Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/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: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
ESRI Canada Ltd.
1600 Carling Avenue
Suite # 710
Ottawa Ontario
Canada
K1Z1G3
Nature of Requirements:
ESRI ArcGIS Software
W8484-137769
Lessard, Peter
Telephone No. - (819) 956-5846
Fax No. - (819) 953-3703
Notice of Contract Award Notice (ACAN)
REQUIREMENT:
The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for
the provision of goods as specified under "Background" below.
The purpose of this Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to
signal the government's intention to award a contract for these
goods to ESRI Canada of Ottawa, Ontario. Before awarding a
contract, however, the government would like to provide other
suppliers with the opportunity to demonstrate that they are
capable of satisfying the requirements set out in this Notice,
by submitting a statement of capabilities during the 15 calendar
day posting period.
If other potential suppliers submit a statement of capabilities
during the 15 calendar day posting period that proves that they
meet all of the requirements set out in the ACAN, the government
will proceed to a full tendering process on either the
government's electronic tendering service or through traditional
means, in order to award the contract.
If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a
statement of capabilities meeting the requirements set out in
the ACAN, a contract will be awarded to the pre-selected
supplier.
BACKGROUND:
Securing an Open Society, Canada's National Security Policy
2004, introduced the need for the Marine Security Operations
Centres to meet both marine and national security challenges of
the 21st century. The function of the Marine Security
Operations Centres is to enable departments and agencies to work
collaboratively to collect and analyze intelligence and other
information in an effort to develop a solid awareness in their
area of responsibility with regard to marine security.
The interdepartmental Coastal Marine Security Operations Centres
Project Office, led by the Department of National Defence, has
been mandated to provide the envisioned Marine Security
Operations Centres with the personnel, technology, and physical
infrastructure capability that they require to carry out their
primary mission in a more efficient and effective manner.
To promote collaboration and sharing of information between
personnel from the five core partner agencies/departments at
Coastal Marine Security Operations Centres, a collaboration
portal based on Microsoft SharePoint has been implemented. A
key component of the collaboration portal is the National
Maritime Picture, which will be based on geographic information
system (GIS) technology.
The National Maritime Picture must display real-time and
historical vessel positional data, in addition to other
reference and operational data layers from the five core
partner/agencies/ departments; provide situational awareness and
geospatial analytical web service capabilities; and integrate
seamlessly with the collaboration portal through a SharePoint
web part.
Given these requirements, the Department of National Defence
intends to acquire an ESRI GIS software suite of products.
Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of its
Client, the Department of National Defence, intends to enter
into a sole source contract with ESRI Canada for the purpose of
procurement of the following:
Initial Requirement
1. 3 - ESRI Developer Network (EDN) Standard with ArcGIS for
Desktop Advanced Single Use Term License Bundle
2. 3 - ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced (formerly ArcInfo) Concurrent
Use License 10.1
3. 4 - ArcGIS for Server Enterprise Advanced (Windows) Up to
Four Cores Staging Server License 10.1
4. 2 - ArcGIS for Server Enterprise Advanced (Windows) Up to
Four Cores License 10.1
5. Maintenance and support for all of the above for one
additional year.
Optional Requirements (for Classified Infrastructure)
1. 1 - ESRI Developer Network (EDN) Standard with ArcGIS for
Desktop Advanced Single Use Term License Bundle
2. 2 - ArcGIS for Server Enterprise Advanced (Windows) Up to
Four Cores Staging Server License 10.1
3. 2 - ArcGIS for Server Enterprise Advanced (Windows) Up to
Four Cores License 10.1
4. Maintenance and support for all of the above for two
additional year.
MINIMUM ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that it meets all of the mandatory requirements
at Annex A
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRE-SELECTED SUPPLIER
The reasons for single tendering are described at Annex A.
Section 6 of the Government Contract Regulations is being
invoked in this procurement as only one person or firm is
capable of performing the contract.
Articles 506.12(a) and 506.12(b) of AIT are applicable on the
basis of limited tendering due to compatibility with existing
products, to recognize exclusive rights, such as exclusive
licenses, copyright and patent rights, or to maintain
specialized products that must be maintained by the manufacturer
or its representative, and when there is an absence of
competition for technical reasons and the goods or services can
be supplied only by a particular supplier and no alternative or
substitute exists, respectively.
Articles 1016.2(b) and 1016.2(d) of NAFTA are applicable on the
basis of limited tendering due to reasons where, for works of
art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents,
copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information
or where there is an absence of competition for technical
reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a
particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute
exists, 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 inter
changeability with already existing equipment or services,
including software to the extent that the initial procurement of
the software was covered by this Chapter, respectively.
PERIOD OF CONTRACT
The proposed contract is for the purchase of an ESRI ArcGIS
suite of products, including associated maintenance and support
services for a period of one (1) year from date of Contract
Award plus two (2) option years.
The solution will be delivered within 10 days of any resulting
contract.
ANNEX A
The reasons for sole source justification for the required ESRI
GIS software are detailed below. The Department of National
Defence (DND) requires the solution to be compliant with the
following functionalities:
1. The GIS software solution must be commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) software and not open source.
2. The GIS software solution must offer, out-of-the-box, a map
web part for GIS integration with Microsoft SharePoint.
3. The GIS software solution must offer, out-of-the-box, a
Microsoft Silverlight application programming interface (API)
for custom front end development in SharePoint using Silverlight
4 and 5.
4. The GIS software solution must allow developers to author and
publish custom geo-processing web services using the
REpresentational State Transfer (REST) web service design model
to support the implementation of situational awareness
geospatial analytical web service capabilities.
5. The GIS software solution must be capable of receiving,
storing, adding, modifying, archiving and transferring meta-data
associated with entities, including vessels, facilities, areas,
aircraft, people, organizations, etc.
6. The GIS software solution must be able to perform filtering,
searching, track generation and alerting based on attributes of
the data or spatial positions (i.e., geo-fencing) of entities
manually and automatically.
7. The GIS software solution must support geodatabase
versioning, replication, and archiving.
8. The GIS software solution must secure map and geoprocessing
web services using tokens and must be compatible with SharePoint
security models (e.g., Active Directory) since authentication
and authorization functions are handled by SharePoint and the
security of GIS data and web services will be driven by these
models.
9. The GIS software solution must be able to publish and host
map services, and support changing layer rendering (i.e.,
symbology), layer order, or add layers on-the-fly for these map
services based on users' assigned roles.
10. The GIS software solution must be compatible with principles
of service oriented architectures (SOA) and provide capabilities
to integrate information and services that are maintained on
distributed networks through the use of web services.
11. The GIS software solution must not only support geospatial
data, but temporal data as well, and be able to display these
data in two- and three-dimensions.
12. The GIS software solution must be scalable within a
technical architecture based on multiple virtual machines, and
have a proven history of successful deployments on the Defence
Wide Area Network (DWAN) and Consolidated Secret Network
Infrastructure (CSNI) networks.
13. The GIS software solution must be capable of being hosted
internally behind DND firewalls for use in a Secret environment
where Interest access is not permitted.
14. The GIS software solution must offer a network-attached
storage device that contains multiple base maps of interest to
the maritime community (e.g., ocean basemap and world imagery)
for use in a Secret environment where Internet access is not
permitted.
15. The GIS software solution must support and be fully
compatible with the Microsoft stack. This includes being hosted
on Windows Server 2008, being fully integrated with Active
Directory for user authentication and access control, being
fully supportive of Microsoft's ".Net" technology, and being
fully compatible with Internet Explorer 7, which is the default
browser for DND.
CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR WRITTEN SUPPLIER RESPONSES CHALLENGING
THIS
REQUIREMENT IS 2:00 p.m. EST, 25 February 2013.
You are hereby notified that the Government intends to solicit a
bid and negotiate with one firm only as identified above.
If you wish to submit a written response showing that you are
capable of meeting this requirement, it must be done not later
than the specified closing date and time. The file number,
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.
As it is intended to proceed in a timely manner, responses
received after the closing date will not be considered.
Responses received on or before the closing date will be
considered solely for the purpose of deciding whether or not to
conduct a competitive procurement. Information provided will be
used by the Crown for technical evaluation purposes only and is
not to be construed as a competitive solicitation. Your written
response must provide sufficient evidence (e.g. specifications,
technical data, drawings, or any other proof) that clearly
demonstrates that your product or service is capable of
fulfilling this requirement. Suppliers that have submitted a
response will be notified in writing of PWGSC's decision to
continue with the non-competitive procurement or to compete the
requirement.
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.
