ARC REMOTE CONTROL BOAT (ADCP)

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA 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: HR Wallingford Howbery Park Wallingford United Kingdom OX10 8BA Nature of Requirements: K4B20-120403/A Tamaro, Daniel Telephone No. - (819) 956-5319 Fax No. - (819) 956-0897

ARC REMOTE CONTROL BOAT ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS (ADCP)

Environment Canada has a requirement for a quantity of two (2) Wallingford ARC - Boats for delivery to Dartmouth, NS and Mount Pearl, NL. The Wallingford ARC - Boats are for deploying Rio Grande 1200 Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) and Sontek M9 ADCP. Units are supplied with: fairings and adapter sleeves for Rio Grande, two (2) 24V 9Ah battery packs, battery charger, 2.4 GHZ RC system, RS232 Bluetooth link, user manual. The Remote control boats are purchased for remote area deployment with the Environment Canada ''A Star'' helicopter.

The minimum system requirements for the remote control boat are as follows:

a. Must operate in high velocity rivers and to provide clean data in flows of up to 5m/s; b. Must be compatible with the Rio Grande 1200 ADCP and the Sontek M9 ADCP; c. Must fit in cargo space of Environment Canada's ''A Star'' helicopter for remote deployment, total transport length of 1.4 m or less; d. Total dry weight of 50 kg or less; and e. Delivered on or before the 25 March 2013

Firm Delivery Date: On or before March 25, 2013

The requirement is sole sourced to HR Wallingford who is the original equipment manufacturer for the ARC-Boat.

The requirement is subject to the limited tendering as per AIT Article 506, 12.a. to recognize exclusive rights and NAFTA Article 1016 2.b. for reasons connected with protection of exclusive rights.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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