SONDEUR MULTIFAISCEAUX À LARGE BANDE

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
R2Sonic LLC
1503 - A COOK PL.
SANTA BARBARA California
United States
93117
Nature of Requirements:
Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)

WIDEBAND MULTI BEAM ECHO-SOUNDER

5P032-140893/A

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

BACKGROUND:

Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Team (UAT) conducts
comprehensive scientific diving and remote-sensing surveys to
identify, inventory, and assess submerged cultural resources
within the Parks Canada mandate. This includes the expanding
system of National Historic Sites, National Parks, National Park
Reserves, National Marine Conservation Areas, National Marine
Parks, and Heritage Rivers. The UAT is also a recognized Federal
Authority for the evaluation of submerged cultural resources
under the provisions of the Canadian Environmental Assessment
Act. As such, the UAT is called upon to conduct archaeological
site investigations throughout Canada in both marine and fresh
water environments (including the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic
Oceans, as well as the Great Lakes).

The UAT has a requirement for a shallow water (