FIXED WING AIRCRAFT SERVICES

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives
Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
SEAIR SEAPLANES LTD.
4640 Inglis Drive
Richmond British Columbia
Canada
V7B1W4
Nature of Requirements: 
This amendment includes the following update:

1.	Insert the following at the bottom of this notice.

14. 	Security Requirement

There is a security requirement with this procurement. At
Contract award, the supplier must hold a valid security
clearance of Reliability Status.

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Fixed Wing Aircraft for Sonobuoy testing - W8485-14KS04

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders is the sole authoritative source for
Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.

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

a)	The Department of National Defence has a requirement for a
charter service of a commercial 		aircraft to provide air drop
test and associated services at the Canadian Forces Maritime
	Experimental and Test Ranges. 
b)	The Department of National Defence requires a modified
DeHavilland DHC-2 Turbo Beaver	
	designed to mount government supplied sonobuoy launch
equipment. The work is to be
	performed at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test
Ranges in Nanoose Bay, 	
	British Columbia. 
c)	The Department of National Defence assesses the quality of
production sonobuoys by taking		samples and airdrop testing 
them at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test
	Ranges.
d)	The service is required, on an as and when requested basis.
Although the duration and frequency		of the work to be performed
will vary considerably in accordance with the range workload,
typical		utilization will be on the order of  2 or 3 days of
work per month with occasional periods of work
	of as high as 10 days per month or as few as 0 days per month. 
A typical workday would
	require	transit to and from the range plus 1 hour of on-site
flying time and 3 hours of standby 
	time (landed and shut-down on-site).

The requirements include, but are not limited to providing:

a)	The supplier's closest permanent base must be located no
greater than 50 air miles from the		Canadian Forces Maritime
Experimental and Test Ranges in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia.
b)	The supplier must provide the exclusive use of the aircraft
for the duration of each particular		request for service.  A
minimum of 12 hours advanced notice will be provided.
c)	The supplier must have available at all times, a minimum of 1
additional aircraft of the same type		and model, as a back-up
which must be capable of providing a fully equivalent service by
the
	next working day of when the primary aircraft becomes
unserviceable or unavailable.
d)	Sonobuoy drop tests are carried out over an altitude range of
80 to 3,000 meters and over a		required speed range of 80 to 230
kilometers per hour (km/h).  The aircraft must be capable of	
	dropping sonobuoys within these ranges up to and including the
maximum Indicated Air Speed 		(IAS) of 230 km/h in level flight.
e)	The primary and back-up aircraft must be capable of being
fitted with government supplied		sonobuoy launch equipment, and
must have a volumetric capacity for sonobuoy
launch/storage		requirements and must have the avionics
necessary for the safe and expeditious completion of		the work
assigned.  The aircraft must be capable of accepting the
sonobuoy launch equipment,		at no cost to the Crown.
f)	For information purposes, the launcher is designed to mount
in place of the rectangular camera		hatch normally located on
the floor of the aircraft. The Sonobuoy Launch Container (SLC)
	launcher also requires the installation of "hard-points"
adjacent to the camera hatch.  Details of		this modification,
which shall be incorporated in all aircraft (including the
back-up aircraft), will		be supplied.
g)	The Sonobuoy Launcher System is specifically designed to work
with a DHC-2 Turbo Beaver		Aircraft.
h)	The design, fitment and attainment of a Limited Supplemental
Type Certificate Certification of		Airworthiness from Transport
Canada for the necessary modifications and the installation
of		the sonobuoy launchers and their related equipment is the
responsibility of the supplier, at no		cost to the Crown.  The
Contractor must provide a Limited Supplemental Type Certificate		
	approved by a Transport Canada authorized inspector or engineer
that the modifications have		been carried out and meet all
airworthiness requirements, for each aircraft.
i)	The aircraft (including the back-up aircraft) must be
equipped with both a VHF AM and VHF		FM  transceiver.  The
Supplier is responsible for this equipment.
j)	The supplier must provide 1 experienced pilot holding a valid
Transport Canada licence for the		type of aircraft supplied,
together with 1 crewman/loader, if required.
k)	The crewman/loader must be qualified in the loading/unloading
requirements, under the		
	direction of the Range Test Director who will provide training
and determine if the		
	crewman/loader is qualified.  The Commanding Officer must also
determine whether the
	crewman/loader is required for any particular test.  The
Supplier must ensure that the trained		and qualified
crewman/loader is available for each particular request for
service.
l)	The aircraft crew must be capable of monitoring and
communicating with other aircraft			on normal aircraft VHF AM
radio for flight safety reasons on the test range, while
concurrently		monitoring and communicating on the  sonobuoy
operations control radio net operating on			142.515 MHz VHF FM.

Items to be supplied by DND: 

a)	a "two-shot" Cartridge Activated Device Sonobuoy Launcher
complete with electrical launch		control box, electrical wiring
and sonobuoy stowage racks;
b)	two "Hard Point" kits for adapting the aircraft to take the
shock of a CAD Launcher installed in 
	the Camera Hatch, if required;
c)	modification instructions and drawings for installation of
the Sonobuoy Launch Container
	launcher and "Hard Point" kit; and
d)	Sonobuoy  loading and launching instructions.


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 it meets the
following requirements:

Is capable of providing similar scope of services as defined
above in article 2 - Definition of the	Requirement.


4.	Applicability of the Trade Agreement(s) to the Procurement

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

a)	Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).


5.	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

Seair Seaplanes Ltd., is the only known Supplier with a Base
located within 50 air miles of Nanoose Bay that can provide the
exclusive use of the aircraft required.  Both aircraft have been
fitted with the required equipment and the Supplier holds a
Limited Supplemental Type Certificate Certification of
Airworthiness from Transport Canada for both aircraft.


6.	Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

Section 6 (d) of the Government Contract Regulations is being
invoked in this procurement as only one person or firm is
capable of performing the contract.


7.	Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

The following limited tendering reasons are invoked:

a)	Limited Tendering

Article 506.12(b) of the Limited Tendering Provision is
applicable on the basis of the absence of
competition for technical reasons and the services can be
supplied only by a particular supplier and no alternate or
substitute exists.


8.	Period of the Proposed Contract or Delivery Date

The proposed contract is for a period of 3 years, from an
estimated start date of April, 2015 to March, 2018. There is an
option period of two - one year periods.


9.	Cost Estimate of the Proposed Contract

The estimated value of the contract in Canadian funds, including
option(s), is:

$1,300,000.00 excluding GST/HST.


10.	Name and Address of the Pre-Identified Supplier

Seair Seaplanes Ltd.,
4640 Inglis Drive,
Richmond, British Columbia
Canada


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:

January 6th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

13.	Inquiries and Submission of Statements of Capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Stefan Ruest
Supply Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch
Special Procurement Initiatives Directorate
Place du Portage
Phase III, 10C1
11, rue Laurier, Gatineau (Quebec)
K1A 0S5

Telephone: 	819-956-5848
Facsimile: 	819-956-2675
E-mail address: stefan.ruest@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.

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.