SIMULIA Abaqus Portfolio Pack

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES CANADA INC.
393 St-Jacques ouest
Suite 300
Montreal Quebec
Canada
H2Y1N9
Nature of Requirements: 
SIMULIA Abaqus Portfolio Pack
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.
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.
Definition of the requirement:
National Research Council Canada (NRC) has a requirement for a
SIMULIA Abaqus Portfolio Pack, including license maintenance and
extended support. The product includes combined elements of
finite method (FEM) and extended finite method (XFEM) to work
with interfacial cracks, continuum damage initiation and
evolution in bulk materials to generate geotechnical material
models.   NRC has collaberative and fee for service projects
with mining industry clients that require the same software
package for sharing research work with clients. 
Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities:
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its product meets the following 2
functional requirements:
Typical engineering materials including geotechnical materials
such as soils and rock, metals, rubber, polymers, composites,
reinforced concrete, crushable and resilient foams; 
Implemented with the extended finite element method into BOTH
standard finite element analysis and explicit finite element
analysis.
Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement:
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) 
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier:
SIMULIA Abaqus Portfolio is the only commercial software with
both combined elements of finite method (FEM) and extended
finite method (XFEM) to work with interfacial cracks, continuum
damage initiation and evolution in bulk materials.  It is the
only software with geotechnical material models, and extended
Drucker-Prager, Drucker-Pager/Cap, Clay Plasticity and
Mohr-Coulomb.
Government Contracts Regulations Exception:
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations
is invoked for this procurement under subsection:

subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the
work".

Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons:

The following exclusions and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article 506.12.b
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016.2.b

Delivery Date:

The product must be delivered on or before March 31, 2014. 

Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities:

The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is 12 February 2014 at 2:00 p.m. PST).

Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities:

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Christine Cress
Supply Officer
401 - 1230 Government St
Victoria, BC V8W 3X4
Telephone: 	250-363-8442
Facsimile: 	250-363-0395
E-mail:	christine.cress@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
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.