FIN-951110-2015-10-23 - Cablevision Services for Finance Canada (FIN-951110-2015-10-23)

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 competitive requirements of the Government’s contracting policy have been met. The Department may then proceed with the award of a contract to the pre-identified supplier.

2. Definition of the requirement

The Department of Finance Canada has an on-going requirement for Cablevision services for cable outlets.

The supplier shall provide the channel line-up, as per Annex A, of required TV stations to the Department of Finance Canada (Finance Canada), located at 90 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5. This service must be provided via COAX or Fiber cables.

3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)

Potential suppliers must be able to provide the video channels as per Annex A via COAX cable or Fiber to Finance Canada located in the downtown core of the National Capital Region.

Finance Canada has a 0% tolerance level to outages due to sensitivity of broadcast recordings and delivery of cablevision via COAX or Fiber is not susceptible to storms and inclement weather.

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product/equipment/system (as appropriate) meets the following requirements:

 video signals must be supplied via COAX or Fiber;  the signal must be able to function with Finance Canada’s existing CATV RG-6U cabling;  must not require additional infrastructure, rack space and power; and  signals must comply with the CRTC regulations.

4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This requirement is not subject to the trade agreements.

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

There is no other supplier within the National Capital Region NCR that can provide Cable TV via COAX or Fiber. Other suppliers can provide similar service over satellite; however due to seasonal inclement weather, outages can occur causing loss of video signals.

6. The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement:

Subsection 6(d) - only one firm is capable of performing the work.

7. Ownership of Intellectual Property

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

8. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The proposed contract is for a period of two (2) years, from the date of award to November 30, 2017.

9. Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The total estimated value of the contract including applicable taxes is $97,252

10. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Rogers Cable Communications Inc.

PO Box 4100 STN Don Mills

Don Mills, ON M3C 3N9

11. 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.

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

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is

November 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

13. Inquiries and submission onterest (EOI).