AN/SSQ-62F (GPS) DICASS Sonobuoys

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: 
SONOBUOY TECH SYSTEMS
4868 E PARK 30 DRIVE
COLUMBIA CITY Indiana
United States
46725
Nature of Requirements: 

AN/SSQ-62F (GPS) DICASS Sonobuoys

W8485-226517/A
Holmes, Brenden
Telephone No. - (819) 664-6516 (    )
Fax No. - (   )    -     (    )

AN/SSQ-62F (GPS) DICASS Sonobuoys

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 has a requirement for the supply of AN/SSQ-62F (GPS) DICASS sonobuoys.  This requirement consists of six (6) lots (lots consist of quantity 1,186 sonobuoys - 1152 + 34 for lot sample testing) over a three (3) year period, delivered in quantities of two lots per year, with an option to procure up to two (2) additional lots.
To eliminate the requirement for qualification and stores clearance testing, the sonobuoys must be currently flight qualified on either the P-3 Orion or CP-140 Aurora aircraft.
The specific product requested is as follows:
Stock code: 5845-01-678-2923
Part Number: 90152A-809
Description: AN/SSQ-62F (GPS) DICASS

There are no security requirements associated with this requirement.

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:
The product must be a NATO A-size sonobuoy installed in LAU-126/A Sonobuoy Launch Containers built for aircraft /shipboard training and operations in accordance with the Production Sonobuoy Specification for Bathythermograph Transmitting Set AN/SSQ-36B and Sonobuoys AN/SSQ-53F, 62E, 77C and 101A (PSS) dated 1 October 2008 (Revised 03/17/2016 REV C CHG 1).
The product must provide both range and bearing to the target for accurate position fixing and be capable of supporting any of the four DICASS acoustic frequencies. 
This product must have both Electronic Function Select (EFS) for use prior to loading and launching and Command Function Select (CFS) to allow the operator to modify the sonobuoy’s modes of operation after it has been deployed in the water.
This product must have GPS location reporting capabilities following activation, with the GPS information formatted in accordance with National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Protocol 0183.
To be compatible with DND’s CP140 aircraft stores release systems, the product must be configured for air deployment within a cylindrical Sonobuoy Launch Container with a diameter of 4 7/8 (+0, -1/8) inches and a length of 36 (+.125, -187) inches.
The product as configured for air deployment (bare buoy) shall pass with no force other than gravity through a vertical right cylinder having an inside diameter of 4 15/16(+1/64, -0) inches and 4 feet long.
Air descent of the product must be stabilized and slowed by a parachute allowing for deployment within the Production Sonobuoy Specification (PSS) Altitude/Speed Launch Envelope.
The product must be currently flight qualified on either the P-3 Orion or CP-140 Aurora aircraft to eliminate the requirement for qualification and stores clearance testing.
The product must be capable of being deployed from the deck of a surface vessel.

4.  Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
 
This procurement, on behalf of DND, is subject to the following trade agreement:
· Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

Sonobuoy Tech Systems (STS) is the only known supplier capable of meeting the government requirement since STS has exclusive ownership of the Foreground and Background Intellectual Property for the AN/SSQ-62F (GPS) DICASS sonobuoy.

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

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

7. Limited Tendering Reasons

The limited tendering reasons are invoked under the (section of the trade agreement(s) specified):
 
· Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) - Article 513 b (iii).

8. Ownership of Intellectual Property

Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.

9. Period of the proposed contract

The proposed contract is for a period of three (3) years.

10.  Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The value of the contract is estimated to be between $28,000,000 and $37,000,000.

11.  Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Sonobuoy Tech Systems 
4868 East Park 30 Drive 
Columbia City, Indiana 
USA 46725-8861

12.  Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the 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.

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

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is 15 December 2022  at 2:00 p.m. EST.

14.  Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities 
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Brenden Holmes
Supply Team Leader, Defence and Marine Procurement Branch  
Public Services and Procurement Canada / Government of Canada 
brenden.holmes@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca  / Tel: 819-664-6516



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 in block letters 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.


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.