogger and Power System (H2-G5-TLM and SPS-50W-F6H2)

a) The Datalogger has a color touchscreen, through which all
functions in the datalogger can be
accessed. Thus no laptops are required in the field hence
reducing the chance of failure
when servicing and/or installing the equipment in remote
sitesThe Datalogger has a built in
power regulator, removing the need for an external power
regulator (reducing cost) and
increasing the reliability of the system (the power regulator is
inside a IP67 waterproof case
to reduce corrosion/exposure)

b) All connectors to sensors and the solar panel are positive
locking, military style connectors.
This ensures that sensors cannot be hooked up incorrectly and
that power systems cannot
be wired incorrectly (potentially damaging equipment).

c) The Datalogger has a USB port, which allows for easy
downloading of data. In addition, a USB master is included so a
mouse or keyboard can be plugged into the datalogger to
facilitate easier use of the color touchscreen menu.

Scientific Justification
The FTS system has the ability to trigger the ISCO autosampler
based off of a seven point rising, and
seven point falling triggering algorithm unique to this system.
In addition, in terms of Sensors, Integration and Support:
a. FTS is providing a "" Equipment cost INCLUDES the price of
configuration, testing prior to shipment of all cables,
connections, and telemetry devices. All sensors are fitted with
matching military connectors to hook into the dataloggerand the
system is tested as a whole, integrated unit. There is on-site
programming of the system

Free Lifetime Support - FTS includes a lifetime support with
purchased equipment. This includes
unlimited calling and hardware updates.

Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
(Minimum Essential Requirements)
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its
product/equipment/system (as appropriate) meets the following
requirements:

Hardware

Display/touchscreen:
· Graphical color touch screen display, 3.65"(diagonal), QVGA
(320x240 pixels).
· Display is transflective (readable in low light and outdoors
in bright daylight)
· Displays system status, configuration, stored data (graphical
and tabular) and provides system configuration and
troubleshooting diagnostics.
· Displays voltage and current separately for battery and solar
panel and battery temperature.
· Supports troubleshooting, configuration and programming.

CPU:
· Two (2) CPUs total, both low-power RISC.
· Main CPU is 200MHz 32-bit ARM.

Memory/storage:
· 64MB RAM
· 256MB fixed physical, non-volatile flash memory for data and
program storage.
· Data is stored in a circular 10MB buffer (oldest data
overwritten by newest when buffer full).
· Based on NFDRS logging criteria, 7,575 days (about 20 years)
of data can be stored.

Device ports:
· 2 waterproof USB 2.0 host ports, 1.5Mbps and 12 Mbps, support
for flash memory and other USB-compliant devices.
· 1 waterproof USB 2.0 12 Mbps device port with automatic PC
detect.
· Supports USB keyboard and mouse.
· GOES RF output (for models with an integrated GOES
transmitter): N-type jack
· GPS RF input (for models with an integrated GOES transmitter):
SMA jack

Sensor ports:
· Waterproof, color-coded, military-style connectors.
· Dedicated ports (F6):
o wind speed (frequency input)
o wind direction (potentiometer input)
o rain gauge (counter)
o temperature & humidity (thermistor, 0-1.0V)
o fuel stick (thermistor, 0-1.0V)
· Dedicated ports (H2):
o rain gauge (counter)
· 2 (F6 and H1) or 4 (H2) independent SDI-12 V1.3 ports,
expandable using external expansion modules to support up to 62
digital sensors.
· SDI ports each support up to 500mA and are electrically
isolated.
· Optional, configurable analog-to-SDI expansion module (SDI-AM)
to connect legacy analog sensors (terminal strips).

Serial ports:
· Either:
o 2 ports factory configured as internal GOES transmitter and
one external, waterproof, military style bayonet connector
o 2 external, waterproof, military-style bayonet connectors
o One external, waterproof, military style bayonet connector
· Signal levels: RS232C
· Signals: TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS, DCD, DTR, RI

Environmental sealing, size, weight:
· Waterproof to IP67, O-ring sealed, cast aluminum & stainless
steel hardware, engineered resin bezel
· Dimensions: 10"W x 8"H x 6"D
· Weight: approx. 8 lbs.

Power supply: 
· Internal, temperature compensated charge regulator 
· Waterproof, military style bayonet connectors for solar panel
and battery.
· Sensing of battery voltage, battery current, battery temp,
solar voltage and solar current.
· 9.6VDC to 20VDC operating voltage.

Software

Station identification:
The station'name, NESID and GOES data can be easily identified
on the touchscreen display.

Programming:
· All programming done through intuitive graphical user
interface (GUI) without writing code.
· No laptop required; GUI accessed through integrated
touchscreen.
· Unlimited setup configurations are stored directly on the
datalogger;different configurations can be selected or a new one
created with the GUI.

Electronic service reports:
· All of the data recorded by field techs during a service call
can be captured electronically in the Axiom and saved to a USB
memory stick.
· Data includes:
o a list of sensor serial numbers before and after the service
trip.
o Audit log.
o datalogger program version.
o latitude, longitude, elevation.


Datalogger performance verification:
· Graph sensor data and diagnostic parameters.
· Battery load tests; view voltage before and after (requires
dummy load on battery).
· View current sensor readings.
· View historical data.
· View GPS performance stats.
· View forward and reflected power stats to check GOES antenna
performance.

Rain count:
· Custom NFDRS rain GUI allows users to quickly test tipping
buckets each year by viewing manual tip measurement in real-time
and quickly removing the test tips from memory (F6).
· User can select a rain reset date if desired and set the
action on power failure (rain total can be set to return to
previous values or reset to zero).

One-touch current conditions:
· Users can customize the Current Conditions screen so that all
sensors' real-time data are viewable with one button press,
extremely handy when validating wind quadrants or simply
validating each sensor as it is replaced.
· The electronic service report automatically captures the
current conditions at the start (pre-swap) and after (post-swap).

Data transfer via USB memory stick:
· Data, Programs and Firmware updates can be transferred to and
from datalogger via a conventional USB memory stick.
· Historical data download is fast: approximately 5 seconds for
1 year of data including logger and telemetry records.
· Data downloaded in universal .CSV (comma-separated values)
format; importable into Excel and many other software.

Applicability of the trade agreements to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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

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 Where there is
an absence of competition for
technical reasons and the good or service can only be supplied
only by a particular supplier and no
alternative or substitue exist.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -Article 1016 (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 technicai reasons the
goods or serv1ces can be supplied only by a particular supplier
and no reasonabie alternative or
substitute exists

Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is $
90,000.00 (GST/HST extra).

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.

Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is February 3, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Maria Lopez
Téléphone : 905 615 2071
Télécopieur : 905 615 2060
Courriel : maria.lopez@pwgsc.gc.ca
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
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calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it
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pre-identified contractor. If no other supplier submits, on or
before the closing date, a Statement of Capabilities that meets
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may then proceed with the award.  However, should a Statement of
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tendering process.

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to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a
statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person
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