Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
1- Objectives:
Defence Research and Development Canada, Valcartier Research Centre (DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre) conducts activities to study the phenomenology of polarized multispectral imagery (visible to thermal infrared) through the development of electro-optical (EO) sensors, processing algorithms and the analysis of polarized radiation (infrared spectroscopy).
The objectives of this Work are:
- To develop a robust methodology to extract the optical constants of materials (solid/liquid/gel) using an ellipsometer and a spectrometer operating in the band (210 nm - 2 µm) and (200 nm - 25µm), respectively.
- To devise and implement algorithms for the detection and identification of materials using their polarized spectral signatures (visible to thermal infrared).
- To provide logistics and technical support for experiments conducted in lab and in the field, mainly at DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre.
- To perform hardware and software updates on polarized sensors owned by DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre.
- To model polarized radiative transfer.
2.Additional information
i. The organization for which the services are to be rendered is Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC - Valcartier).
ii. The period for the Contract is from date of Contract to March 31st, 2018, inclusive.
iii. The work is divided into two portions, a firm portion and a portion to be performed on an "as and when requested basis" using a Task Authorization (TA).
The estimated amount of available funding for the firm portion of the Work is $350 000.00, Applicable Taxes extra. The estimated amount of available funding for the portion of the Work to be performed on an "as and when requested basis" using a TA is $200 000.00 Applicable Taxes extra.
The Contract includes no obligation for Canada to have the TA portion of the Work performed.
A contract with Task Authorizations (TAs) is a method of supply for services under which all of the work or a portion of the work will be performed on an "as and when requested basis". Under contracts with TAs, the work to be carried out can be defined but the exact nature and timeframes of the required services, activities and deliverables will only be known as and when the service(s) will be required during the period of the contract. A TA is a structured administrative tool enabling the Crown to authorize work by a contractor on an "as and when requested" basis in accordance with the conditions of the contract. TAs are not individual contracts.
iv. Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.
v. All the tasks necessary to carry out the Contract, except projet management, must be executed at DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre, 2459 de la Bravoure Road, Quebec, QC, G3J 1X5. The scope of the Work requires that the Contractor have access to the material and the equipment exclusively available at the Valcartier Research Centre, such as: spectrogoniometer, multispectral SPICE sensor, Corvus and HySpex hyperspectral, ellipsometers SOPRA IRSE-5E and SOPRA GESP 5, Bruker Vertex 80v FTIR spectrometer, and the Modtran4-P, DIRSIG, and EOSPEC softwares. Note that a few experiments might be conducted externally of DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre (e.g. CFB Suffield).
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viii. For services requirements, Bidders must provide the required information, as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation, to comply with Treasury Board policies and directives on contracts awarded to Former Public Servant.
ix. The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).
x. The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
xi. This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.
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