SOA - SPECIALIZED TACT. TRAIN. FAC.

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives
Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
MATRIX I TERNATIONAL SECURITY, TRAINING, & INTELLIGENCE CENTRE
122 WILL ROGERS RD. BLDG. 1166
ROSWELL New Mexico
United States
88203
Nature of Requirements: 
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS
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.
The purpose of this amendment is  to:
	1. correct parragraph numbering;
	2. In the title of  paragraph 8, delete "contract" and insert
"standing offer"; and
	3.  In paragraph 8, delete 2017 and insert 2016
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 National Defence (DND) requires access to a
Specialized Facility for Tactical and Collective Mobility
Training for the conduct of long-range live-fire and related
training in order to develop and maintain its unique skill sets.
The objective is to issue a 2 year Standing Offer (SO), with the
option to extend for 3 additional 1 year periods with a
Contractor to provide access to range and training facilities
for specialized tactical and collective mobility training
services. The estimated usage is up to 25 days per serial and up
to 5 times per year.
2.1	Tasks
The Contractor must provide the following: 
a)	Access to training facilities;
b)	Support staff to liaise and coordinate with the DND Liaison
Officer (LO) and Range Safety Officer (RSO); and
c)	Access to accommodation facilities and services.

2.2	Constraints
The following constraints apply to the overall requirement:
d)	The facilities must be located in a climate enabling the
conduct of outdoor training at any time of the year, within
Canada or the Continental/Contiguous United States of America
(USA). The lowest mean temperature for any month, within the
past 5 years, must be at no less than 4 degrees Celsius, or 39
degrees Fahrenheit; 
e)	The training facilities must replicate an arid environment;
f)	The Contractor must ensure that DND has exclusive use of the
selected facilities (ranges, compounds, training areas, etc)
during the training event;
g)	The training facility must support the live-fire training of
a mounted, Company-sized (up to 30 vehicles) maneuver element;
h)	The lodging facilities must be located within the training
facilities, and must be no further than 80 kilometers from the
training range facilities (ranges, compounds); 
i)	The training facility must be located no further than 100
kilometers from an airport capable of receiving Canadian Armed
Forces transport aircraft, up to the size of a CC-130 Hercules;
j)	The facilities must be within 150 kilometers driving range of
a civilian hospital with appropriate trauma response
capabilities able to address injury types (ie gunshot, blast,
fragmentation, etc) as may be sustained through this type of
training.
2.3	Deliverables
The Contractor must provide DND with the following goods and
services:
2.3.1	Training Range Facilities
The Contractor must provide the following types of training
ranges:
a)	Long distance training range; 
b)	Mount and dismount training range;
c)	Mission task training compound;  
d)	Team, platoon, and company level mounted training range; and  
e)	Company level dry training area. 
The Contractor must be responsible for clean-up of all ranges
after use by DND
2.3.2	Contractor Support Staff

The Contractor must provide DND with the following support staff:
		
a)	Range Coordinator; 
b)	Program Manager;  
c)	Logistics Coordinator; 
d)	Target Operators;  and
e)	Role Players.   
2.3.3	Target Equipment
The Contractor must provide DND with the following target
equipment:
a)	Portable electronic target system;
b)	Stationary infantry targets;
c)	Steel TYPE I - swing set;  
d)	Steel TYPE II - H stand; 
e)	Steel TYPE III - X stand;  
f)	Large metal 'gong' style target;
g)	Wooden target boards;  
h)	Three-dimensional (3D) human torso targets;  
i)	Steel dueling trees;  
j)	Aircraft Glass: Types 1 and 2 300 Series aircraft cockpit
glass;
k)	Non-destroyable target vehicles; 
l)	Destroyable target vehicle; 
m)	Plywood replica vehicle targets; 
n)	Pyrotechnic sets; and
o)	Lighting for target equipment.


2.3.3	Training Weapons & Ammunition
The Contractor must provide DND with the following weapons and
ammunition:
a)	AK-47 rifles, with the ability to shoot blank rounds;
b)	7.62 x 39 mm blank rounds;
c)	Paint ball weapons; and
d)	Paint ball rounds. 

2.4	Training Vehicles
The Contractor must provide DND with 6 Suburban type sport
utility vehicles (SUVs) to be available for use exclusively by
DND during the entire training event. 

2.5	Miscellaneous Training Equipment and Services
The Contractor must provide DND with the following training
equipment and services for the duration of the training event:
a)	Scissor Jack capable of lifting a minimum of 5000 lbs solid
wooden structure with the dimensions 9' by 9';
b)	Portable UHF/VHF radios;  
c)	Emergency Generator; and
d)	Portable Toilets.  

2.6	Accommodation Facilities
The Contractor must be capable of providing accommodations
facilities and amenities to support all DND personnel during the
training event.
The accommodation facilities must be capable of supporting up to
80 DND personnel, and must include a parking area capable of
accommodating up to 25 full-size vehicles, 1 cube van and 6
All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) with trailers.
The Contractor's accommodation facilities must include the
following amenities and services: 
a)	Lodging;  
b)	Briefing room;
c)	Kitchen facility;  
d)	Storage rooms;  
e)	General purpose area;
f)	Meal services;  
g)	Janitorial services; and
h)	Medical services.
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:
3.1	Operational Performance Requirements	
The specialized facility must conform to the climatic and
terrain conditions in accordance with the following:
The lowest mean temperature for any month, within the past 5
years, must be no lower than 4 degrees Celsius, or 39 degrees
Fahrenheit;

The training facilities must replicate an arid terrain
environment.

3.2	Range and Mobility Training Areas
The specialized facility must:
a)	Provide a training area of a size no less than 20 kilometers
square of open, arid terrain that is able to support the free
maneuver of military pattern wheeled vehicles;
b)	Provide a training area of a size no less than one kilometer
by 20 kilometers of open, arid terrain that can support:
c)	Up to 20 vehicles firing and moving simultaneously;
d)	The live firing of small arms (5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50
calibre), 40mm grenade launchers, light anti-tank (HEAT)
weapons, 84mm recoilless rifle (HE/TP), and 60mm mortars
(HE/TP); and
e)	The ability to conduct live fire training with an arc of fire
that is a minimum of 50 degrees).
f)	Provide a long distance training range of a size no less than
200 meters by 2400 meters that can accommodate live fire ranging
from 5.56mm to .338 and .50 caliber small arms ammunition;
g)	Provide a mount and dismount training range of a size no less
than 500 meters by 2400 meters that can accommodate live fire
ranging from 5.56mm to .338 and .50 caliber small arms
ammunition, and can support the conduct of live fire training
with an arc of fire that is a minimum of 250 degrees; and
h)	Provide a mission task training compound that contains a
simulated village environment that is situated within a larger
training area of open/semi-open terrain of a size no less than
7000 meters in length. The building and false fronts in the
simulated village must accommodate live fire ranging from 5.56mm
and 7.62mm to .338 and .50 caliber small arms ammunition, as
well as 100 grain explosive entry door charges.
3.3	Accommodations and Air Transport
The specialized facility must:
a)	Provide accommodation and meal facilities areas capable of
supporting up to 80 people for up to 25 consecutive days; and
b)	Be located no further than 80 kilometers from an airport
capable of receiving Canadian Armed Forces transport aircraft up
to the size of a CC-130 Hercules.
4.	Applicability of the trade agreements to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement
(WTO-AGP);
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and;
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).
5.	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
Being the largest and most comprehensive tactical training and
support center in the Continental US and Canada, MISTIC is the
only venue which allows for live, free fire and manoeuvres in an
area large enough to support a 30 vehicle live fire event.
Additionally, it is the only training center also able to
support high explosive, sniper, mounted and dismounted and heavy
weapons ranges all in the same location.
The facilities and training areas within the MISTIC tactical
training and support center are the only ones available that can
simulate the required terrain and weather conditions anticipated
during operations. An arid training area is essential in
ensuring critical training objectives are met.
6.	Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts
Regulations is invoked for this procurement:
Under subsection 6(c) - the nature of the work is such that it
would not be in the Public interest to solicit bids.
7.	Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
Limited Tendering
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement
(WTO-AGP) Article XIII, paragraph 1 b iii.
1.	"Provided that it does not use this provision for the purpose
of avoiding competition among suppliers or in a manner that
discriminates against suppliers of any other Party or protects
domestic suppliers, a procuring entity may use limited tendering
and may choose not to apply Articles VII through IX, X
(paragraphs 7 through 11), XI, XII, XIV and XV only under any of
the following circumstances
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:
iii	due to an absence of competition for technical reasons;"
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Article 506, paragraph 12b):
"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;
8.	Period of the proposed standing offer.
The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is
from date of Contract to December 31, 2016 inclusive

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend
the term of the Standing Offer by up to 3 additional 1 year
period(s) under the same conditions.  The Contractor agrees
that, during the extended period of the Standing Offer, it will
be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions as set out
in the Basis of Payment.
9.	 Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the standing offer, including option(s),
is between $ 3,000,000 and $3,800,000 (GST/HSTextra).
10.	 Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
MISTIC Inc
122 Will Rogers Rd, Bldg 1166
Roswell NM 88203
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 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m EST.
13.	 Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

	Jeff Campbell
	Supply Team Leader
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch
Special Procurement Initiatives Directorate
Place du Portage
11 Laurier Street, 10C1
Gatineau, Quebec K1A0S5
Telephone: 819- 956-1782
Facsimile: 819-956-9235
E-mail address: jeff.campbell@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca


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