Ruggedized Grimm Aerosol Monitors

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama 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: Dycor Technologies Ltd 1851 - 94 Street Edmonton Alberta Canada T6N1E6 Nature of Requirements: Ruggedized Grimm Aerosol Monitors - Ralston, AB

W7702-155722/A Mack, Wayne Telephone No. - (306) 241-6435 ( ) Fax No. - (306) 975-5397

To supply 2 (two) Dycor Model 1108-WP ruggedized GRIMM 11-A Monitors complete with a) weatherproof enclosure and power/data cable for connection to Dycor's High Performance Asynchronous Multiplexing System (HPAMS) and CBNET software module; b) RS-232 to USB cable and c) 4MB data storage card for Department of National Defence, Defence R&D Canada, CFB Suffiled, Ralston, AB. for mandatory delivery by March 31, 2015.

Sole Source Justification: The monitors will be enclosed in a weatherproof housing that will provide an electronic and communication interface with existing Dycor Technologies Ltd's proprietary trial equipment referee system as well as real-time display of the incoming data. Further, connection via Dycor's High Performance Asynchronous Multiplexing System (HPAMS) allows remote control of the Grimm monitor as well as a data handling and export function via Dycor's CBNET software. The HPAMS and CBNET software are exclusive to Dycor and are both currently utilized at DRDC within the existing trial referee system.

Dycor are the owners and developers of the hardware and software interface needed to incorporate the aerosol monitors into DRDC's referee system. Dycor are also the owners of the IP. They DO NOT authorize value-added resellers or distributors for their equipment. This equipment must be compatible with existing bioaerosol trial referee equipment (HPAMS) and software (CBNET). This equipment/software has been in use at DRDC for many years and serves to run aerosol monitors and samplers used for bioaerosol research and trials. This system is also used by the US Department of Defence (DoD), allowing comparative test conditions to be created and data to be gathered by both organizations.

Use of an alternate supplier would require development of a remote communications system and computer interface, at additional cost (in the case of the Dycor system, this has already been developed for another buyer (US DoD)). In addition, this would add unnecessary complexity to the equipment set-up for research and trials, and would be an additional burden in terms of managing hardware and software upgrades.

Dycor Technologies Ltd is the only authorized seller of this product which is integrated as part of the HPAMS Referee Test System that is used by DRDC.

The Contractor must provide ruggedized and integrated aerosol monitors with the following MINIMUM specifications:

a) Aerosol particle sizing: 0.5 to 20 µm

b) Placement of aerosol particle data into size bins: Minimum 10 bins over the size range

c) Aerosol particle counting for each size bin

d) Data storage and data streaming (to a central command post) capability for particle size and particle concentration data

e) Operating temperature: 5ºC to 40ºC

f) Operate in and measure a range of aerosol concentrations: 1 to 2,000,000 particles/ L air and 0.1 µg/m3 to 100 mg/m3 particle mass

g) Sampling and data storage interval: Minimum of 2 seconds

h) Interface with HPAMS* referee system for data collection and formatting

i) Controlled through CBNET* referee system control software

j) Data collected by the monitor must be accessible and extractable to Excel format using CBNET

k) The monitor must be in a weatherproof enclosure for protection against precipitation (rain): Enclosure not to exceed 1000 cubic inches

l)The monitor must operate according to its design specifications for flow rate and sample reproducibility when the enclosure is closed and connected to the HPAMS

m) The monitor enclosure and the integration with the HPAMS and CBNET must also accommodate Grimm monitor 1.108

n) Operation and technical manuals for the aerosol monitors

Total Estimated Cost: $40,988.32 GST extra.

GCR Exemption: d) only one supplier (person or firm) is capable of performing the contract.

AIT Article 506: 12) 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;

NAFTA Limited Tendering Reason: (b)where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists;

(d) for additional deliveries by the original supplier that are intended either as replacement parts or continuing services for existing supplies, services or installations, or as the extension of existing supplies, services or installations, where a change of supplier would compel the entity to procure equipment or services not meeting requirements of interchangeability with already existing equipment or services, including software to the extent that the initial procurement of the software was covered by this Chapter. Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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