Portable Photosynthesis System

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: 
LI-COR, Inc.
PO Box 4425
Lincoln Nebraska
United States
68504
Nature of Requirements: 
01R32-140412/A
Perkins, Bill
Telephone No. - (204) 983-0275
Fax No. - (204) 983-7796

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.	TITLE:	LI-6400XTR Portable Photosynthesis System

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has a requirement for
the supply, delivery, and training of one (1) new LI-6400XTR
Portable Photosynthesis System.  Delivery is to the AAFC, Indian
Head, SK on or before March 31, 2014.

This project builds on existing work that is underway at the
AAFC Agroforestry Development Centre. This project aligns with
departmental priority 7 developing new opportunities for
agriculture from bioresources through identification of
bioactive compounds in selected woody genotypes and advancement
of knowledge and genetic materials for bio-energy feedstocks.
The project will provide knowledge and new genetic materials to
support an agroforestry concept where agroforestry systems are
used to provide bioenergy feedstock that possess higher biomass
efficiency.

Project collaborators (Department of Forest Sciences, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver) use the LICOR-6400XTR allowing
AAFC to integrate balsam poplar physiology outcomes towards
association mapping.

3.	Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a
statement of capabilities that its
	system meets the following requirements:

	CO2 and H2O infrared gas analyzers must be located in the
sensor head so gas concentrations
are measured within the leaf cuvette mixing volume. Gas samples
must not be pumped from the leaf cuvette through hoses and
filters before analysis so there are no time delays to confound
correlations between gas exchange and changes in environmental
driving variables.

	H2O must be measured with a highly precise infrared gas
analyzer, not a capacitance relative
humidity sensor.

	The gas analyzer must have a minimum of 10 Hz (0.1 s) response
time, with no flow chopping,
and the optical bench must be user cleanable to avoid having to
return the system to the factory for cleaning.

	The system must have a backlit display, in-field programming
and file editing capabilities.

	The system must be expandable to measure gas exchange and PAM
fluorescence
simultaneously over the same leaf area with full control of
environmental variables. The fluorometer and software must
support the new Multiphase Flash protocol of sub-saturating
light intensity to more accurately determine maximum chlorophyll
fluorescence (Fm'). The system must operate without the use of
fiber optic light guides which can cause shading of the leaf
surface.

	Instrument configuration and data acquisition must have the
ability to be remotely controlled
through Ethernet connection.
	The system software must be able to export data in both text
and Microsoft Excel (.txt and .xls)
formats, and facilitate bar-code reader support in the software.

4.	This procurement is subject to the following trade
agreement(s): 

 Agreement on Internal trade (AIT)

	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5.	The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts
Regulations is (are) invoked for
	this procurement under subsection

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) -: Government Contract
Regulations, Part 1, Section 6(d) only one supplier (person or
firm) is capable of performing the contract.

6.	The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons
are invoked under the:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article  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.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016:
Limited Tendering Procedures;
(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;

7.	The equipment and deliverables must be delivered on or before
March 31, 2014.

8.	The estimated value of the contract, is $55,000.00 (GST/HST
extra).	

9.	Name and address of the pre-identified supplier:

LI-COR Inc.
4421 Superior St.
Lincoln, NE 68504 USA

10.	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.

NOTE: The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is:
February 11, 2014 at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST)

11.	Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed
to:

Bill Perkins 
Supply Specialist 
Public Works and Government Services Canada
100-167 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2Z1
Telephone:	 (204) 983-0275
Facsimile:	 (204) 983-7796
E-mail:	 bill.perkins@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca 
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any
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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.