Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
RISO - Correlator Support
31034-199419/A
Fletcher, Erin
Telephone No. - (250) 415-6020 ( )
REQUIREMENT: The Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics (HAA) research centre of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is a world leader in design and deployment of correlator digital signal processing systems for large radio telescopes. The NRC/HAA Astronomy Technology Directorate (ATD) has a requirement for the following resources to provide support to the NRC correlator team on various projects:
- Project Manager / SAFe Scrum Master
- System Engineer
- Signal Processing Firmware Engineer
- Signal Processing Embedded Software Engineer
Anticipated types of deliverables are as follows:
- Monthly status reports
- SAFe work items: Epics, Capabilities, Features, Stories, etc.
- Firmware/Software Design Specifications
- Firmware/Software User Manuals
- Integration and Test Plans
- Integration and Test Results
- Firmware modules and bench test code
- Software modules and unit test code
- Engineering documents and reports
Travel to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) in Penticton, BC will be required for various project milestones. International travel will also likely be required to support various projects the NRC correlator team is involved with.
PERIOD OF STANDING OFFER: The Standing Offer will be for a period of one (1) year with the option to renew for up to four (4) additional years. The estimated value of the Standing Offer is 1.2M per year.
TRADE AGREEMENTS: The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
CANADIAN CONTENT: The requirement is limited to Canadian services.
DEBRIEFINGS: Offerors may request a debriefing on the results of the request for standing offers process. Offerors should make the request to the Standing Offer Authority within 15 working days of receipt of the results of the request for standing offers process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.
IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Works and Government Services Canada?s initiative to submit bid submission files electronically using epost Connect. Interested bidders should refer to Part 2 of the solicitation document entitled Instructions to bidders/offerors/suppliers, as the case may be, for instructions on how to participate and submit their files electronically for this tender.
Further specifications and information are contained in the solicitation package.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
