Geo Mini GPS Tags

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Pathtrack Limited
Unit 3 Chevin Mill
Leeds Road
United Kingdom
LS211BT
Nature of Requirements: 

Geo Mini GPS Tags

K8B13-220962/A
Baird, Janice
Telephone No. - (709) 728-7182 (    )
Fax No. - (709) 772-4603 (    )

Line 1, Geo Mini GPS Tags

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.

Definition of the requirement 
Environment and Climate Change Canada has a requirement for the supply of 120 Geo Mini GPS Tracking Devices for delivery by May 15, 2022.  The nanoFix-GEO-mini GPS tag is the world’s smallest and lightest weight GPS tag and has been used to successfully track many hundreds of storm petrels around the world since 2016. This highly innovative tag provides the optimal design of the minimum possible weight in a packaging that is sufficiently robust to withstand the environmental and behavioural characteristics of this species. The key tag specifications are as follows. 
·  Tag weight =0.95g without front attachment tube, <1.0g with small front attachment tube. ·  Tag dimensions of 19x11x4mm plus~50mm external whip antenna ·  Tag has GPS capacity of ~160 location attempts between recharges ·  Tag is configured to minimize power wasted when bird is in the burrow ·  All tags are immersion tested during production in saltwater and to be tested at 0C and 30C during production
The current project requires short-term high precision tracking of a small (i.e., 35-45 g) burrow-nesting seabird, the Leach’s Storm-Petrel, to examine foraging range and habitat use in waters of the NW Atlantic and Bay of Fundy.  

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

• The bidder must meet the delivery date of 15 May 2022. 
• The bidder must show that the company’s manufactured 1 g, > 120 location attempts, battery-only GPS tags have been previously successfully deployed on Leach’s Storm-Petrels


Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement 

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s) 
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier 

Pathtrack Ltd. is the only know organization capable of successfully providing this product. They are the only known supplier of the small size, < 3% bird body mass, device required for this work.
Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s) 

The following exception 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 Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Article 513 Limited Tendering
b) if 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:
(iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons; 

Period of the proposed contract or delivery date:

The product must be delivered by May 15, 2022. 
 
Cost estimate of the proposed contract: 

The estimated value of the contract is $74,445.00 HST extra. 

Name and address of the pre-identified supplier:
Pathtrack Limited
Unit 3 Chevin Mill
Leeds Road
OTLEY
LS211BT
United Kingdom

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 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. NST. 

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: 

Janice Baird
Public Services and Procurement Canada
The John Cabot Building
10 Barter?s Hill, P.O. Box 4600
St. John?s, NL   A1C 5T2

Telephone:  709-728-7182
Facsimile:  709-772-4603
E-mail:  janice.baird@tpsgc-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.

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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.

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