22-58116SAS N2 Building Automation System (BAS) UpgradeAdvance 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.Definition of the requirement:The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) operates the Gymnasium Road Campus in Saskatoon that consists of six wings. These wings are primarily monitored and controlled under Johnson Controls proprietary Metasys Building Automation System Platform.The proprietary “N2” communication language (Protocol) used within the Metasys Building Automation System has reached the end of its life and has been phased out in favour of the open source “BACnet” MS/TP communication language (Protocol).To ensure ongoing system compatibility and interoperability within the existing NRC infrastructure while removing potential disruptions in service, NRC wishes to issue a contract to upgrade all remaining infrastructure and equipment still operating on the N2 protocol to the BACNet protocol under the Metasys Building Automation System.
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