l’instruction sur Lithos

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
CAE INC
8585 COTE DE LIESSE
ST-LAURENT Quebec
Canada
H4T1G6
Nature of Requirements:

LITHOS TRAINING

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
The Department of National Defence (DND) 14 Wing Greenwood in Nova Scotia has a requirement for the delivery of LITHOS Training. The Chief Simulation Officer (CSimO) at 404 Long Range Patrol and Training (LRP&T) Squadron is responsible to the Commanding Officer for the operation of flight simulation devices. In order to generate airfield environments for use in simulation, developers need to be trained in the use of developmental products, such as Lithos.

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 product meets the following requirements:

Lithos is a CAE product utilized within the Aurora simulation support environment for the generation of airfields for use in the Full Flight Simulator (FFS) and Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT). In order to properly utilize the software package, specialist training for developers will be required at 14 Wing Greenwood.

TERMINOLOGY
Common Database (CDB)
Visual Database (VDB)
Full Flight Simulator (FFS)
Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT)
Database Management System (DBMS).

REASON FOR TRAINING
Training for two simulation developers at 404 Sqn is required to allow the proper development of airfield environments using the Lithos tool. Training will include Visual Database (VDB) and Common Database (CDB) lectures conducted and will be conducted at 14 Wing Greenwood utilizing the Database Management System (DBMS). The successful training will allow the developers to independly design, develop, test and deploy stable airfield products for use in the CP140M Aurora Full Flight Simulator (FFS) and Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT).

INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS
The instructor must have a Lithos VDB and CDB development qualification, must have previous experience instructing the use of the Lithos software, and have a minimum of two (2) years experience developing Lithos products.

COURSE CONTENT
a) Work Environment Setup - using DBMS, Windows Operating System, ArcGIS, Creator and Photoshop tools, establish a functional working environment;
b) CDB and VDB Overviews - review individual standards, demonstrate CDB workflow;
c) Initializing a Development Project - define VDB design parameters, create a new project;
d) Basic Scene Development - collect data from a variety of sources, apply Lithos workflow to project, process altimetry and planimetry, build project library;
e) Terrain Generation - select and edit sources, publish and verify elevation datasets;;
f) Imagery Generation - select and edit sources, publish and verify imagery datasets, create and process pseudo-imagery sources;
g) Enhance Terrain - enhance terrain with advanced techniques, build runway profiles, run Lithos terrain generator;
h) Building 2D Aerodrome - create background image, trace primary and secondary components, structrure the ICAO_2D.flt file, create airport lights, demonstrate airport 2D workflow;
i) Building Aerodrome Insets - trace a CDB-compliant airport geometry, add an airport inset while building library support;
j) Building 3D Models - comply with CDB modeling conventions, publish and verify 3D model datasets, review existing models;
k) Generate Lights and Typical Trees - publish and verify airport lights and environmental lights, introduce navigational data and versioning, publish and verify geo-typical features such as trees;
l) Create Custom Lithos Features - create and edit shapefiles, script within Lithos rules, create 3D with Lithos ExtrusionPublisher feature, build template database;
m) Generate Vector Datasets - publish and verify Topology Networks dataset, publish and verify Vector datasets (aerial and linear features);
n) Generate Sensor Material - create material sources from vector data and library definitions, use Lithos Rasteriser, publish and verify Raster Material datasets; and
o) Maintain the DBMS - install visual database sources, upgrade the workstation.

CONSTRAINTS
Start date to be determined, course to be conducted over 30 consecutive business days between 1 Jan 2018 and 31 Mar 2018.

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s)
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The supplier selected in advance and identified in section 10, CAE, is to our knowledge the only supplier meeting all the specifications required in the section 3.

6.Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 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:

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Article 513.1 (b) (ii)

8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The training must be completed prior to 31 March 2018.

9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value for this notice is in the following cost category: between $50,000.00 and $100,000.00 (applicable taxes included).

10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
CAE Inc.
8585 Cote-de-Liesse
Saint Laurent, Quebec
H4T 1G6 Canada

11. 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 thesupplier 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: 2:00 p.m. AST, Friday, 24 November 2017

13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Darren Conrad
Supply Specialist
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Atlantic Region - Acquisitions Branch
1713 Bedford Row
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3C9
Telephone: (902) 403-8584
Facsimile: (902) 496-5016
E-mail address: D••••••••@••••••••.••.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.