Remote Access Sampler

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: ROMOR Atlantic Limited 51 Raddall Avenue Unit # 10 Dartmouth Nova Scotia Canada B3B1T6 Nature of Requirements: Remote Access Sampler

1. ACAN Explanation

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. Definition of Requirement

The Great Lakes Nearshore Initiative is an Environment Canada program to investigate and assess the impact of phosphorus contributions in the nearshore zone of the Great Lakes. To effectively assess how tributaries affect lake water, it is critical to understand how storm events impact the phosphorus and suspended solids in the Great Lakes. This is challenged by the difficulty of sampling in short time intervals during storm events. The remote access sampler will provide the means to collect in-situ temporal samples and assess nutrients and suspended sediments which will guide the implementation of measures to reduce nutrient contributions in the Great Lakes.

Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, requires the supply and delivery of McLane Research Laboratories Inc. Remote Access Samplers as detailed below:

1. Remote Access Samplers (RAS 3-48-500) - Quantity 2; 2. 47 MM Filter Holders (FH47) - Quantity 2; 3. Spare Bags (LUER) - Quantity 96; 4. Spare A21-1000 Battery - Quantity 2 5. Spare Flat Filter Caps - Quantity 96

Delivery of all items is requested by 31 December 2012, but no later than 15 March 2013.

3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities

3.1 Minimum Essential Requirements

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product meets the following requirements:

The Remote Access Sampler must meet the following specifications

1) be deployed in situ as a stand-alone instrument for a predetermined length of time and depth (1 to 200 meters) 2) be deployed from a small vessel (