1531723/A - Service d'accès local (SAL) - Service Centrex - Régions éloignées du Québec (1531723/A)

ACAN

Shared Services Canada (SSC)

Description:

Advanced Contract Award Notice (ACAN) for:

Local Access Service (LAS) – Centrex Contract – Québec (Remote Regions)

What is an 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 for in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award of a contract.

NSE Invocation:

On May 28, 2012, the Government of Canada announced on the Government Electronic Tendering Service that it had invoked the National Security Exception under the trade agreements in respect of procurements related to email, networks and data centres for Shared Services Canada. As a result, this requirement is subject to the National Security Exception.

Definition of requirement:

Shared Services Canada (SSC) has a requirement for the procurement of Local Access Services (LAS) for its partners and its clients in the circumscriptions listed in Annex E, and in accordance with the Statement of Work, herein attached.

The purpose of this Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to signal the government's intention to award a contract for these services to TELUS Québec, who is the only known firm capable of performing the contract.

Period of the proposed contract and required service delivery:

The Contract period will be for a period of five (5) years. Delivery of services to commence immediately upon notification of contract award.

Government Contracts Regulations Exception and Limited Tendering Reason:

It is Canada’s intention to direct a Contract in accordance with exception Section 6 (d) of the Government Contracts Regulations that states that, “only one person or firm is capable of performing this contract.”

Cost estimate of the proposed contract:

The Total Estimated Cost of this contract is $4M, applicable taxes excluded.

Pre-identified Supplier:

TELUS Communications Company

Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities:

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services described herein, may submit a Statement of Capabilities in writing to the contact person identified below on or before the closing date of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the Minimum Essential Requirements listed below.

Minimum Essential Requirements : Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a Statement of Capabilities that it can meet all the requirements as specified in the Statement of Work;

If a potential supplier submits a statement of capabilities during the posting period that meets the requirements set out in this ACAN, the government will proceed to a full tendering process on

either the government's electronic tendering system or through traditional means in order to award the contract. If no other supplier submits on or before the closing date a statement of capabilities meeting the requirements set out in this ACAN, a contract will be awarded to the pre-selected supplier.

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is:

March 29, 2016 @ 12:00 PM EDT Only Suppliers that have submitted a response will be notified in writing of SSC’s resulting decision to continue with a competitive or non-competitive procurement.

12. Submission of statements of capabilities:

Suppliers may inquire or submit a statement of capabilities to:

Jean-Charles St-Onge

Procurement Team Leader | Chef d'équipe d'approvisionnement

Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada

180 Kent street, 13th Floor | 180 rue Kent, 13e étage

Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 0B6

Email | Courriel:

Jean-Charles.St-Onge@canada.ca

T: (613) 618-0167

F: (613) 960-6007

Shared Services Canada

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