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: Government Objectives Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
Planck Aerosystems
710 13th St, Unit 307
San Diego California
United States
92101
Nature of Requirements:
ACAN - Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
FP197-170079/A
Sole, Mike
Telephone No. (250) 508-6183
Fax No. (250) 363-0395
GSIN: N1550, UAS System Hardware and Software,
Quantity: 1, Unit of Issue: LOT,
Delivery Date: See Herein
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 Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has a requirement for the supply of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in accordance with Section 17.
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 it meets the following requirements:
o All of the Mandatory Operational and Mandatory Technical requirements outlined in Section 17.
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s) :
o Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
o North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
5. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business
N/A.
6. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s)
N/A
7. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The Supplier is the only known entity that can supply the systems specified in Section 17.
8. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement: Subsection 6(d) - Only one person is capable of performing the work.
9. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked:
o Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Article(s) 513(b)(iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons
o North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Article(s) 1016.2(b) 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
10. Ownership of Intellectual Property
N/A
11. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
o The systems must be delivered on or before 23 March 2018.
12. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option(s),is:
$75,000 - $100,000 (GST/HST extra).
13. 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.
14. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is February 09, 2018 at 2:00PM PST.
16. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Mike Sole
Supply Specialist, Acquisitions - Victoria
Procurement Services Branch - Pacific Region
Telephone: 250-508-6183
Facsimile: 250-363-0395
E-mail: m••••••••@•••••.••.ca
17. Performance and Technical Specifications
The Pacific Marine Mammal Research program is integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into its research methodologies in order to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and take advantage of innovative research approaches being developed in the broader research community.
Mandatory Operational Requirements:
1. Systems must be in a ready to fly state without further assembly (not including payload attachment) and tested by manufacturer.
2. Must be able to take off and land in the vertical axis.
3. Must be able to take off and land autonomously from a moving research vessel (boat) travelling up to 10 knots in the dynamic marine environment (sea state of 3) with swell of up to 1.5 metres.
4. Landing accuracy of autonomous landings must be within a 1 metre squared landing zone.
5. Must have capability of Autonomous high-precision vision-based GPS-denied takeoff, landing, and position-hold relative to stationary or moving platforms.
6. Must also be capable of manual and GPS-assisted flight in addition to the autonomous requirements.
7. Must have a return to home base fail safe function that constantly updates the position of the home base to take into account the moving research vessel.
8. Must be capable of pre-programmed flight, assisted manual flight, and in flight mission modification
9. Must be of an appropriate size to operate from a small research vessel. Defined as less then 1285mm diameter with propellers spinning.
10. Must have conformal coated electronics for protection from marine environment.
11. System must support payload flexibility - in order to facilitate innovation, it is a requirement that as payload technology develops, and research objectives and focuses change, that there is an ability to integrate new payloads within the lifetime of these Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Integration involves physical attachment, as well as electronic integration with sensor data downlinks so pilot can monitor and control the sensor during flight.
Mandatory Technical Requirements
12. Require two aircraft - one quadcopter and one hexacopter. Each must be delivered with complete sUAS system hardware including aircraft, ground station, communications, landing pad, 8 batteries, and hard sided case.
13. Endurance (judged with no payloads, in calm conditions) must be greater than 25 minutes for the quadcopter, and greater than 15 mins for the hexacopter.
14. Quadcopter must be able to carry payload up to 1 kg.
15. Hexacopter must be able to carry payload up to 4.5 kg.
16. Each aircraft must also include a spare parts kit including propellers, motor, legs, brackets and/or standoffs.
17. Must operate in environmental temperature range of -5 to +30C
18. Must have a flight wind tolerance of greater than or equal to 20 knots of wind (measured without payloads).
19. Aircraft must be able to obtain a minimum speed up to 30 knots in windless conditions, no payload.
20. Use Lithium polymer batteries
21. Must provide 2 battery chargers - one for each aircraft.
22. Must provide one dual thermos imaging/ visual imaging payload capable of synchronise data acquisition.
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.
