Management, maintenance and development of analysis tools for a spectral signature database

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Competitive Procurement Strategy: Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

1.1 Objectives

This Work is for the provision of IT and scientific services relating to management, maintenance and development for the spectral signatures database of the PIRATES instrument. The Contractor must meet the following objectives:

1. Manage and maintain the integrity of the PIRATES database; 2. Improve and develop tools for processing and analyzing data; 3. Offer support to data processing and analysis; 4. Offer support to data storage and conditioning during a test deployment.

Task 3.1 - Managing the Spectral Signatures Database Task 3.2 - Processing and Analysis: Development Task 3.3 - Processing and Analysis: Production Task 3.4 - Technical support for deployment

1.2 Additional information

i. The organization for which the services are to be rendered is Defence Research and Development Canada - DRDC Valcartier Research Centre.

ii. The period for the Contract is from the date of Contract to four years after Contract award.

iii. The estimated amount of available funding for the Work is $800 000.00 Applicable Taxes extra.

iv. All of the work will be performed on an ?as and when requested basis?, using a Task Authorization (TA).

A contract with Task Authorizations (TAs) is a method of supply for services under which all of the work or a portion of the work will be performed on an "as and when requested basis". Under contracts with TAs, the work to be carried out can be defined but the exact nature and timeframes of the required services, activitiesand deliverables will only be known as and when the service(s) will be required during the period of the contract. A TA is a structured administrative tool enabling the Crown to authorize work by a contractor on an "as and when requested" basis in accordance with the conditions of the contract. TAs are not individual contracts.

v. Canada has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.

vi. The Work must be done on the site of the DRDC Valcartier Research Centre, with the exception of the trials support work (task 3.4), which could be done outside the DRDC site. The test sites will be identified in the task authorization requests, which will include task 3.4. Project management will also be carried out on the site of DRDC Valcartier Research Centre.

vii. 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.

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

ix. For services requirements, Bidders must provide the required information, as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation, to comply with Treasury Board policies and directives on contracts awarded to Former Public Servant.

x. The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade(AIT).

xi. The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

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

xiii. Prior the contract award, the Contractor must complete and submit a Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence (FOCI) Questionnaire and associated documentation identified in the FOCI Guidelines for Organizations.

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