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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: DHI Water and Environment 150 Main Street - Ste 303 Cambridge Ontario Canada N1R6P9 Nature of Requirements: F2934-130514/A Martin, Lesley Telephone No. - (905) 615-2076 ( ) Fax No. - (905) 615-2060
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 othe rusppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requiremetns 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.
Definition of the requirement
The Department of Fisheries & Oceans Canada requires numerical modeling software to support their research programs in the development of hydrodynamic and ecosystem models. The aquaculture research program intends to use the software for the purposes of developing an aquatic ecosystem model to study the impacts to lakes from fish farming.
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 the following requirements:
Hydrodynamic with sediment transport and spectral wave model linked with Water Quality and biological model. Software based on pre-compiled executables so that no source code compilation is required. Windows based with pre and post processing capabilities built in. Proven use of software for prediction of aquaculture waste transport and effects on water quality. For example, Model zones and areas of deposition from the fish cages Prediction of algae blooms and impact on fish farm operation
Hydrodynamics module
Three Dimensional Hydrodynamic model. Unstructured flexible mesh with triangular and quadrilateral elements. Hydrostatic version with sigma coordinates in the vertical. High computational efficiency with parrellisation and multicore usage. Wetting and drying to simulate flooding and inundation. Effects of ice on hydrodynamic modelling in rivers and lakes in the winter. Inclusion of structures like weirs, culverts, dikes, turbines . Near-field and far-field source term in 3D model for outfalls. Spectral wave model to include waves and currents interaction for suspended and bed load transport of sediments. Sediment transport model to include cohesive and non-cohesive transport of sediments. Dynamic coupling of Hydrodynamic, Spectral wave model, sediment transport model. Spectral Wave model is dynamically coupled with Hydrodynamic and sediment transport model for cohesive and non-cohesive transport. Simulation of effects of future climate change: effects on water flow, temperature etc.
Water Quality and biological growth module
Fully coupled or decoupled mode with hydrodynamics model. Simulation of fate and transport of nutrients and contaminants in the aquatic ecosystem. Combination of concentration type ( Eulerian ) and particle model ( Lagrangian ) in the same model for detailed simulation of e.g. spill, spreading and settling of feces, food pellets, pharmaceuticals and copper from impregnated nets. Model concentrations of dissolved oxygen, organic matter, nutrients, heavy metals. Option for Customizable Water Quality templates directly integrated with 3D hydrodynamic model with no compilation of source code Simulation of effects of nutrients on aquatic systems (eutrophication). Module to provide agent-based modelling to predict behaviour of biological "particles" - for example the general growth (biomass) from fish cages, individual growth of fish, tracking of escaping fish, release of larvae, eggs, smolt etc.
Graphical User Interface
Finite element Grid generator, bathymetry tools, time series tools. Plotting tools for 2D, 3D surfaces, time series and other plots. Tool for animation for comparison of different model simulations. Tools for modelling logs and reporting.
Technical and scientific support
Standalone and networked operation possible (floating network license). ISO certified software development process.
Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
DHI Water & Environment is the only known firm capable of providing the required software that meets the criteria required by the Department of Fisheries & Oceans Canada to properly proceed with their research programs.
Government Contracts Regulations Exceptions
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".
Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
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 1016.2 (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
Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
All deliverables must be received on or before March 31, 2014.
Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
DHI Water & Environment 336 Eagle Street, North, Unit 1A2 Cambridge, ON N3H 1C2
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.
Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is
Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Lesley Martin Supply Team Leader 33 City Centre Drive, Suite 480C Mississauga, Ontario L5B 2N5
Telephone: 905-615-2076 Facsimile: 905-615-2060 E-mail: Lesley.Martin2@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.
Not stated in the notice: procurement type, procurement method, selection criteria, region of delivery, region of opportunity, expected contract period, end user
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