Winter Nursery Services for Soybean Breeding

ADVANCED CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE Winter Nursery Services for Soybean Breeding An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is a notification through the open bidding methodology of the intent to award a directed contract. An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) allows departments and agencies to post a notice, for no less than fifteen 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 competitive requirements of the government’s contracting policy have been met. Following notification to suppliers not successful in demonstrating that their statements of capabilities meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contract may then be awarded using the Treasury Board’s electronic bidding authorities.If other potential suppliers submit Statements of Capabilities during the fifteen calendar day posting period, and meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, the department or agency must proceed to a full tendering process on either the government’s electronic tendering service or through traditional means, in order to award the contract. Scope of Work: Puerto Rico Winter Farm Soybean Seed Advancement 250 long rows, each row are 9.5 m long with at least 60 cm row spacing. Two generations are grown. Single pods will be harvested at the end of the first generation and bulked. A reserve will be taken at the end of the first cycle and shipped to the Agriculture Canada Soybean Breeder. A bulk sample from the first generation will be planted in similar rows in the second generation. At the end of the second generation single pods are to be harvested from single plants, bulked and a bulk sample is to be shipped to the Agriculture Canada Soybean Breeder. Suppliers’ right to submit a Statement of Capabilities: Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services 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 stated requirements. Closing date for the submission of the Statement of Capabilities: October 14, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) Inquiries and Submission of Statements of Capabilities: Requests for information shall be submitted IN WRITING to the contracting authority: Carol Rahal Contract Officer Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2001 Robert-Bourassa, suite 671-TEN Montréal QC H3A 3N2 carol.rahal@agr.gc.ca Tel.: 514 315-6143 Fax: 514 283-1918