SCREEN AND STENCIL PRINTER

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Interchangeable Parts Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: ASYS Group Americas Inc. 140 Satellite Blvd. NE Suite B1 Suwanee Georgia United States 30024 Nature of Requirements: SCREEN AND STENCIL PRINTER

31184-129832/A Martins, Christina Telephone No. - (819) 956-6911 Fax No. - (819) 956-3814

1) 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) National Research Council Canada, has a requirement for the supply, installation, training and manuals of one (1) Screen and Stencil printer in order to collaborate with their industrial partners. It is intended to negotiate with ASYS Group Americas Inc. for the supply, installation and training for the Screen and Stencil printer identified below:

a. X1 SL Screen and Stencil Printer (P/N: 1091100073), Qty 1 b. Manual Optical Positioning System (MOPS) (P/N: 2017000011), Qty 1 c. Stencil wiper incl. vacuum generator (P/N: 2018000016), Qty 1 d. Vacuum-option for vacuum print nest with vacuum pump 15l (P/N: 2483000019), Qty 1 e. Print nest 300 x 300 mm with porous stone (Poroplast) (P/N: 2283000682), Qty 1 f. Squeegee head for screen print application (P/N: 2216000160), Qty 1 g. Flood squeegee 250 mm (P/N: 2242100086), Qty 1

3) Minimum Essential Requirements

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its Screen and Stencil printers meet the following requirements:

Print speed 5 - 200 mm/s Printing head Two independent pneumatic printing heads Squeegee pressure 10 - 250 N Squeegee types All types Squeegee depth setting Low stop block adjustable at the squeegee head Squeegee speed 10 to 200 mm/s Separation way 2 mm Snap off -2 to 5 mm Table adjustment ± 4 mm Print mode Printing - Printing Print - Flood Flood - Print Alternating print

Frame size min 300 x 300 mm Frame size max 740 x 740 mm Print format Min. 75 x 75 mm Max. 460 x 460 mm

Print material thickness 0.8 to 6 mm Alignment repeatability ± 10 Im

Optical Positioning System (MOPS) with two cameras with integrated light source, min. fiducial spacing: 80 mm- Field of view: approx. 10 mm x 7,7 mm The PC only enables the print when the marker position on the screen is within the adjusted tolerance limits.

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

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

L'institut des communications graphiques du Quebec (ICGQ) is a world-class integrated centre of innovation and expertise that proactively supports the technological and commercial development of the graphic communications industry. Its objectives are to meet the needs of Canadian printing industry undergoing great change in a globalizing economy.

The National Research Council of Canada recently launched a flagship program on printable electronics. By working together with a dozen of Canadian industrial partners in materials synthesis, printing industry, and end-applications, the Printable Electronic Flagship Program is set to deliver industrial solutions to produce low cost printed electronics, such as printed solar cells, logics and RFID inlays.

ICG joined NRC's Printable Flagship Program as an industrial consortium member specialized in ink formulation and printing/coating technologies. ICGQ purchased a semi-automatic screen printer (X1-SL from ASYS group). In the NRC's consortium based flagship program, ICGQ will work together with NRC to develop screen printing processes for antennas, conductive tracks and other devices at both sites. In order to make the thin film and device fabrication processes developed at NRC compatible with ICQG and transferable to common industrial partners/clients, commonality between both groups is critical in order for results to remain comparable and directly transferable.

ASYS Group Americas Inc. is the sole supplier capable of providing the semi-automatic screen printer (X1-SL) as identified in the "Minimum Essential Requirements" listed above. This will ensure that ICGQ can develop printing process on a common technology platform. The system has state of the art alignment accuracy of 10um for screen printing and a variety of unique features that meet the R&D needs at ICQG.

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

10.2 Exceptions 10.2.1 Section 6 of the Government Contracts Regulations contains four exceptions that permit the contracting authority to set aside the requirement to solicit bids.

These are

a.the need is one of pressing emergency in which delay would be injurious to the public interest;

b.the estimated expenditure does not exceed $25,000, $100,000, where the contract is for the acquisition of architectural, engineering and other services required in respect of the planning, design, preparation or supervision of the construction, repair, renovation or restoration of a work, or $100,000 where the contract is to be entered into by the member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency and is for the acquisition of architectural, engineering or other services required in respect of the planning, design, preparation or supervision of an international development assistance program or project;

c.the nature of the work is such that it would not be in the public interest to solicit bids; or

d.only one person or firm is capable of performing the contract.

The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 10.2 Section 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 section of the trade agreement(s) specified:

Agreement on Internal Trade AIT Article 506 12.(a) To ensure compatibility with existing products, to recognize exclusiverights, such as exclusive licesnses, copyright and patent rights, or to maintain specialized products that must be maintained by the manufacturer or its representative.

North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA 1016: 2.(d) for additional deliveries by the original supplier that are intended either as replacement parts or continuing services for existing supplies, services or installations, or as the extension of existing supplies, services or installations, where a change of supplier would compel the entity to procure equipment or services not meeting requirements of interchangeability with already existing equipment or services, including software to the extent that the initial procurement of the software was covered by this Chapter;

8. Ownership of Intellectual Property.

Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.

9. The period of the proposed contract or the delivery date.

Delivery is requested on or before 13 December, 2012.

10. A cost estimate of the proposed contract.

The estimated value of the contract is $68,699.25CDN (GST/HST included).

11. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Name: ASYS Group Americas Inc. Address: Suwanee, GA

12. 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 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.

13. The closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities.

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is 19 November, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. EST. 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.