Analysis of Eastern Canadian Seismicity

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Canadian Hazards Information Service (CHIS) requires the provision of services to process earthquake seismic data for the Canadian National Seismic Catalogue. The Contractor will identify, verify, and locate seismic events, such as earthquake and blast hypocentres, from digital and analogue seismic data.

Canadian seismic waveform data is received in near real-time by the CHIS. This monitoring capacity provides critical data for seismic hazard estimation and the results of this monitoring are used to determine seismic design criteria for the National Building Code of Canada. Consequently, there is a requirement for a geologist or geophysicist specializing in seismic analysis for earthquakes.

The period of any resulting contract will be one (1) year from Contract award. There will be provision to extend the contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

The Work to be performed under the Contract will be on an "as and when requested basis" using a Task Authorization (TA).

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security Requirement, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses of the solicitation document.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Bidders must provide a complete list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003.

For services requirements, Bidders in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation.

NRCan has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada, on the following grounds: the main purpose of the contract, or of the deliverables contracted for, is to generate knowledge and information for public dissemination.

Bid Preparation Instructions

Part 3, Bid Preparation Instructions of the solicitation document, provides bidders with instructions on how to prepare their bid.

Evaluation Procedures and Basis of Selection

Part 4, Evaluation Procedures and Basis of Selection, of the solicitation document indicates how the evaluation will be conducted, the evaluation criteria that must be addressed in the bid, and the basis of selection.

Bids will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement of the bid solicitation.

The technical evaluation criteria consist of both mandatory and point rated criteria.

The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 70% for the technical merit and 30% for the price.