Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
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:
Thermfact Ltd.
447 Berwick
Mont-Royal Quebec
Canada
H3R1Z8
Nature of Requirements:
THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATION SOFTWARE (TC)
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 (PWGSC), on behalf of its client, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), is proposing to negotiate the supply of a Thermochemical Calculation (TC) Software for its accelerated alloy development platform.
NRC is looking for the services of a company to provide advanced and well-established thermochemical computation software for use by NRC scientists, meeting all of the specifications below and be commercially available (COTS).
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(s) meets the needs of the requirement and that it includes the following components and/or specifications and is in a position to provide Support and Maintenance of the software:
Mandatory criteria:
A. Perpetual license on the TC software;
B. Desired databases and summarized contents:
- Pure Substances Database: thermochemical data for no less than 4500 compounds;
- Light Metal Database: thermochemical data for Al, Mg and Ti alloys
? No less than 600 fully assessed binary alloy systems;
? No less than 1350 pure compounds;
? No less than 180 solution phases
- Steel Database: thermochemical data for steelmaking processes:
? No less than 130 fully assessed binary alloy systems;
? No less than 90 fully assessed ternary alloy systems
? No less than 15 fully assessed quaternary alloy systems
- Solutions Database: thermochemical data for the following solution systems:
? Aqueous solutions (no less than 1350 solute elements/species)
? Salt solutions (bromides, chlorides, fluorides, iodides, carbonates, sulfates, nitrates, hydroxydes);
? Oxide solutions (including oxyfluorides of alkali metals)
? Oxycarbonitride systems
? Solutions relevant to aluminum processing, e.g. liquid alloy, molten cryolite (Hall-Héroult Process)
? Sulfide alloy solutions
? Lead alloy solutions
? Tin alloy solutions
C. Desired databases on a server accessible to ten (10) simultaneous users on four (4) different NRC sites at the same time;
D. Two (2) independent dongles (USB security keys);
E. Free Support and Maintenance including updates for a minimum of five (5) years.
DELIVERABLES
1. Compact disk (CD) with databases for installation on server;
2. Two (2) independent dongles (USB security keys);
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
o Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
o North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
5. Government Contracts Regulations Exception
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".
6. 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):
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement - Article 513;
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016.2(b).
7. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
Thermfact Ltd, produce the Thermochemical Calculation Software which combine all the unique and essential characteristics required by NRC. Consequently, in accordance with government contracting policy, it is proposed that a contract be awarded to Thermfact Ltd, which is to our knowledge, the only firm capable of supplying the products.
8. Ownership of Intellectual Property
Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.
9. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The equipment must be delivered no later than three (3) weeks following the contract award.
10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Thermfact Ltd
447, Berwick
Mont-Royal, QC, H3R 1Z8
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 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 July 15, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Name: Alain Roy
Title: Supply Specialist
Telephone: (418) 649-2845
Facsimile: (418) 648-2209
Email: a••••••••@•••••.••.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.
