Licence pour matériel et d'outils d'apprentissage 'brain-friendly'

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
NeuroLeadership Institute Inc
115 E. 57th Street, Floor 11
New York New York
United States
10022
Nature of Requirements:

Licence for Brain-Based Material & Tools

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

o The Human Resources Directorate (HRD) of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has a requirement forthe supply of neuroscience based learning material and tools for developing manager’s skills in ?brain friendly? communication and leadership practices in the context of the Health & Wellness CSA Strategy and in answer to the CSA Business Plan priority.
o CSA requires the purchase of a license for the program Connect: The Neuroscience Of Quality Conversations from the Neuro Leadership Institute.
o The license must be accessible to all CSA employees, through the CSA IT equipment. It must include participant and employee materials, learning modules, research summaries, practice tools, webinar presentations, webinar vacillator guide, all related NeuroLeadership Research Journal White Papers, supplementary videos. Certain research summaries, practicetools and embedding activities must be translated in French and certain videos must have subtitles in French.
3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its meets the following requirements:

Content:

• Provides learners with the scientifically (neuroscience) based knowledge on the optimal functioning on the prefrontal brain and its relation with the employeewell-being, their engagement and the organizational performance. ( employee mental health and well-being is one of the government Privy Clerk priority, and CSA Business Plan priority)
• Provides on-line tools delivered by the scientists and large experience research level experts on the neuroscience based leadership development and people well being
• Provides scientifically developed knowledge tools and research papers on the people motivation model SCARF for leaders, (SCARF representing the 5 leadership brain friendly behaviors, increasing performance and employee well-being: S for status, C for clarity, A for autonomy, R for relatedness and F for fairness).
• Provides learners with individual or in group virtual learning material allowing learners for the out of class and any time learning.
• Provides unlimited access to the virtual tools for the period of the license.
• Provides in depth scientific foundation (research papers, bibliography)for the learning method and the SCARF model of human motivation learning tools
• Provides virtual content and the research summery material in English and French (virtual tools subtitled in French), written material in both English and French

Access

• Provides simple, one click CSA Intranet based access to the virtual learning material.
• Access will be provided via the CSA Intranet web site.
• 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for scheduled maintenance

Functionality

• The ability to print transcripts of the information presented
• The ability to share links with colleagues.
• The ability to ask questions of experts from time to time

Tracking:

• Total number of assets viewed including a breakdown by topic area tracked by the CSA IT service.

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

The Canadian Space Agency is exempt from all of Canada’s national and international trade agreements.
5. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business

Not applicable
6. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s)

Not applicable
7. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

In answer to the Government Privy Council priority on Employee Mental health and well-being, and the CSA Business Plan priority, the CSA executive board has taken the corporate decision on purchasing the neuroscience leadership brain based learning tools and material, based on the Human motivation model SCARF, developed by the neuroscientists. (SCARF representing the 5 leadership brain friendly behaviors, increasing performance and employee well-being: S for status, C for clarity, A for autonomy, R for relatedness and F for fairness). CSA believes the NLI scientists have united the most recent research work on the brain and the leadership and based on that, have developed virtual user friendly tools that respond to the CSA highly performance, result and science based culture. Therefore, they are the sole provider of these services and no other company is authorized to sell or support this vendor owned product. The supplieris the only known company that can meets the minimum essential qualifications.
8. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

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".
9. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

The CSA is exempt from the trade agreements and the following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the:
o NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Chapter 10, Annex 1001.1a-1
o World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) Appendix I, Annex 1
o Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement : Chapter 14, Schedule 1401-1
o Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA): Chapter 14, Schedule 1401.1-1
o Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA): Part III bis, Chapter K bis, Annex K bis-01.1-1
o Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement: Chapter 17, Annex 17.4, Section B, Part I, A
o Canada-Panama FreeTradeAgreement: Chapter 16, Annex 5, Section B, Part I, A
o Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT): Chapter 5, Annex 502.2A

10. Ownership of Intellectual Property

Not applicable

11. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

o The proposed contract is for a period of 1 year. The period will start when the license will be delivery and accessible.
12. Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The estimated value of the contract, including option, is between $45,000.00 & $55,000.00 (GST/HST extra).
13. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

NeuroLeadership Institue Inc.
115 E. 57th Street, Floor 11
New York, New York, USA
10022
14. 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.
15. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is March 8, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
16. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Carolina Asquino, Supply Specialist
800 rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, local 7300, Montreal, Qc H5A 1L6
Telephone: 514-496-3549
Facsimile: 514-496-3822
E-mail: c••••••••@••••••••.••.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.