Grinding Mill

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: 
C.W. Brabender Instruments, Inc.
50 E. Wesley Street
So. Hackensack New Jersey
United States
70606
Nature of Requirements: 
Grinding Mill
01586-140476/A

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
The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has a
requirement for the supply of one (1)  Quadrumat Junior Mill for
wheat flour milling for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.  The
current wheat quality screening involves milling of wheat at
advanced stages of wheat breeding.  The milling information
enables lines with desirable yield quality to advance and those
with less desirable yields to be eliminated and unnecessary
testing can be avoided. 
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 its Product meets the following
requirements:

1.	The system being offered must be in current use in the market
place for a minimum of two (2) years. 

2.	The system must be able to produce flour yield of 60-75% of
standard bread flour particle size.  

3.	Must produce end product ash % values 0.5 -0.7% on dry basis

4.	Minimum loss of moisture during milling  (less than or equal
to 1.5%)

5.	The mill must have a hopper for grain addition and separate
drawers for bran and flour collection. 

6.	The mill must be able to have fast and precise throughput of
grain with adjustable feed rate of approximately 500g/5 minutes  

7.	The mill must have built in aspirator system 

8.	The mill must be laboratory scale bench top model, no larger
than 36" x 44" x 36"
    (HxLxW)

9.	Must have built in reel sifting system as close to 72GG screen

10.	System to have self grinding effect 

11.	Mill must include 4 corrugated rolls specific for common
bread wheat milling of the following sizes: for roll 1; 5
flutes/cm, for roll 2; 10 flutes/cm, for roll 3; 16 flutes/cm,
and for roll 4; 18 flutes/cm. The gap between these rolls should
be: between 1-2 (fixed), 2-3 (0.04 mm) and 3-4 (0.03 mm)

12.	Must have quick and easy exchange of rollers and sifters 

13.	Rolls must be fixed to simulate commercial mills

14.	Mill is to include corrugated rolls for grinding ranging
from coarse to finer grinding 

15.	Mill must self clean before next sample is run

16.	Electrical requirement: Must be 480 v; 16 amps; 60 hz.

17.	Equipment must meet Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

18.	Documentation /Technical Manuals.  The Contractor shall
provide a complete and current set of end-user documentation. 
Also must provide technical reference manuals from the Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).  Manuals must be provided in
English.  Manuals also to be provided in French, if available. 

19.	All equipment shall be new, in that it shall not include
refurbished equipment and that all equipment shall be of current
manufacture. 

4.	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)
Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement
5.	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
C.W. Brabender Instruments, Inc. New Jersey, USA is the only
authorized distributor of Brabender Instruments in Canada. 
6.	Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts
Regulations is invoked for this procurement:  6 (d) only one
person is capable of performing the work.
7.	Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusions and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the 
Agreement on Internal Trade, Article 506-12(a) To ensure
compatibility with existing products, to recognize exclusive
rights, such as exclusive licenses, copyright and patent rights,
or to maintain specialized products that must be maintained by
the manufacture or its representative.  (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. 

North American Free Trade Agreement 1016.2(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 technical
reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a
particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute
exists;  

Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement, Article Kbis-09 (b) where,
for the 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 technical reason, the goods or services can be
supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable
alternative or substitute exists;

Canada - Peru Free Trade Agreement, Article 1409,1(b) where the
goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier
and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services
exist for any of the following reasons: (i) the requirement is
for a work of art, (ii) the protection of patents, copyrights or
other exclusive rights, or (iii) due to an absence of
competition for technical reasons;

Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, Article 1409,1(b) where
the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular
supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or
services exist for any of the following reasons: (i) the
requirement is for a work of art, (ii) the protection of
patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or (iii) due to
an absence of competition for technical reasons;

8.	 Delivery date

The product must be received on or before March 31, 2015.  

9.	Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, is $31,500.00
(GST/HSTextra).
10.	Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
C.W. Brabender Intruments
50 East Wesley Street
PO Box 2127
South Hackensack, New Jersey
USA
07606
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 of this notice. The statement of
capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the
advertised requirements.
12.	Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is December 11, 2014 at 2:00p.m. CST.
13.	Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Leah Desrochers
Supply Specialist 
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch
Room 100 - 167 Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg, MB   R3B 0T6
Telephone: (204) 984-8872
Facsimile: (204) 983-7796 
E-mail address: leah.desrochers@pwgsc-tpsgc.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.