Cablevision services

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 Privy Council Office (PCO), Informatics and Technical Services Division (ITSD) section has an on-going requirement for Cablevision services for cable outlets.

The Contractor shall provide the channel line-up, as per Annex A, of required TV stations to PCO, located at 85 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario. This service must be provided via COAX or Fiber.

3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)

Potential suppliers must be able to provide the CATV video channels as per Annex A via COAX cable or Fiber to the Privy Council Office located in the downtown core of the National Capital Region.

The Privy Council has a 0% tolerance level to outages due to sensitivity of broadcast recordings and delivery of cablevision via COAX or Fiber is not susceptible to storms and inclement weather.

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product/equipment/system (as appropriate) meets the following requirements:

? video signals must be supplied via COAX or Fiber; ? the signal must be able to function with PCO’s CATV head existing equipment; ? must not require additional rack space and power; and ? signals must comply with the CRTC regulations.

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

This requirement is not subject to the trade agreements.

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

There is no other supplier within the National Capital Region NCR that can provide Cable TV via COAX or Fiber. Other suppliers can provide similar service over satellite; however due to seasonal inclement weather, outages can occur causing loss of video signals.

6. The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement:

Subsection 6(d) - only one person is capable of performing the work.

7. Ownership of Intellectual Property

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

8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The proposed contract is for a period of three (3) years with two (2) option years, from the date of award to January 31, 2017.

9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The total estimated value of the contract, including option years, is $828,840.00 (GST/HST extra).

10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Rogers Cable Communications Inc. PO Box 4100 STN Don Mills Don Mills, ON M3C 3N9

11. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the 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.

12. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is December 5, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

13. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: Name: Daniel Michaud Position: Senior Contracting Officer Postal Address: 90 Sparks Street, Suite 800, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A3 Telephone No.: (613) 947-5762 Facsimile No.: (613) 947-0484 Electronic Mail Address: daniel.michaud@pco-bcp.gc.ca

Annex A

Number Station/Channel Name 2 TV Ontario (TVO - CICA) 3 Global Toronto (CIII) 5 SRC Ottawa (CBOFT) 6 CTV Two Ottawa 7 CTV Ottawa (CTVOT) 8 CBC Ottawa (CBOT) 9 NBC Detroit (WDIV) 10 TVA Hull (CHOT) 11 V Hull (CFGS) 12 TFO (CHLF) 13 CBS Detroit (WWJ) 14 OMNI.2 15 City Toronto 16 OMNI.1 (CFMT) 17 CTV News Channel 18 CHCH 19 YTV (East) 20 ABC Detroit (WXYZ) 21 The Weather Network 24 CPAC English (& CPAC French - SAP) (Cable Public Affairs Channel) 26 CBC News Network/AMI-audio (SAP) 28 RDI 33 CNN (Cable News Network) 34 TLC (The Learning Channel) 35 TV5 36 FOX Detroit (WJBK) 58 BNN (Business News Network) 97 PBS Watertown (WPBS) 129 APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)