NMR CORE ANALYZER

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/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: Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis Tubney Woods, Abingdon United Kingdom OX13 5QX Nature of Requirements:

NMR CORE ANALYZER

23375-160702/A Hooper, Marlyn Telephone No. - (613) 219-8478 Fax No. - (819) 956-3814

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 co

nstruction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a st atement 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

National Resources Canada has a requirement for the supply and installation of one (1) NMR Core Analyzer with on-site user training fo r up to () users. This requirement includes one (1) year of maintenance.

3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product meets the following requirements:

(1) 12 MHz NMR Core Analyzer (2) Method for saturation profiles of rocks (3) Pulsed filed gradients (4) 2D inversion (5) Method for obtaining pore size distributions at each point in the saturation profile (6) Measuring full capillary pressure curves (7) Sample Holder P5 Cell for Overburden studies (8) Sample Holder P5 has an integratedburst disc and secondary

containment

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s)

World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

The only known supplier of NMR Core Analyzer meeting all the above required technical specifications is Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate this requ irement with Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis.

6. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked

under the

World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) - Article XV (b) Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article 506.12(b) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016.2(b)

7. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The final delivery of the equipment must be on March 31, 2016.

8. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis Tubney Woods, Abingdon Oxon OX13 5QX United Kingdom

9. 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 statementof 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.

10. Closing date for asubmission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is November 25, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

11. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to

Marlyn Hooper Supply Specialist Public Works and Government Services Canada Scientific, Medical and Photographic Division - PV Portage III - Floor: 6A2 - Room: 48 11 Laurier Street Gatineau, Quebec Canada K1A 0S5

Telephone: 613-219-8478 Facsimile: 819-956-3814 E-mail: marlyn.hooper@pwgsc.gc.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.