Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (MISSISSAUGA) INC.
2845 Argentia Rd
Unit 4
Mississauga Ontario
Canada
L5N8G6
Nature of Requirements:
Liquid Extraction System
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 statedin the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.
2. Definition of the requirement
The Department of the Environment, Burlington, Ontario has a requirement for the supply and delivery of an AutoTrace 280 Liquid Extraction System.
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 equipment meets the following requirements:
- 1. AutoTrace 280 Automated Large Volume SPE (Solid Phase Extraction) for Cartridges with 6 mL Plungers with an option of disks.
- 2. Line Cord, 3COND, North America.
- 3. Must be able to extract up to 4 L of water.
- 4. Must be able to load and extract up to 6 samples in parallel.
- 5. Extraction unit must be a closed system not requiring a fumehood for use and operation.
- 6. The system must automatically condition, rinse, load and elute which is computer controlled.
- 7. Thesystem must elute the cartridges under positive pressure for consistent elution rates and flows.
- 8. The system must be able to automatically control up to, at least, 4 different solvents during the elution with the option of eluting with one or all 4in a serial fashion.
- 9. The system must have a computer-controlled elution rate with a range of at least 1-20 mL per minute.
- 10. The system must have the ability to store up to a minimum of 15 methods.
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s)to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
a. Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
b. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The only known supplierof a Liquid Extraction System meeting all the above required technical specifications is ThermoFisher Scientific. For this reason it is proposed to negotiate this requirement with ThermoFisher Scientific.
6. 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").
7. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the:
- Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article 506:
12. Where only one supplier is able to meet the requirements of a procurement, an entity
may use procurement proceduresthat are different from those described in paragraphs 1 through 10 in the following circumstance:
b) where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons and the goods or
services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no alternative or substitute exists;
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article1016: Limited Tendering Procedures:
2. An entity may use limited tendering procedures in the following circumstances and
subject to the following conditions, as applicable:
b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents,
copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services canbe supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The equipment must be delivered on or before March 31, 2016.
9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract is $59,998.00 (GST/HST extra).
10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
ThermoFisher Scientific Mississauga Inc.
2845 Argentina Road, Unit 4,
Mississauga, ON L5N 8G6
Canada
11. 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 thecontact 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.
12. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is January 08, 2016 at 2:00 p.m EST.
13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Hussain Noor
Supply Officer
33 City Centre Drive, Suite 480-C
Mississauga, ON L5N 3C2
Telephone: 905-615-2080
E-mail: H••••••••@••••••••.••.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.
