ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE (ACAN)
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
Requirement for web hosting, performance measurement and maintenance of the Auto$mart gamification application and content.
The scope of the work includes:
Maintenance on the previously provided Gamified engagement application:
Cloud-based web hosting services (system server cluster);
Monthly program analytics in the form of a digital report;
Monthly program analytics review, consultation & guidance (web-based);
Weekly reports on outstanding issues requiring resolution;
Up to 50,000 registered user accounts:
Cloud-based web hosting services (Picnic™ server cluster & HTML5 pages, as applicable);
Authentication services via email and Facebook;
Dedicated Picnic server cluster, deployed and configured for both desktop and mobile usage for use for one year from date of contract signing;
Online Picnic Program Manager Tool.
3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that they meets the following requirements:
Having a web-hosting platform with the following:
A ready to deploy gamified engagement application for core gaming and social interactivity principles of the Auto$mart existing content.Capability that will allow Auto$mart activity and interfaces with custom-designed and configured to consume the software-as-a-service (SaaS) features and capabilities of Picnic.
4. 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 meets the mandatory criteria set out in section 3 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(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) – only one person is capable of performing the work.
The identified provider is the only one able to meet all of the criteria identified in paragraph 3 above.
6. Ownership of Intellectual Property
Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed
contract will vest in the Contractor.
7. Contract Period
The contract period will be from date of Award to March 31, 2020
8. Estimated Cost: $65,000 CAD.
9. Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor
PugPharm
701-1228 Marinaside Cr.,
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2W4
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 March 08, 2019 at 14:00 Eastern Standard Time.
