Accommodations and Food Preparation, Aklavik NT

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 Requirements The department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has a requirement to accommodate and prepare food for 10 people from July 11-24, 2018 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. 3. Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements: The supplier must be able to provide clean accommodations for 10 field party members.  Accommodations must include;

Rooms with beds for each person (10 people). A combination of private and shared rooms is acceptable. full kitchen facilities for the preparation of meals and the storage of food (dry and cold storage). toilets and showers. on site washer and dryer.Cook and Cooks Helper must be able to complete the following duties:

the daily preparation of breakfast and dinner for 10 field party members. For lunch, food will be organized/displayed so field party members can pack their own lunches. shopping for groceries at the two local grocery stores, Stantons and the Northern Food Store. All groceries will be paid by NRCan. cleaning of kitchen after each meal.

4. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s) This procurement is subject to the Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. 5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier We intend to deal directly with the supplier mentioned in section 9 below as, it is the only known supplier that meets the mandatory criteria set out in section 3 above. Should Canada receive a statement of capabilities from a supplier that contains sufficient information to indicate that it meets the requirements set forth in this ACAN, a competitive process will be triggered with a technical and financial evaluation methodology of the bids proposed by the potential bidders. 6. Exception to the Government Contracts Regulations The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under subsection : 6(d) – only one person is capable of performing the work The identified provider, Ahklavik Development Corporation, is the only one able to meet all of the criteria identified in paragraph 3 above. 7. Contract Period The contract period will be from July 11, 2018 to July 24, 2018. 8. Estimated Cost The estimated maximum value of the contract is under $ 35,000.00 CAD tax inclusive. 9. Name and Address of the Proposed Contractor Ahklavik Development Corporation P.O. Box 119 Aklavik, NT X0E 0A0 10. Suppliers’ right to submit a statement of capabilities Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a Statement of Capabilities in writing, preferably by e-mail, to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date and time of this Notice. The Statement of Capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements. 11. Closing Date The closing date for a submission of a Statement of Capabilities is on May 30, 2018 at 14:00 Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) 12. Contract Authority Catherine Boilard 1055, rue du PEPS, PO Box 10380 Quebec, QC G1V 4C7 Canada 1-418-648-5654 catherine.boilard@canada.ca