Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
total power limited
6450 Kestrel Road
Mississauga Ontario
Canada
L5T1Z7
Nature of Requirements:
This Advance Contract Award Notices cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number EP168-172747/C dated 2018-02-19 with a closing of 2018-04-06 at 14:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to bidders/offerors/suppliers who bid on the previous solicitation.
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
Public Works and Government Services Canada requires a Contractor to supply labour, supervision, tools, materials, and equipment necessary for a program of inspection, maintenance, and repairs of two generator sets and their transfer switches.
The generator sets are located one at each at Timiskaming Dam and Big Chaudière Dam in northern Ontario.
In all cases, the generator sets provide standby power for flow control equipment on the dams (i.e. stop log lifters, vertical lift gates). The generator set at Timiskaming also provides emergency power to the buildings at the dam site.
3. Description of the equipment
1- Timiskaming Dam
The generator at Timiskaming Dam is a natural gas generator with an automatic transfer switch to be left set in automatic mode. The equipment was installed in 2012.
1.1 Generator
Generac Type #SG130, Model #13866910100, Serial #2114028, 130kW, with the following key components:
- Controller: Generac Quiet-Test? H-100
- Alternator: Generac Model 130 GENprotect, 4-pole revolving field, brushless excitation, 600V, 0.8 PF,
3? 4-wire, 175A, 600V, 60Hz, 130kW, 163kVA.
- Engine: Generac/Ford G6.8.1, Model #CGNX806.82C3, 189hp, 10 cylinders, engine displacement 6.8L,
23.9L coolant capacity, 5.7L crankcase oil capacity
- Block heater: 1.5kW, 120V
- Battery: Generac B-12 Group 31 925CCA 12V battery with Generac charger model #OF1740, Serial
#OF6138
1.2 Transfer Switch
Thomson Technology Automatic Transfer Switch, with bypass isolation mode, Type #TS870, Model
#TS873B0250A1BN3CKKAA, Serial #W-076127, 250A, 347/600V, 3? (4 wire), 60Hz, with the following key components:
- Controller: TSC80e microprocessor switch controller c/w LED display
1.3 Generator Ventilation Louvers
Nailor louver-dampers, 2 units, Model #1606CDAF, 6-inch louvers, aluminum. Controlled by Belimo NFBUP damper controller.
1.4 Electric Unit Heater
In generator shed, thermostatically controlled by a wall-mounted thermostat. Dimplex Model EUH-B.
2- Big Chaudière Dam
The generator at Big Chaudière Dam is a diesel generator with an automatic transfer switch set in manual mode. The equipment was installed and commissioned in 2016.
2.1 Generator
Generac SD50 Model #SDOO5OAG163.4D18HBNL3, Serial # 3000002089, 50kW, 50kVA, with the following key components:
- Controller: Generac Quiet-Test? H-100
- Alternator: Generac Model 390, 208A, 120/240VAC, 1.0 PF, single phase
- Engine: Diesel, Generac 4-cylinder, 3.4L
- Engine heater: Coolant heater, 1500W, 120VAC
- Fuel: Diesel, tank within generator base, capacity actual 65 gal., capacity useable 55 gal.
2.2 Transfer Switch
ASCO Series 300 Group G 3ATS, Model #D03ATSB20200FG0C Serial #1315134BR, 200A, 120/240V, LCD Control pane with microprocessor control.
2.3 Suspended Unit Heaters
Located in electrical building.
4. 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:
1. Suppliers must be authorized by the generator OEM to perform work on its equipment and have access to the OEM's technical support services and service bulletins.
Suppliers must provide letters from each OEM for the equipment listed above as proof of this. The letter must confirm that the Supplier is an authorized service agent of the OEM or has a valid sub-contracting agreement with the OEM. The letter must also confirm the Supplier has access to all parts, tools, materials, adjustment procedures, hardware, firmware, and software required in order to service and maintain the equipment listed above.
2. Suppliers must either have an oil condition monitoring predictive maintenance program or have the capability to sub-contract this portion to a qualified third party source.
3. Suppliers must hold a valid clearance certificate from the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB)
5. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
6. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
Total Power Limited is the exclusive representative for Generac Power Systems’ Industrial Product Line within the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.
Generac offers equipment control panels with different levels of sophistication. Various control panels are proprietary to Generac's equipment and only their recognized Industrial Distributors are able to provide authorized service work.
7. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the:
i. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Article 1016: Limited Tendering Procedures;
ii. Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Article 19.12: Limited Tendering;
iii. World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) Article XV: Limited Tendering;
iv. Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Article 513: Limited Tendering or Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Article 506: Procedures for Procurement, paragraphs 11 and 12.
8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The period of the contract(s) shall be for three (3) years with three (3) additional one-year option periods. The contract is intended to commence 01-07-2018.
9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is $400,000.00 to $700,000.00 (applicable taxes included).
10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Total Power LTD.
1065 Auger Avenue
Sudbury, Ontario P3A 4S1
11. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the 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 June 04, 2018, 02:00pm EDT.
13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Maxime Dallaire
Supply Officer, Acquisitions Branch
Public Works and Government Services Canada
m••••••••@••••••••.••.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.
