ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM SHIP DATA

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) 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: Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. 2451 St Joseph Blvd Suite 201 Ottawa Ontario Canada K1C1E9 Nature of Requirements: Transport Canada has a requirement for a study to establish a database of major vessel traffic into the port of Vancouver, and to conduct an analysis of Green House Gas (GHG) vessel emissions on this data, in order to determine overall emissions output for the port.

To make the analysis of the data more manageable, an Automatic Identification System (AIS) ship data set will be used. In order to insure that the data is of high quality, the database will be analyzed for anomalies and data errors. This analysis will provide an understanding as to the inaccuracies, including whether the misinformation may be human, or machine generated.

The purpose of this Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to signal the Government's intention to award a contract for these services to Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc., Ottawa Ontario.

Before awarding a contract, however, the government would like to provide other suppliers with the opportunity to demonstrate that they are capable of satisfying the requirements set out in this Notice, by submitting a statement of capabilities during the 15 calender day posting period.

If other potential suppliers submit a statement of capabilities during the 15 calender day posting period that meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, the government will proceed to a full tendering process on the government's electronic tendering service, in order to award the contract.

If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a statement of capabilities meeting the requirements set out in this ACAN, a contract will be awarded to the pre-selected supplier referenced above.

Background

In order for Transport Canada (TC) to fulfill its Clean Transportation objectives to reduce emissions from the marine sector as well as its international reporting obligations, accessing high integrity data is necessary. Due to growing concerns regarding the marine sector's contribution to emissions in port and along trade routes, the interest in obtaining high quality data is becoming paramount.

The proposed contract is from date of Contract Award until 30 December 2013.

The estimated value of the contract is $217,904.68, including Harmonized Sale Tax (HST).

Essential Requirements

The following elements are required to develop a bottom-up estimate of marine energy use and emissions. These data elements are currently not available to Transport Canada (TC) in a format which can readily be used for analysis.

Activity: Trip information by origin-destination, by vessel Type and weight/volume of cargo carried or number of passengers Structure: Vessel Class Intensity: Engine characteristics and hours of operations per mode, per vessel Fuel use/emissions: Fuel type used

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that they have the knowledge and qualifications to undertake data analysis, data mining, verification of data integrity, emissions calculations, project management, project scheduling, report production. The supplier should also be aware and familiar with AIS ship data to be analyzed.

Task 1: Project Management, Documentation

The Contractor must submit, a Project Management Plan (PMP) describing details of the project team, work breakdowns, resources and review processes by which the contractor will manage the Contract. Within the PMP, the contractor must develop and maintain a detailed project schedule (Work Breakdown Structure) for each task listed below in a Microsoft Project format throughout the period of the Contract.

Task 2: Data Collection and Formatting Generate the data matrix that will be used for the vessel analysis. Once the Automated Information System (AIS) information has been provided by the Technical Authority, the Contractor must generate the matrices to ensure the analysis can be performed. Upon completion of this task, the Contractor must provide a report detailing what has been done to date.

Task 3: Data Analysis

Analyzing the AIS data set provided by the Technical Authority to:

3.1: Conduct analysis regarding vessel traffic by month, and type;

Conduct analysis of AIS data set focused on type of vessels; Provide report of vessel type by month; Identify anomalies; Comment on data integrity and validity; and Provide report of vessel distribution by type and month.

3.2: Conduct data mining analysis on static AIS message data;

Conduct analysis of vessel data sets focused on message data of a static nature (Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI), Vessel Name, International Maritime Organization (IMO) Number); Identify anomalies and errors; Identify critical or key issues; Provide preliminary assessment of possible reasons for anomalies; and Provide Preliminary Static Data Report

3.3: Conduct data mining analysis on dynamic AIS message data;

Conduct analysis of vessel data sets focused on message data of a dynamic nature, including: vessel voyage information, vessel position/track, speed, rate of turn, port origin and destination, mass and description of cargo (or number of passengers) carried; Identify anomalies and errors and conduct preliminary analysis on source of data errors to determine whether the source is man-made or non-man made, and intentional or unintentional; Identify critical or key issues; Provide preliminary assessment of possible reasons for anomalies; and Provide Preliminary Dynamic Vessel Report.

3.4: Determine emissions of selected vessel sets and provide vessel data;

Conduct emission calculation of all vessels en route to the Port of Vancouver; Generate report on total emissions by type and by vessel class for the following;

Distance, time and speed travelled; Fuel type; Fuel consumption; Construction year; Vessel Class; Capacity (Gross Register Tonnage (GRT) or Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) Engine technology; Engine size; Number of main and auxiliary engines; Engine capacity in kW; Boiler fuel consumption rate; and

Provide Recommendations for Future Work in all categories

Capacity (Gross Register Tonnage (GRT) or Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT)

Trade Agreements

This procurement is not subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the World Trade Organization - Agreement of Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) as it consists of Research and Development Services which are excluded from the application of the NAFTA as per Annex 1001.1b-2, Section B, Part A - Reserach and Development, all classes and not listed under Appendix 1, Annex 4 of the WTO-AGP.

AIT does apply as the procurement exceeds $100,000.00.

It is proposed to direct this requirement to the proposed supplier under Section 6(d) of the Government Contracts Regulations (GCRs), whereby "only one firm is capable of performing the Contract".

The Limited tendering procedures will be used for this procurement, as allowed by AIT Article 506 Para 12:

a. to ensure compatibility with existing products, to recognize exclusive rights, such as exclusive licences, copyright and patent rights, or to maintain specialized products that must be maintained by the manufacturer or its representative.

The Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs) are not applicable to this procurement, as Work will not be delivered to, nor conducted within CLCA areas.

The Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal business is not applicable as the services will not be delivered to or for an Aboriginal population.

Justification for the Pre-Selected Supplier

Global Spatial Technology Solutions has developed and owns the unique software algorithms to conduct the specialized analysis of global satellite AIS data. They have the specialized subject matter expertise to perform the analysis and have successfully demonstrated their capability using West Coast of Canada encryped AIS data sets. They have the capacity to use and analyze these data sets to verify information. They have also developed an emissions quantification tool that can be used to validate Transport Canada's own emission calculation activities as per the Clean Transportation agenda.

Intellectual Property

The vendor owns the IP rights to the software algorithms to conduct specialized analyses of Global Satellite AIS data being used. They will also have the IP rights for any project results. Transport Canada will have unlimited access to all results generated.

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to meet the specified requirements may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the Contracting Authority 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.

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to

James Richards Supply Specialist Public Works and Government Services Canada Acquisitions Branch Science Procurement Directorate Place du Portage, Phase III, 11C1 11 Laurier Street Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5 Telephone: 819-956-0972 Facsimile: 819-997-2229 E-mail address: james.richards@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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