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 Requirements
The requirement is to acquire Saskatchewan Surface Cadastral digital data for mapping in order to support determination of boundaries of parcels of land in Saskatchewan as a onetime purchase.
3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements:
1) The provider must have access to the Saskatchewan Surface Cadastral (SSC) digital data
2) The provider must have authorization to distribute the Saskatchewan Surface Cadastral (SSC) digital data.
4. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
We intend to deal directly with the supplier mentioned in section 9 below as, it is the only known supplier that meets the mandatory criteria set out in section 3 above and can provide the services described in paragraph 2 above.
Should Canada receive a statement of capabilities from a supplier that contains sufficient information to indicate that it meets the requirements set forth in this ACAN, a competitive process will be triggered with a technical and financial evaluation methodology of the bids proposed by the potential bidders.
5. Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection: (d) Only one person or firm is capable of performing the contract.
The identified provider, Information Services Corporation, is the only supplier that meets all of the criteria identified in paragraph 3 above combined.
6. Ownership of Intellectual PropertyOwnership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.
7. Contract Period
The contract period shall be from date of award of Contract to March 31, 2018 inclusive.
8. Estimated Cost
The estimated maximum value of the contract is $27,749.89 CAD inclusive of applicable taxes.
9. Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor
Information Services Corporation
300 – 10 research drive
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN S4S 7J7
10. Suppliers’ right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a Statement of Capabilities in writing, preferably by e-mail, to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date and time of this Notice. The Statement of Capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
11. Closing Date
The closing date for a submission of a Statement of Capabilities is February 27, 2018 at 14:00 Eastern Standard Time.
12. Contract Authority
Purnima Kaul
Contracting Officer
Natural Resources Canada
Telephone: 343-292-8358
E-mail: p••••••••@••••••.ca
