Naval Battle Management Command & Control (C2) Decision and Collaboration Support

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: (a) Title Naval Battle Management Command & Control (C2)Decision and Collaboration Support

(b) Objectives The objective of the present Work is to investigate, design, develop and demonstrate advanced and emerging decision and collaboration support concepts and technologies for Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Command and Control (C2) functions in single-ship and force-level operations. The Work will exploit and increase the readiness level of key technologies that will have a significant impact on, and provide valuable enhancements to the future conduct of IAMD operations by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), and its surface platforms. The target technologies and concepts aim at supporting the ship command team (Commanding Officer - CO, Operations Room Officer - ORO, and Sensors and Weapons Controller - SWC) for unit self-defence operations, and the task force command team (Officer in Tactical Command - OTC, Anti-Air Warfare Commander - AAWC) for area defence operations during cognitive intensive operations, such as Force Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD).

(c) Client department : The organization for which the services are to be rendered is Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC - Valcartier).

(d) Period of the contract : The period of the contract is from the date of the contract to March 31, 2016 inclusive.

(e) Key information

i. The maximum funding available for the Contract resulting from the bid solicitation is $865000.00 (Applicable Taxes extra), specifically 750000.00$ for the Period of 1st April 2014 to 31 March 2015 and 115000.00$ for the Period of 1st April 2015 to 31 March 2016. Bids valued in excess of this amount will be considered non-responsive. This disclosure does not commit Canada to pay the maximum funding available.

ii. Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.

iii. Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003.

iv. For services requirements, Bidders in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation.

v. The requirement is limited to Canadian services.

vi. There are no restrictions on the location of the work. Contractors are advised that the scientific team of the project supporting the Work is situated primarily in Quebec City and that up to 50% of the work, particularly for Task 1, Task 2, Task 3, and Task 6 must be conducted at DRDC Valcartier, with certain parts to be conducted at CFMWC in Halifax and on-board RCN ships. However, non-sensitive tasks can be carried out at the Contractor facilities.

vii. The requirement is subject to the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

viii. This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.

ix. There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. Bidders should consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations - Instructions for Bidders" (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31) document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents website."

(f) Debriefings

Bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within 15 working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

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