Canada - TC-IC Marine RD&D Call for Proposal (T8009-190223/A)

Description

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:

1.1 Summary and Procurement approach
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is issuing this call for proposals (CFP) on behalf of Transport Canada Innovation Center (TC-IC) Marine RD&D, which is mandated to obtain targeted research and development, advance scientific capacity, and provide guidance to industry in 2 main initiatives; the protection of marine mammals and Clean Marine.
This CFP invites proposals which are in a position to be implemented within the fiscal year of 2020-21 with Contracting planned for start in April 2020. Multi-year proposals are acceptable up to a maximum of 4 years.
In the month of November 2019, Canada will be providing TC-IC T Marine RD&D Request for Proposals Information Sessions in two locations in Canada; Vancouver and Halifax. These info sessions will present the initiatives, detail key elements for each proposal stream and the proposal submission process.
This Call for proposals will close on January 5, 2020.
There are three (3) streams for bidders to submit their proposals under the two (2) initiatives. These streams are in the form of individual Requests for Proposal (RFP) and are described in sections 1.2 to 1.4. Bidders are encouraged to submit proposals in accordance with stream which best applies. Once submitted to a stream, proposals will only be evaluated on the criteria of that specific stream.
(TC-IC) Marine RD&D will provide funding to a proposal, up to the maximum funding per proposal as identified in Appendix 1 – Marine RD&D Priority Research Streams of this CFP and within each identified RFP process.
Multi-year proposals may be submitted where the average annual cost will be used for financial evaluation purposes.
1.2 Clean Marine – Stream 1
The objective of Clean Marine is to mitigate air emissions from Canadian Vessels, conduct fundamental clean technology research and validate pre-market clean technologies with respect to the Canadian marine sector. Given that this is a vast field with multiple actors across the globe, Clean Marine will focus on 4 key areas within the Canadian marine sector:
1. Development of applied sciences and/or technology for reduction of pollution.
• 1a - emerging technologies
• 1b - testing and validation of pre-commercial and commercial technologies
This stream is posted on buyandsell.gc.ca under file number T8009-190191
1.3 Marine Mammal Protection – Stream 2
The objective of the Marine Mammal Protection initiative is to accelerate the deployment of technologies and practices that mitigate the impact on marine species and increase marine mammal detection in order to reduce damage on Canada’s marine ecosystem.
Due to the complexity and challenges associated with this initiative, Marine Mammal Protection will focus on 3 key areas
1. Testing and Evaluation of Technologies to reduce impacts to, or mitigate risks to marine mammals.
2. Development of model and predictive tools for elements which affect marine mammals.
3. Safety Assessments and Technology Scans to analyze the safety, noise, energy and economic impacts of technologies and designs.
This stream is posted on buyandsell.gc.ca under file number T8009-190191
1.4 Combined Proposals – Stream 3
As development and research for both Stream 1 and Stream 2 may affect similar systems on vessels, TC-IC is interested in obtaining proposals which have implications for both streams, or that compare innovation affects between the streams. Stream 3 is specifically for proposals which meet multiple requirements of both the Marine Mammal Protection initiative and the Clean Marine Initiative.
The key elements for this stream is a combination of both Stream 1 and Stream 2.
This stream is posted on buyandsell.gc.ca under file number T8009-190158
1.5 Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
Canada is looking for proposals which have a specific range of TRL levels that is dependent on the key area and the initiative. The layout of the levels for each key are laid out in Appendix B – Marine RD&D Priority Research Streams.
1.6 Trade Agreements
The Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) applies to this procurement. The CFP process is organized in a manner consistent with the principles of the CFTA in terms of equal access, fairness, and transparency.
This procurement is excluded from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as per Annex 1001.1b-2 Research and Development, all classes, and excluded from the application of the World Trade Organization—Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) under Appendix 1, Annex 4, as well as excluded from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as per Annex 19-5. a.
1.7 Canadian Content
This procurement is conditionally limited to Canadian goods and/or services. See Part 3.2 for more information.
1.8 Conflict of Interest
The Contractor, its subcontractor(s) or any of their agent(s) directly or indirectly involved in the performance of the Work and/or in the production of the deliverables under any resulting Contract will not be precluded from bidding on any potential future proposal solicitation related to the production or exploitation of any concept or prototype developed or delivered.
1.9 Potential Conditions
The following may apply to the resulting contract(s) requirements:
1.9.1 Security Requirements
There will be no security requirements associated with the resulting contract(s)
1.9.2 Federal Contractors Program (FCP)
The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; refer to Part 5 – Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.
1.9.3 Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (CLCA)
Depending on the proposal received, the region of delivery for the goods and/or services may be in an area subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). If this occurs, the procurement will be subject to the applicable CLCA.
1.9.4 Controlled Goods
Any resulting contract may be subject to the Controlled Goods Program. Refer to the Controlled Goods Program website (https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/pmc-cgp/index-eng.html).
1.9.5 Intellectual Property
The Bidder must certify that it owns or has the rights to all relevant background and/or foreground Intellectual Property (IP) requisite to proceed with the work as defined in the SOW.
The default position of Canada is to allow contractors to retain the IP rights with a license granted to Canada for IP rights, which would include the right to use and have used the IP for Canada’s activities.
1.10 Maximum Funding and Performance Period
For information regarding the maximum budget, number of projects desired per year, and maximum yearly budget per contract, refer to Annex A - Appendix 1 – Marine RD&D Priority Research Streams.
1.11 ePost Connect
This CFP allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their proposals electronically. Bidders must refer to Part 2 entitled Bidder Instructions, and Part 3 entitled Bid Preparation Instructions, of the bid solicitation, for further information.
1.12 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 from receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.
1.13 Phased Bid Compliance
The Phased Bid Compliance Process applies to this requirement.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

Opportunity closing date

20 January 2020

Value of contract

to be confirmed