Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Interchangeable Parts
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
ASYS Group Americas Inc.
140 Satellite Blvd. NE
Suite B1
Suwanee Georgia
United States
30024
Nature of Requirements:
SCREEN AND STENCIL PRINTER
31184-129832/A
Martins, Christina
Telephone No. - (819) 956-6911
Fax No. - (819) 956-3814
1) 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) National Research Council Canada, has a requirement for the
supply, installation, training and manuals of one (1) Screen
and Stencil printer in order to collaborate with their
industrial partners. It is intended to negotiate with ASYS
Group Americas Inc. for the supply, installation and training
for the Screen and Stencil printer identified below:
a. X1 SL Screen and Stencil Printer (P/N: 1091100073), Qty 1
b. Manual Optical Positioning System (MOPS) (P/N: 2017000011),
Qty 1
c. Stencil wiper incl. vacuum generator (P/N: 2018000016), Qty 1
d. Vacuum-option for vacuum print nest with vacuum pump 15l
(P/N: 2483000019), Qty 1
e. Print nest 300 x 300 mm with porous stone (Poroplast) (P/N:
2283000682), Qty 1
f. Squeegee head for screen print application (P/N: 2216000160),
Qty 1
g. Flood squeegee 250 mm (P/N: 2242100086), Qty 1
3) Minimum Essential Requirements
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its Screen and Stencil printers meet the
following requirements:
Print speed 5 - 200 mm/s
Printing head Two independent pneumatic printing heads
Squeegee pressure 10 - 250 N
Squeegee types All types
Squeegee depth setting Low stop block adjustable at the
squeegee head
Squeegee speed 10 to 200 mm/s
Separation way 2 mm
Snap off -2 to 5 mm
Table adjustment ± 4 mm
Print mode Printing - Printing
Print - Flood
Flood - Print
Alternating print
Frame size min 300 x 300 mm
Frame size max 740 x 740 mm
Print format Min. 75 x 75 mm
Max. 460 x 460 mm
Print material thickness 0.8 to 6 mm
Alignment repeatability ± 10 Im
Optical Positioning System (MOPS) with two cameras with
integrated light source,
min. fiducial spacing: 80 mm- Field of view: approx. 10 mm x
7,7 mm
The PC only enables the print when the marker position on the
screen is within the adjusted tolerance limits.
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
L'institut des communications graphiques du Quebec (ICGQ) is a
world-class integrated centre of innovation and expertise that
proactively supports the technological and commercial
development of the graphic communications industry. Its
objectives are to meet the needs of Canadian printing industry
undergoing great change in a globalizing economy.
The National Research Council of Canada recently launched a
flagship program on printable electronics. By working
together with a dozen of Canadian industrial partners in
materials synthesis, printing industry, and end-applications,
the Printable Electronic Flagship Program is set to deliver
industrial solutions to produce low cost printed electronics,
such as printed solar cells, logics and RFID inlays.
ICG joined NRC's Printable Flagship Program as an industrial
consortium member specialized in ink formulation and
printing/coating technologies. ICGQ purchased a
semi-automatic screen printer (X1-SL from ASYS group). In the
NRC's consortium based flagship program, ICGQ will work
together with NRC to develop screen printing processes for
antennas, conductive tracks and other devices at both sites.
In order to make the thin film and device fabrication processes
developed at NRC compatible with ICQG and transferable to
common industrial partners/clients, commonality between both
groups is critical in order for results to remain comparable and
directly transferable.
ASYS Group Americas Inc. is the sole supplier capable of
providing the semi-automatic screen printer (X1-SL) as
identified in the "Minimum Essential Requirements" listed above.
This will ensure that ICGQ can develop printing process on a
common technology platform. The system has state of the art
alignment accuracy of 10um for screen printing and a variety of
unique features that meet the R&D needs at ICQG.
6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
10.2 Exceptions 10.2.1 Section 6 of the Government Contracts
Regulations contains four exceptions that permit the
contracting authority to set aside the requirement to solicit
bids.
These are:
a.the need is one of pressing emergency in which delay would be
injurious to the public interest;
b.the estimated expenditure does not exceed $25,000, $100,000,
where the contract is for the acquisition of architectural,
engineering and other services required in respect of the
planning, design, preparation or supervision of the
construction, repair, renovation or restoration of a work, or
$100,000 where the contract is to be entered into by the member
of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada responsible for the
Canadian International Development Agency and is for the
acquisition of architectural, engineering or other services
required in respect of the planning, design, preparation or
supervision of an international development assistance program
or project;
c.the nature of the work is such that it would not be in the
public interest to solicit bids; or
d.only one person or firm is capable of performing the contract.
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations
is invoked for this procurement under subsection 10.2 Section
6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".
7. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the section of the trade agreement(s) specified:
Agreement on Internal Trade
AIT Article 506 12.(a) To ensure compatibility with existing
products, to recognize exclusiverights, such as exclusive
licesnses, copyright and patent rights, or to maintain
specialized products that must be maintained by the
manufacturer or its representative.
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA 1016: 2.(d) for additional deliveries by the original
supplier that are intended either as replacement parts or
continuing services for existing supplies, services or
installations, or as the
extension of existing supplies, services or installations,
where a change of supplier would compel the entity to procure
equipment or services not meeting requirements of
interchangeability with already existing equipment or
services, including software to the extent that the initial
procurement of the software was covered by this Chapter;
8. Ownership of Intellectual Property.
Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out
of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.
9. The period of the proposed contract or the delivery date.
Delivery is requested on or before 13 December, 2012.
10. A cost estimate of the proposed contract.
The estimated value of the contract is $68,699.25CDN (GST/HST
included).
11. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier:
Name: ASYS Group Americas Inc.
Address: Suwanee, GA
12. 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.
13. The closing date for a submission of a statement of
capabilities.
The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is 19 November, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
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.
