DESKTOP ENDURANCE TEST MACHINE

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / CPTPP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: YUASA System Co Ltd NLC Shin-Osaka Earth-Bldg 5-1-3 Miyahara Yodogawa-ku Japan 532-0003 Nature of Requirements:

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

The Natural Research Council Canada (NRC) has a requirement for the supply of one Flexible Endurance Testing System with an in-situ measurement system and various testing jigs.

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 product meets all of the following requirements:

a) The Flexible Endurance Testing System must be capable of performing tension free U-shape folding tests on letter-size substrates with bending angle up to 180o, and operating stroke up to 100 mm; b) The Flexible Endurance Testing System must be capable of performing twisting tests on planar objects like flexible displays without tension on the test object up to letter-size samples, with torsion angles up to 90°, and torsion speed up to 60 rpm; c) The Flexible Endurance Testing System must be capable of performing rolling up and unrolling test on letter-size flexible devices, with changeable roll diameters, from 2 cm to 10 cm; d) The Flexible Endurance Testing System must be a modular system, so that different testing jigs can be used and share the same driving motor system; and e) The Flexible Endurance Testing System must have in-situ measurement system to monitor the electronic property change and to also control the testing parameters during the endurance tests.

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

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

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

The only known supplier of a Flexible Endurance Testing System that meets all the above requirements is YUASA System CO., LTD. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate this requirement with YUASA System CO.,LTD.

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 following:

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Article 513.12(b)(j); World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) - Article XV.1(b); and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article1016.2(b).

8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The Flexible Endurance Testing System must be delivered no later than 8 weeks following the contract award.

9.Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

YUASA System CO., LTD.

NLC Shin-Osaka Earth-BLDG, 5-1-3 Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-city, OSAKA, 532-0003, JAPAN

10. 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.

11. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to

Lisa Matsunaga

Title: Intern Officer Public Works and Government Services Canada Acquisitions Branch Directorate: Commercial and Consumer Products Directorate Address: 140 O’Connor Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R5

Telephone: 613-859-0976 E-mail: Lisa.Matsunaga@tpsgc-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.