ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE (ACAN)
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 Requirements
Background:
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) was required to provide detailed energy end-use analysis to support policy development and program delivery. To track the evolution of market trends in energy, energy efficiency and their impacts on GHG emissions, the Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) created five Energy End-Use Models. These models were later converted to the whatIf? software to simplify data manipulations and to improve the quality of the analysis.
Scope:
On an “as and when requested” basis, the contractor will provide upgrades, maintenance, client support on the WhatIf? software and database related to the five converted Energy End-Use Models.
3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements:
Has authorized access to whatIf? software source code.
Has previously provided WhatIf? software upgrades, technical support and maintenance;
Has worked on the WhatIf? software converted Energy End-Use Models.
4. Trade Agreements
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA);
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA);
World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP);
Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement;
Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement;
Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
We intend to deal directly with the supplier mentioned in section 10 below as it is the only known supplier that meets the mandatory criteria set out in section 3 above as well as provide the services described in section 2.
Should Canada receive a statement of capabilities from a supplier that contains sufficient information to indicate that it meets the requirements set forth in this ACAN; this non-competitive process will be abandoned and a competitive process will be pursued as appropriate with a technical and financial evaluation methodology of the bids proposed by the potential bidders.
6. Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations
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”.
The identified provider, whatIf? Technologies Inc., is the only one able to meet all of the criteria identified in paragraph 3 above.
7. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under:
Article 513 (1b) of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement
Article 1016 (e) of the North American Free Trade Agreement
Article Kbis-09 (c) of the Canada-Chile Trade Agreement
Article 1409 1 (c) of the Canada-Peru Trade Agreement
Article 1409 1 (c) of the Canada-Columbia Trade Agreement
Article XV (d) of the World Trade Organization Trade Agreement
8. Contract Period
The contract period will be from Award to 31 March 2018 plus option to extend the term of the Contract by two (2) additional one (1) year option periods.
9. Estimated Cost
It is estimated that the cost of this requirement shall be in the amount of $80,000.00, excluding HST for the initial period and $80,000.00, excluding HST for each of the option periods; for an anticipated total of $240,000.00 for the full term of the contract, including option periods.The estimated maximum value of the contract is $271,200.00 CAD inclusive of taxes.
10. Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor
WhatIf? Technologies Inc.
34 Hereford Place
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 3S5
11. Suppliers’ right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a Statement of Capabilities in writing, preferably by e-mail, to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date and time of this Notice. The Statement of Capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
12. Closing Date
The closing date for a submission of a Statement of Capabilities is August 14, 2017 at 14:00 (PDT).
13. Contract Authority
Gerald Baran
Senior Procurement and Contracting Officer
Procurement, Contracting and Assets Management Services
Natural Resources Canada
506 West Burnside Road
Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 1M5
Telephone: 250-298-2502
Facsimile: 250-363-3222
Email: g••••••••@••••••.ca
