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:
OPTI-TECH SCIENTIFIC INC.
1895 Clements Road
Unit 122
Pickering Ontario
Canada
L1W3V5
Nature of Requirements:
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
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC), is seeking, through the Automobile and Surface Transportation Program, to acquire a pyrolyzer, which is critical for the carbon fibre activities in advanced material department and ongoing R&D project on carbon fibre production from various precursors.
The work consists of supply and delivery of the pyrolyzer: High temperature furnace system at the National Research Council of Canada, 75 Boulevard de Mortagne, Boucherville, Quebec, Canada J4B 6Y4.
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 its product meets the following requirements:
Mandatory technical specifications
The delivered equipment must have the following specifications:
- The equipment must be able to automatically load / unload samples at pre-selected temperatures and be able to load / unload samples at a preset temperature.
- The equipment must reach a maximum working temperature of 1700° C and must have a minimum heating rate to reach 1700 °C within 120 minutes.
- The equipment must have a temperature control accuracy of +/- 5 °C.
- The equipment must allow the sample to be discharged from the furnace at a preset temperature to achieve the fastest cooling.
- The equipment must be operated under controlled inert atmosphere, meaning that three gases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon) must be switched at the right temperatures and the undesired gas concentration inside the furnace must be able to reach the set point of 500ppm within 15 minutes.
- The equipment configuration must be in Bench-top
- The equipment must have a minimum internal volume of 3 liters.
- The equipment must have an internal dimension no less than: H x Diameter (mm) 180 X 140.
- The equipment must have an oven outer dimension H x W x D (mm) less than: 1000 x 800 x 600.
- The equipment must have a maximum power (W) between 4500 and 5000 W
- The equipment voltage shall be 220V single-phase and the maximum amperage must be less than 30A.
- The vertical load elevator body of the furnace must be electrically powered and must protect the operator from radiant heat from the chamber.
- The equipment must have overheat protection to protect load or oven during unattended operation.
- The equipment must be good for sintering high-performance ceramic, molten glass under high temperature or work with modified atmospheres.
- The equipment must have heating elements in molybdenum disilicide.
- The equipment must have a segment temperature controller, must have a PR recorder and a programmable PID control with a minimum of 25 segments and 100 programs.
- The equipment must have up to 3 relays that can be connected to a program segment to switch the gas solenoid valve
- The equipment must have approval of Canadian Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) approval. Must be CSA approved.
- The equipment must have a weight less than 175 kg.
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- 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 must be able to provide an equipment that comply with all the criteria mentioned at point 3 of this notice. To PWGSC’S knowledge, only Opti-Tech Scientific Inc. / Howells Instrument Co. is able to provide this equipment.
8. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under 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 under the trade agreements specified:
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Article 513 b)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016 par. 2b)
10. Ownership of Intellectual Property
N/A
11. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
- The product must be delivered as soon as possible.
12. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is between $45,000.00 and $65,000.00 (GST/HST extra).
13. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Opti-Tech Scientific.Inc. / Howells Instrument Co.
1895 Clements Road, Unit 122
Pickering, Ontario, Canada L1W 3V5
14. 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.
15. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is March 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
16. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Corine Lavoie
Telephone: 514-207-4777
Facsimile: 514-496-3822
Email: c••••••••@•••••.••.ca
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.
