ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE (ACAN)
1. Definition
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 department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has a requirement to build an architectural model of the Academic Tower at the University of Toronto that Patkau Architects have designed. Patkau Architects own the Intellectual Property of the engineering plans and design of this building.
3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that they meet the following requirements:
The supplier owns or has the license for using the Intellectual Property for the design to build a scaled model of the Academic Tower tall wood building for University of Toronto.
4. Trade Agreements
Trade Agreements are not applicable.
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
We intend to deal directly with the supplier mentioned in section 10 below as it is the only known supplier that satisfies the mandatory criteria set out in Section 3 above as well as the requirement as described in Section 2.
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.
6. Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations and applicable trade agreements
In accordance with the Government Contract Regulations (GCR) exception, Part 1, Section 6, (d) only one person or firm is capable of performing the contract.
The identified provider, Patkau Architects Inc. is the only one able to meet all of the criteria identified in section 3 above.
7. Ownership of Intellectual Property
Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.
8. Contract Period
The period of the contract will be from Contract Award Date to March 31, 2020.
9. Estimated Cost
The estimated cost of the contract will not exceed $32,000.00 including taxes.
10. Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor
Patkau Architects Inc.
1564 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1R2
11. 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.
12. Closing Date
March 4, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDST).
13. Contract Authority
Lucie Lepage
Natural Resources Canada
Contracting Officer
580 Booth Street, room 5-D2-2
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E4
Fax: 613-947-5477
E-mail: l••••••••@••••••.ca
