Bird Geolocator Tags

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: 
MIGRATE TECHNOLOGY LTD
PO BOX 749, COTON
United Kingdom
CB1 0QY
Nature of Requirements: 
Bird Geolocator Tags

K2F51-144156/A
Leung, Janie
Telephone No. - (604) 775-8017 (    )
Fax No. - (604) 775-7526

The PWGSC Vancouver office provides procurement services to the
public in English.

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
Environment Canada (EC) has a requirement for the supply and
delivery of one hundred and eighty (180) Intigeo C-65 geolocator
tags to study the migratory ecology of Rhinoceros Auklets in the
north coast of British Columbia as part of the World Class
Tanker Safety System Phase 1a Initiative. The geolocator tags
will record near full-range ambient light with complementary
conductivity indicators allowing location tracking and
behavioral studies of tagged birds.
3.	Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
(Minimum Essential Requirements)
(a) The unit must weigh 1.5 g or less (Rhinoceros Auklets ~500 g)
(b) The unit must be small and non-obtrusive, ideally shaped
like a brick with dimensions not exceeding 14 x 8 x 6 mm
(c) It must mount solidly for long-term (1+ year) attachment
with a cable tie around a plastic leg band
(d) The unit must have long battery life, ideally > 2 years from
time of manufacture
(e) The unit must record near full range ambient light levels,
ideally once every ~5 minutes
 (f) The unit must record changes in conductivity as required.

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
Following a competitive tender run by Public Works and
Government Services Canada (PWGSC) on behalf of EC in December
2013, a contract was awarded to Migrate Technology for the
supply and delivery of 395 Intigeo C-65 geolocator tags and 4
interface boxes with communication software. For this year's
work, it is vital that the same tags be used so that the data
can be directly comparable. Comparable data is critical to the
program and the scientific method. Changing the tags would mean
a significant change in methodology, which invalidates the
interpretation of the results across years. The exact way the
tags collect data, and the algorithms/software that translate
the data into locations are specific to the hardware/software so
can only be reliably compared using the same system. 
In addition, the tags themselves have impacts on the birds that
carry them, so using different hardware could potentially impact
the data indirectly.
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(s) 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";

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article(s) 506.12(a) to
ensure compatibility with existing products, to recognize
exclusive rights, such as exclusive licences, copyright and
patent rights, or to maintain specialized products that must be
maintained by the manufacturer or its representative; 
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
All geolocator tags must be received at Destination in Delta
(British Columbia) Canada V4K 3N2 on or before March 31, 2015
(MANDATORY).

 Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract is $31,000 to
$34,000.(Applicable taxes included). 
10.	Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Migrate Technology Ltd
PO Box 749,
Coton, Cambridge, 
CB1 0QY, UK

11.	Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: 
	Janie Leung
	Supply Officer
	Public Works and Government Services Canada
	Acquisitions Branch 
	219-800 Burrard Street
	Vancouver, British Columbia 
	Canada V6Z 0B9
	Telephone: (604) 775-8017
	Facsimile:   (604) 775-7526
	Email address: Janie.Leung@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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