Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK 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:
3D SYSTEMS INC. 333 Three D Systems Circle Rock Hill South Carolina United States 29730 Nature of Requirements:
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Device
31184-215092/A Bellerdine(pv961), Chad
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
National Research Council Canada has a requirement for the supply of one Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Device that minimizes human contact with micro-fine plastic particles by using a process where almost all powder handling tasks are automated. The SLS must meet all the minimum essential technical requirements as specified below.
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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 all of the following requirements:
Powder Raw Materials and Handling
1. The Sintering Device must be a laser-based, powderbed fusion device, able to use PA-12 Nylon as a raw building material. 2. The Sintering Device must be able to fabricate parts from other materials, such as Glass-Filled (GF) PA-12, Flame-Retardant PA-12 Nylon, and Nylon 11. 3. The Sintering Device must have a Material Quality Control (MQC) system that scans new material canisters and stores the raw material data (material type, P/N, Batch/Lot number) in a Log Manager for tracking and traceability purposes.
4. The Sintering Device must sift, mix, proportion into user-defined mixture ratios of partcake to virgin powder, and transport this nylon PA powder mixture to the Sintering Device, from the MQC, in a fully automated manner, without manual handling of raw materials.
5. The Sintering Device must be connected by pneumatic tubes and data cables to the MQC, but be housed in separate locations, up to an effective distance of 100 meters. 6. The Sintering Device must use a default ratio of 60 to 40, partcake-to-virgin powder, and must be user-adjustable in 5% increments down to an 80 to 20 ratio, which will massively reduce the ongoing cost of raw material.
Sintering Operation
1. The Sintering Device must have a double action roller to distribute powder over the partbed, then re-compress the powder after at least 5 seconds of dwell time and heating. This contributes to stronger parts and smoother surfaces (Specs not available about surface quality. NRC-DFS is relying on human observation in assessing surface smoothness). The Ultimate Tensile Strength of the parts is 50 MegaPascals. The Elongation at Break is 22%.
2. The Sintering Device must have a Full 3 Axis Scanning System - a
moveable optical component that provides sharper focus at the extremities of the partbed.
3. The sintering Device must have at least 8 separate heating zones, 6 of which are adjustable. The adjustment of the 6 controllable heating zones must result in a thermal gradient no greater than 4 degrees Celcius, between any two points of the partbed, to ensure that parts are accurate and straight.
4. The overflow powder accumulated during the rolling process, must be reinjected back into the powder supply, during the build phase of the Sintering Device.
Post-Sintering
1. The Sintering device must have a remote cooling capability, with a Nitrogen Lid, to increase the rate of partcake cooling, while preventing sintered parts oxidation.
Software
1. The operator must be able to adjust the Sintering Device settings and parameters and save these settings as new, user-defined default. 2. The Sintering Device software must include capabilities such as previewing, splitting with auto-generating alignment pins/sockets, nesting, auto orientation, repair function, scaling and all required functionality for printing setup without the need for any further third party software package. 3. The onboard Sintering Device software must have the ability to add/delete parts during build process.
4. Applicability of the trade agreements to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
o Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) o Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement o Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement o Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement o Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement o Canada-Panana Free Trade Agreement; and o World Trade OrganizationAgreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA)
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The only known supplier of a Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Device that meets all the above requirements is 3D Systems Inc., Rock Hill, SC, USA. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate this requirement with 3D Systems Inc.
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Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exceptions to the Government Contracts Regulations are invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".
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Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusions and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the following:
o Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Article 513.1(b) (iii)
o Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) Article Kbis-09, para 1 (b) o Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Article 1409
para 1 (b) (iii) o Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement Article 17.11 para 2 (b) (iii) o Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement which defers to WTO-AGP Article XIII, para 1 (b) (iii) o Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement Article 16.10 para 1 (b) (iii)
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Period of the proposed contract or delivery date
The Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Device must be delivered no later than March 31, 2022.
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Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
3D Systems Inc.
333 Three D Systems Circle
Rock Hill, SC
29730 USA
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Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, services or construction 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.
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Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Name: Chad Bellerdine Title: Supply Specialist Public Works and Government Services Canada Commercial Consumer Products Directorate 140 O'Connor Street, 7th floor East Tower, L'Esplanade Laurier (LEL) Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R5 Telephone: (613) 323-0178 E-mail address: chad.bellerdine@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
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.
