Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
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.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has a requirement for a
license to provide web access to Info-directTM for up to 35
concurrent users to query the National Canadian Telephone
Directory Database which contains approximately 90-95%+ of all
published Business and Residential telephone listings in Canada.
The data is to be used to query cargo consignee information to
identify and assess risk at Canadian Ports of Entry. The license
provides a secure internet database application for individual
record look-up and verification which allows users to search
listings by:
- name;
- address, full or partial;
- phone number;
- postal code;
- a combination of any of these input options, moving
from 1 search function to another; and
- reverse lookup on any field.
It allows a number of user-friendly display options and timely
provision of counts (within 10 seconds).
The database is updated on a monthly basis and includes detail
drawn from all major telephone companies and their directory
publishers across Canada and must include at a minimum:
TABLE #1
Telephone Company Directory Publisher Data Supplier Geographic
Area
Aliant Inc. Aliant Inc. Bell Canada NB, NS, PEI, NL
Telebec Ltee. Yellow Pages Group Co. Bell Canada Portion of
'418', '450' &'819' area codes in QUE
Telus Quebec Yellow Pages Group Co. Yellow Pages Eastern Quebec
Bell Canada Yellow Pages Group Co. Bell Canada Ontario & Quebec
excluding: Telus Quebec/ Telebec Ltee.
Mountain Cablevision Yellow Pages Group Co. Bell Canada Ontario
Rogers Home Phone Yellow Pages Group
Co. Bell/Aliant ON/QC/Maritimes
Groupe Videotron Yellow Pages Group Co. Yellow Pages Quebec
Northern Tel Yellow Pages Group Co. Bell Canada Portion of
"705" area code in Ontario
Manitoba Telecom MTS Media Inc. MTS Media Inc. Manitoba
Telus Yellow Pages Group Co. Yellow Pages British Columbia &
Alberta
Any interested supplier must demonstrate they could meet the
following requirements:
· Unlimited web access to a secure internet database application
for individual record lookup and verification for up to 35
concurrent users to 90-95%+ of all current published Business
and Residential telephone listings in Canada from the Telephone
Company, Directory Publisher, Data Supplier and Geographic Area
listed in Table #1 including at a minimum of 11.1 million
residential listing and 1.7 million business listings;
· Requires the provider of the database to have in place by
Oct. 1, 2014 a direct relationship with Canadian
Telecommunication Companies that includes data legally obtained
from the Telecommunication Companies via an electronic feed
(demonstrated with Letters of exclusive authorization from the
Telecommunication Companies listed in the table above.)
· Allows users to search listings by:
- name;
- address, full or partial;
- apartment number;
- phone number;
- postal code;
- a combination of these input options, moving from 1
search function to another; and
- reverse lookup on any field;
· Allows a number of user-friendly display options and timely
provision of counts (within 10 seconds);
· Provides an alternative spelling function that allows a user
to try different choices of the way, place, or person names have
been spelt and it allows users to refine their search to a
particular city or town;
· Includes a feature allowing users to set their preferred
language (English or French) with all information thereafter
be available in the language of their choice;
· Data that is updated on a monthly basis; and
· Provides access to a database that has been available and
supported at minimum of 3 years in the last 5 years to at least
3 separated corporate clients;
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement:
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
The Info-direct database is the only product that can provide
90-95%+ of all current published Business and Residential
telephone listings in Canada from the Telephone Company,
Directory Publisher, Data Supplier and Geographic Area listed in
Table #1.
Failure to have access to the data would significantly hinder
CBSA Targeting Officers in conducting their risk assessments. It
is not feasible to invest in another product that does not
provide all of the data found in the current database and to
train all of the staff on a new product. Failure to contract for
the proposed procurement would create an unnecessary disruption
to current operation activities that would have a negative
impact on CBSA and Canadian business operations.
Section 6 (d) of the Government Contract Regulations is being
invoked in this procurement as only one person 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 where there is an absence of
competition for be supplied only by a particular supplier and no
alternative or substitute exists, respectively.
Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of
the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.
The conditions of the developer's shrink-wrap license,
click-through license and/or other license agreement are not
acceptable to the Crown. The information product is
proprietary, and the proposed Contractor must have the authority
to negotiate the terms and conditions of the contract and the
related information product licensing terms including, but not
limited to; limitation of liability, indemnification,
transferability of license, termination/refund to the Crown.
The proposed contract is from April 1, 2015 up to and including
March 31, 2016 with option to extend up to four (4) annual
periods.
The cost estimate is $63,000.00 for a one year license with four
(4) additional option years for a total estimated cost of
$315,000.00 notincluding all applicable taxes.
Cornerstone Group of Companies
20 Eglington Ave. West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4R 1K8
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.
The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is October 22, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET.
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Beth Weinberger
Supply Specialist
PWGSC - CASMS - CCPD - PI Division
Place du Portage, Phase III, 11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5
Telephone: (819) 956-7325
Email: b••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
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.
