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Create free accountTrade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: LI-COR, Inc. PO Box 4425 Lincoln Nebraska United States 68504 Nature of Requirements: 01R32-140412/A Perkins, Bill Telephone No. - (204) 983-0275 Fax No. - (204) 983-7796
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. TITLE: LI-6400XTR Portable Photosynthesis System
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has a requirement for the supply, delivery, and training of one (1) new LI-6400XTR Portable Photosynthesis System. Delivery is to the AAFC, Indian Head, SK on or before March 31, 2014.
This project builds on existing work that is underway at the AAFC Agroforestry Development Centre. This project aligns with departmental priority 7 developing new opportunities for agriculture from bioresources through identification of bioactive compounds in selected woody genotypes and advancement of knowledge and genetic materials for bio-energy feedstocks. The project will provide knowledge and new genetic materials to support an agroforestry concept where agroforestry systems are used to provide bioenergy feedstock that possess higher biomass efficiency.
Project collaborators (Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver) use the LICOR-6400XTR allowing AAFC to integrate balsam poplar physiology outcomes towards association mapping.
3. Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its system meets the following requirements:
CO2 and H2O infrared gas analyzers must be located in the sensor head so gas concentrations are measured within the leaf cuvette mixing volume. Gas samples must not be pumped from the leaf cuvette through hoses and filters before analysis so there are no time delays to confound correlations between gas exchange and changes in environmental driving variables.
H2O must be measured with a highly precise infrared gas analyzer, not a capacitance relative humidity sensor.
The gas analyzer must have a minimum of 10 Hz (0.1 s) response time, with no flow chopping, and the optical bench must be user cleanable to avoid having to return the system to the factory for cleaning.
The system must have a backlit display, in-field programming and file editing capabilities.
The system must be expandable to measure gas exchange and PAM fluorescence simultaneously over the same leaf area with full control of environmental variables. The fluorometer and software must support the new Multiphase Flash protocol of sub-saturating light intensity to more accurately determine maximum chlorophyll fluorescence (Fm'). The system must operate without the use of fiber optic light guides which can cause shading of the leaf surface.
Instrument configuration and data acquisition must have the ability to be remotely controlled through Ethernet connection. The system software must be able to export data in both text and Microsoft Excel (.txt and .xls) formats, and facilitate bar-code reader support in the software.
4. This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
Agreement on Internal trade (AIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
5. The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under subsection
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) -: Government Contract Regulations, Part 1, Section 6(d) only one supplier (person or firm) is capable of performing the contract.
6. The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the:
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article 506-12 (b); Where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons and the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no alternative or substitute exists.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016: Limited Tendering Procedures; (b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists;
7. The equipment and deliverables must be delivered on or before March 31, 2014.
8. The estimated value of the contract, is $55,000.00 (GST/HST extra).
LI-COR Inc. 4421 Superior St. Lincoln, NE 68504 USA
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.
NOTE: The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is: February 11, 2014 at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST)
11. Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Bill Perkins Supply Specialist Public Works and Government Services Canada 100-167 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2Z1 Telephone: (204) 983-0275 Facsimile: (204) 983-7796 E-mail: bill.perkins@pwgsc-tpsgc.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.
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