WHAT'S CANADA BUYING? - August 2009

[The Bread Guy]

News only - commentary elsewhere, please.
Thanks for helping this "news only" thread system work!​

Compasses:  "The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for the procurement of the following items:

1) Compass N6605-01-3967524 (Quantity: 1,500);
2) Compass N6605-01-3967524 (Quantity: 500);
3) Compass N6605-00-3344503 (Quantity: 1,000); and
4) Compass N6605-00-3344503 (Quantity: 1,000)...."
Reference Number  PW-$$QF-080-19020
Solicitation Number W8486-109454/A


".... DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENT:
The Department of National DEFENCE (DND) has a requirement for the purchase of Shock Tube Systems Inc. Skin-Pack Detonator Assemblies.

(....)

REASON FOR NON-COMPETITIVE AWARD:
The Ski-Pack Detonator Assembly, with an M81 Initiator and full strength M7 Detonator, is a portable yet robust system that has been tested and approved for use by the Special Operations Forces. Its unique design which Shock Tube Systems Inc. has patented, is lightweight, compact and ergonomically designed, which allows it to be used and carried without compromising the safety of the operator. The design allows effective breaching of walls and entries at a safe distance without obstructing the view of the operators.  Gryphon Engineering is the sole authorized Canadian source for Shock Tube Systems Inc.. There are no other vendors that can meet this requirement...."
Reference Number  PW-$$BK-362-19021
Solicitation Number W6399-09AD24/A


"....SUBMARINE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM

Victoria Class Submarine Provisional Stores Refrigeration System, composed of a combination of equipments such as starter, motor, compressor, condenser, controller, valves, piping, fans and other ancillary equipment to provide the cooling requirements for the submarines of the Department of National Defence. The Refrigeration System shall meet the technical specifications and system contraints listed in the Technical Statement of Requirement attached in the Request for Proposal.  The Bidder must provide a qualified Field Representative to support installation and validation activities by Fleet Maintenance Facility staff in Halifax, NS and Esquimalt, BC...."
Reference Number  PW-$$ML-019-19024
Solicitation Number W8483-096673/B


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[The Bread Guy]

"....Title: Atlantic Fleet Emergency Medicine Physician Advice

National DEFENCE, Maritime Forces Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia has a requirement for the provision of expert Emergency Medicine Physician advice to Canadian Forces Physicians, Medical Technicians, Physician Assistants at sea or other remote locations on the management of patients. Services are required 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The contract will be for a three (3) year period starting no earlier than 1 October 2009...."
Reference Number  PW-$HAL-211-7654
Solicitation Number W010X-10B077/A


"....The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for Regulatory Affairs and Product Development expertise services to augment the capability of DND's the Regulatory Affairs Cell.

Extensive and expert level knowledge of the Canadian Food and Drug Act and Regulations is required to assist DND with a wide variety of regulatory and product development issues related to drugs, biologics and medical devices as well as to research, prepare, review and support regulatory submissions for medical products of interest to DND...."
Reference Number  PW-$$SV-051-19942
Solicitation Number W3931-080002/A


".... Upcoming Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap Power/Energy/Sustainability Workshop

Power/Energy/Sustainability Workshop — Vancouver, September 21-23, 2009
Vancouver Sheraton Wall Centre

This is an Open Event
Companies from all sectors (Canadian and international) and individual researchers/experts (university, college and government) are welcome to participate.

Background

The Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap (TRM) will hold a key technical workshop on products and technology options to satisfy the power/energy/sustainability requirements for Canada’s Soldier of the Future.

This event is scheduled for September 21-23, 2009 at the Vancouver Sheraton Wall Centre (1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2R9).

The workshop is part of the Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap — an industry-government collaboration aimed at engaging industry, academia and other research organizations at the front end of Canada’s soldier modernization efforts.

This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to explore and discuss state-of-the-art technologies and world class innovative projects relating to (but not limited to) fuel cells, alternative energies, batteries, thermoelectric generators, energy harvesting and E-textiles.

As a multi-sectoral exercise, this event is open to private sector, university/college and government experts with strategic or technical knowledge of power and energy, textiles and apparel, communications, armaments, transportation, the life sciences and medical technologies, environmental technologies and other fields relating to soldier systems....."
Reference Number  180140
Solicitation Number IC00002-LOI


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[The Bread Guy]

".... It is the intention of the Department of National Defence (DND) to award a Standing Offer for the services of Wargame Interactors. The Land Force Operational Research Team (LFORT) has a requirement for the services Wargame Interactors. The location of work is the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in October 2009. The department intends to award a one-year Standing Offer, with the option to extend for two one year options at the Crown’s sole discretion. These services are an ongoing requirement. The services of two interactors have been previously provided by Ajilon Consulting of Ottawa, Ontario ...."
Reference Number  180440
Solicitation Number 09/04530


".... DEFENCE Research and Development Canada (DRDC) - Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, requires a contract to prepare superamphiphobic coatings/surfaces from fluorinated block copolymers incorporating nanostructure morphology from Date of Award to March 31, 2012. The requirement is limited to Canadian
goods and/or services ...."
Reference Number  PW-$EDM-006-7950
Solicitation Number W7702-09R222/A


".... The Department of National Defence has a need for hotel services and accommodations to Canadian Forces (CF) personnel in East of Jerusalem from 01 September 2009 to 31 August 2010. As the operation may be extended, 2 six-month option periods for contract extension are requested. For the purpose of this requirement, East Jerusalem is defined as the area east of Highway 60 to the city limits, north of the Old City (Sultan Suleiman), south and west of highway 417 ...."
Reference Number  PW-$$LP-007-46894
Solicitation Number W8484-098377/A

 

[The Bread Guy]

".... Request for proposal for the supply of electric beds with pressure relief mattresses and lift chairs in support of wounded/recovering soldiers returning from Afghanistan. Delivery of all items to CFB Petawawa, Ontario and are required no later than 30 September 2009.

Beds to be Carroll Echo 80E with full electric 3 AC motors, 120 VAC UL Listed and CSA approved. Head angle range 0 to70 degrees, foot angle range 0 to 23 degrees. Pressure Relief mattress, 6" depth, 36" by 76" length. Sleep surface (deck length) 76"; overall length 84".

Quantity: 5 each (complete bed & mattress)

Chairs to be Pride Medium Lift Chairs, Model LL570, with adjustable waterfall back, fire retardant, engineered grade hardwood/laminate frame. Heavy-duty lift actuator and scissor mechanism. Removable back, integrated battery back-up.  Transformer features self-diagnostic electronics with 12' cord.
Distance from wall 16" overall chair width 36". Seat dimensions
20" x 20". Top of back to seat 26.5".

Quantity: 5 each...."
Reference Number  PW-$PET-902-1042
Solicitation Number W0107-09W106/A


"....Variation of Electro-Optic and Infrared signatures of small boats and their white-water bow wakes.

In the current climate of asymmetric warfare and piracy, the capacity to detect potentially hostile small sea boat is increasingly important. With EO/IR sensors (visible, night vision and infrared cameras), small sea boat can be detected over a range of environmental conditions. However, the detectability depends on a host of parameters, one in particular is the white-water bow wakes that are associated with fast moving small boat. Understanding the relative importance of boat and white water-wake signatures is required for developing
detection models. To that end, DRDC Atlantic conducted a trial in late May 2009 where three small boat were imaged in four EO/IR bands during day and night time conditions, for a systematic variation of range, aspect and speed. These data are required to be analyzed under this contract requirement. The objective of this work is to deduce from existing trial data the variation of boat and wake EO/IR contrast signatures over a range of parameters. A summary of the requirements is listed below.

(1) Analysis of an extensive set of image data from a recent trial to deduce:
(a)    the contrast signatures of the small boats in the four electro-optic and infrared (EO/IR) bands as a function of aspect, range and boat size and type;
(b)    the contrast signatures of the white-water bow wakes in the four EO/IR bands as a function of aspect, range, boat size and type and boat speed...."
Reference Number  PW-$HAL-210-7658
Solicitation Number W7707-098217/A

 

[The Bread Guy]

"....The Department of National Defence - Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC - Toronto), has a software requirement for the Reconfigurable Helicopter Simulator (RHS).  The Reconfigurable Helicopter Simulator is a low-cost, 6-DOF motion simulator using stereoscopic head-mounted display units to provide visuals for the pilots. The RHS is currently used as a training and research testbed in support of the Canadian Forces. Its reconfigurability allows it to simulate a variety of airframes and training scenarios; the focus of the current development is an autorotation in a light, single-engine helicopter. A highly dynamic emergency-landing manoeuvre, the autorotation requires high-fidelity visual cueing close to the ground in order for the pilot to make timely control decisions.  Binocular parallax, visual flow field, and height-above-ground cues are all critical for the final phase of the manoeuvre. The current lack of low-lying geometry and detail in the RHS visual database (in sufficient quantity to provide cues at moderate airspeed, but still allow 60Hz operation) is preventing pilots from completing the autorotation reliably...."
Reference Number  PW-$TOR-201-5080
Solicitation Number W7711-094079/A

 

[The Bread Guy]

".... The Department of National Defence, 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw, SK, has a requirement for the manufacture of flight suits, flight jackets and sausage bags for the Snowbird Team at 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, in accordance with the specifications detailed in the Request for Standing Offer document.

Sample specifications include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.    General Requirements

    1.    Snowbird Flight Suits, Red and Blue, tailored including embroidery and all fitting;
    2.    Snowbird Flight Jackets, Blue tailored including embroidery and all fittings.
    3. Snowbird sausage bags, red, blue, and white canvas including silk screening...."
Reference Number  PW-$STN-197-3743
Solicitation Number W2604-09DZ16/A


".... Requirement: The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for 156 types of cloth, qualification badges. The badges are to be manufactured in accordance with the Department of National DEFENCE specification D-87-001-136/SF-001 dated 1988-02-29 and sealed patterns.

(....)

Firm Quantity:
This requirement is for a firm quantity of 962,000 badges to be
delivered to Montreal, Quebec and Edmonton, Alberta...."
Reference Number  PW-$$PR-707-46969
Solicitation Number W8486-097062/A


".... The Department of National Defence (CFS Aldergrove), British Columbia has a requirement for the rental of a temporary shower facility to be operated on a "turn key" basis for the period of September 5, 2009 - March 31, 2010....'
Reference Number  PW-$VIC-240-4907
Solicitation Number W8484-108049/A

 

[The Bread Guy]

....on this one:  "Variation of Electro-Optic and Infrared signatures of small boats and their white-water bow wakes" (second item in post)


Globe & Mail:  "There are no silver-bullet fixes for the hijacking threat that dogs 22,000 ships each year off Somalia but the Canadian military is trying to build a pirate detector of sorts that boosts the odds of thwarting these maritime marauders.

The research arm of the Department of National Defence – a division with a $300-million budget – has been conducting trials designed to increase early detection of the tiny, high-speed boats used for pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean....."


Canadian Press:  "There’s a report the Canadian military is developing a way to detect pirate boats harassing merchant ships off the East African coast.

Pirates typically launch assaults using small boats or skiffs with low profiles that elude conventional radar, often under the cover of darkness.

The Globe and Mail is reporting on its website that the military is testing ways to detect the tiny, high-speed boats through their wake.

The Globe says the military is looking at gear like night-vision technology and infrared sensors to spot the wake, which stands out more prominently than a slower craft.

The real trick is to develop a quick way of separating the high-horsepower wake of a pirate crew from the less turbulent ones created by slower craft, like fishing boats...."


Statement of Work for project attached, since MSM doesn't seem to like sharing "obtained" documents for some reason.

 

[dapaterson]

CFSTG is seeking someone to "OPERATE AND MANAGE CANADIAN FORCES SUPPORT TRAINING GROUP'S (CFSTG'S) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME"

http://www.merx.com/English/Supplier_Menu.Asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=7&id=PW-%24BOR-057-2315&FED_ONLY=0&hcode=XAkDZXJUMKh5EepM9fNDag%3d%3d

Interestingly enough, CFSTG lists their subordinate schools in the RFP - and makes numerous mistakes.  I've included in bold below the schools that are not under CFSTG.

These
subordinate organizations comprise of the following schools:
Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics, Canadian
Forces Dental Services School, Canadian Forces Medical Services
School, Canadian Forces Nuclear, Biological and Chemical School,
Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering,
Canadian Forces Fire Academy, Canadian Forces Military Police
Academy, Canadian Forces Chaplain School Centre, Canadian Forces
Training Development Centre, the Canadian Forces Language
Training Faculty which administers English training to foreign
nationals, Canadian Forces School of Mechanical Engineering, the
Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics, the
Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence, the Canadian
Forces Language School (Ottawa), and the Canadian Forces
Language School (Detachement Saint-Jean).

 

[The Bread Guy]

Remember this (second item)?
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/86450/post-846355.html#msg846355

And the winner is.....

DAVID L HOLDEN
26 Britton Place
Belleville
Ontario
K8P5N5
Canada

(....)

Amount  $197,505.00 CAD

 

[The Bread Guy]

"....The Department of National Defence (DND) Canadian Forces Health Services Group has a requirement for the supply of a firm quantity of 3000 units of Fentanyl Citrate Oral Transmucosal Lozenges 800 mcg .... It is intended to solicit and negotiate a contract with Anesta Corporation ( A div. Of Cephalon), Salt Lake City, Utah USA as they are the only known source of supply for Fentanyl Citrate Oral Transmucosal 800 mcg in lozenge format .... The requirement is for the supply of a firm quantity of 3,000 units of Fentanyl Citrate Transmucosal Lozenges 800 mcg with an initial delivery of 1,500 lozenges on or before November 30, 2009, and the balance of 1,500 lozenges to be delivered after August 10, 2010 but not before August 31, 2010.

Name and Location of supplier

Anesta Corporation ( A Div. Of Cephalon)
4745 Wiley Post Way
Plaza 6 suite 650
Salt Lake City, Utah
USA...."


More on Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate from the Medical College of Wisconsin or the Anesta's product page

 

[The Bread Guy]

"....The work includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the supply of labour, material, supervision and equipment necessary for the construction of a new Air Mobility Training Centre (AMTC).  The Air Mobility Training Centre (AMTC), which is part of the Airlift Capability Project – Tactical (ACP-T) program, will provide infrastructure to support training, maintenance and operational activities for the new CC130J-30 fleet at 8 Wing (8W) Trenton, Ontario.  The AMTC will be a new building totalling approx 20,000 gsm with a main floor footprint of approx 10,350 gsm. It will be a combination of 2- and 3-storey educational / institutional type cast-in-place concrete construction adjoining high-volume 1-storey hangar type structural steel spaces. The AMTC will also require extensive integration of CC130J-30 training suites provided by the Operational Training Service Provider (OTSP) and the Maintenance Training Service Provider (MTSP), including full motion simulators, cockpit procedures trainers, maintenance training devices, computer-based virtual-reality trainers, and part task trainers .... The estimated cost for this opportunity is in the order of $59,000,000.00...."
Reference Number  181623
Solicitation Number TR000410


".... Connaught Range FIBUA Bungalow, Ottawa, Ontario.  The work includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the supply of labour, material, supervision and equipment necessary to construct a one storey house with a full basement. The house will consist of concrete/cement blocks structure and will be used for a virtual combat training .... The estimated cost for this opportunity is in the order of $250,500.00 ...."
Reference Number  181583
Solicitation Number WA09946


".... Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) Site Clearance, CFAD Bedford, Nova Scotia.  The work includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the supply of labour, material, supervision and equipment necessary to conduct MEC geophysical survey, excavation and soil sitting operations for 0.8 hectare site .... The estimated cost for this opportunity is in the order of $312,500.00 ...."
Reference Number  181527
Solicitation Number HX221658