SALINOMETER AND ACCESSORIES

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: TECHNEL ENGINEERING INC. 2-60 MARYCROFT AVE. WOODBRIDGE Ontario Canada L4L5Y5 Nature of Requirements: SALINOMETER AND ACCESSORIES

F5955-130067/A Lockyer (HAL), Jeff Telephone No. - (902) 496-5636 ( ) Fax No. - (902) 496-5016

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.

Requirement

Public Works and Government Services on behalf of Department of Fisheries and Oceans have the requirement for a salinometer of sufficient accuracy to enable calibration of profiling sensors, capable of surviving in field situations, taking up minimal space and logging results electronically (computer). It is mandatory that all the deliverables requested are to be received on-site and set to work on or before 31 March 2014. If delivery cannot be met, the contract will be terminated.

Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Technel Engineering Inc. 60 Marycroft Avenue, Unit 2 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 5Y5

The Pre-indentified supplier will supply the following

Model 8410A Portasal

Measurement range: 0.004 - 76mS/cm, 0.0001:1.15 Conductivity ratio

Accuracy: +/-0.003 equivalent PSU @ same set point temperature as standardization and within -2 oC and +4oC of ambient.

Resolution: 0.0003mS/cm @ 15 oC and 35 PSU 0.0003 Equivalent PSU

Sample volume: Maximum required 100ml (starting from fresh water in the cell), including flushing volume.

Water Bath Temperature: 15 oC - 38 oC in steps of 1oC

Bath Volume: 9L (2.3 US gals.)

Temperature Stability: +/- 0.001 oC

Dimensions: 52cm high, 45cm wide, 42cm deep

Instrument Weight: Bath empty; 20kg (44 lbs.) Including front cover

Power Requirements: 90 to 132 VAC 50/60 Hz 200 to 265 VAC 50/60 Hz 200 VA maximum

Temperature Operating: 5 oC to 40 oC

Storage: -40 oC to 70 oC

Including the following options

Spare conductivity cell for 8410 Maintenance Kit for 8410 Thermistor Kit for 8410 External Sample Pump for Autosal & Portasal PDL 8410A Software

Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities

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 cleary demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities is

The closing date and time for accepting a statement of capabilities is December 02, 2013.

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to

Jeffrey Lockyer Supply Officer Atlantic Region Acquisitions Public Works and Government Services Canada Telephone: 902-496-5636 Facsimile: 902-496-5016 Email: jeffrey.lockyer@pwgsc.gc.ca 1713 Bedford Row, Halifax, NS B3J 3C9

Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreeements

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the (section of the trade agreement(s) specified):

Government Contracts Regulations (ref.: Article 6.d) which states that only one person or firm is capable of performing thework;

Agreement on International Trade (AIT) (ref.: Article 506.12.b):"where there is an absence of competition for technical reasonsand the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no alternative or substitute exists";

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (ref,: Article1016.2b): "where, for works of art, or for reasons connectedwith 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."

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.