Foam Sheets

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: norseman group limited 14545 115 AVE EDMONTON Alberta Canada T5M3B8 Nature of Requirements:

Foam

W3474-192611/A Cook, Pauline Telephone No. - (613) 536-4602 Fax No. - (613) 545-8067

Line 1, Foam Sheets

1. 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.

2. Definition of the requirement

The Department of National Defence, Aerospace and Telecom Engineering Support Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Trenton has an operational requirement to purchase 113 specialized pre-assembled foam sheets to house various inflight hand tools for a specific container.

3. 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:

General

This specification outlines the operational performance and technical requirements for the use of the foam sheets:

The foam sheets are to be imprinted with various geometrically charted designs to encase various hand tools which are machine routed into the foam. The tool encasements are placed into existing containers for hand tool protection during flight. The tool imprints can vary based on the project.

The existing equipment used to imprint the designs into the foam to create the encasements is specially designed to use 50" X 80"foam sheets. This is required to produce time efficiencies in the production process and quality foam hand tool encasements.

Operational Requirements

The Foam Sheets must

(a) Meet the mandatory sheet size for operation in the existing equipment. The mandatory foam sheet dimensions allow for substantial time and cost savings during project completion.

Technical Requirements

The foam sheets must;

Mandatory Minimum Specifications

The foam required is PLASTAZOTE (Cross link LD Polyethylene Foam) and must meet or exceed the following colours and specifications:

a) colour must be top ½ " black and remainder (regardless of thickness required) must be white. b) density must be minimum of 2.8; c) compressive strength @ 50% is STD 22; d) tensile strength is 82 psi, elongation at break is 150; e) compression set is 22 hrs @ 50%, 73F, 2 hr recovery is 11; f) tear strength is 16: g) composition of black polyethylene 98-99% by weight and carbon black 1-2% by weight; h) Specific properties: melting point: 107C by DSC i) Flash point: 300C j) Auto-flammability: 300C k) Density-polymer: 0.92g/cm3 nominal l) Foam: 0.018g/cm to 0.07g/cm3 m) Normal solubility in water: insoluble n) disposal consideration: landfill, controlled burning or recycling; o) must be provided in sheets min size 50" x 80" untrimmed;

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s): a. Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

Company "Norseman Inc." is the only authorized distributor of these specific foam sheets in Canada. Thus, according to the purchasing policies of Government Contracts, PSPC proposes to award the contract to "Norseman Inc.", that is, to our knowledge, the only company able to provide the required goods.

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d)only one person is capable of performing the contract.

7. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

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

Chapter Five - Government Procurement - Article 513: Limited Tendering

1. Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, and provided that it does not use this provision for the purpose of avoiding competition among suppliers or in a manner that discriminates against suppliers of any other Party or protects its own suppliers, a procuring entity may use limited tendering in the following circumstances:

(b) if the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons:

(iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.

8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The equipment must be delivered before 28 March 2019.

9. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Norseman Inc. 14545 115 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta CANADA, T5M 3B8

10. 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.

11. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is November 21, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

12. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to

Name: Pauline Cook Title: Supply Specialist

Public Services and Procurement Canada Acquisitions Branch Address: 86 Clarence Street, 2nd Floor Kingston, Ontario, K7L 1X3 Telephone: (613) 536-4602 Facsimile: (613) 545-8067 E-mail address: pauline.cook@pwgsc-tpsgc.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.