Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Program -Competitive Projects—Call for Proposals – Component 1a (W7714-186568)
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Tender Notice
Status
- Publishing status
- Expired
Dates
- Publication date
- 2018/04/09
- Amendment date
- 2018/06/04
- Date closing
- 2018/06/07 14:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Details
- Reference number
- PW-18-00823957
- Solicitation number
- W7714-186568
- Region of opportunity
- Canada
- Region of delivery
- Canada
- Notice type
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- GSIN
- Trade agreement
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- Tendering procedure
- Open
- Procurement entity
- Public Works and Government Services Canada
- End user entity
- Public Works and Government Services Canada
Contact Information
- Contact name
- Caves, Kate
- Contact email
- TPSGC.PAIDEeSProjetsComp-APIDEaSCompProjects.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
- Contact phone
- 6132402069
- Contact address
10 Wellington Gatineau QC K1A 0S2 CA
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Description
4/06/2018-Amendment 9 - Correction
4/06/2018-Amendment 9
30/05/2018-Amendment 8
29/05/2018- Amendment 7
24/05/2018- Amendment 6
23/05/2018 - The closing date has been extended to June 7th 2018 14:00 EDT
23/05/2018 - Reminder to applicant(s): If a large number of Bidders access the web-based system at the same time, the electronic submission of proposals may be delayed. Bidders are solely responsible for ensuring their proposal is submitted properly in its entirety and on time.
11/05/2018 Amendment 4 Questions and Answers 100-170
09/05/2018 Amendment no. 3C Unaswered questions from Amendment no. 3b
The amendments to the CFP are highlighted in red
Requirement
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is issuing this Call for Proposals (CFP) on behalf of the Department of National Defence (DND) with the responsibility of providing the knowledge and technological advantage needed to address Canada’s defence and security interests.
The Innovation for Defence excellence and Security (IDEaS) Program is new and was introduced by Canada’s defence policy “Strong, Secure, Engaged”. The Program fosters a competitive environment and challenges bidders with diverse skills and expertise from a variety of domains to develop innovative S&T solutions to Canada’s defence and security challenges. IDEaS aims to encourage and progress innovative solutions along a 9 level solution readiness level (SRL) S&T maturity Continuum
Trade Agreements
The Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) applies to this procurement.
This procurement is excluded from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) excluded from the application of the World Trade Organization—Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), as well as excluded from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Canadian Content
This procurement is conditionally limited to 50 percent of Canadian content—goods and services. Bidders must provide a valid Canadian Content certification with the proposal
Security Requirements
Contractors may be required to possess valid security clearances, depending on the nature of the project, in order to have access to information and/or sites necessary for its execution.
S&T Challenges
- Understanding and addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Recruit, retain, and reach 25% representation of women by 2026
- Cognitive Performance Enhancement
- Predicting and Optimizing Personnel Performance
- Human Performance in Extreme Climatic Environments
- Detection and Classification of Objects of Interest
- Persistent Maritime Surveillance
- Lightweight Ballistic Protection
- Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Hazard Detection and Planning
- Proactive Deterrence
- Collaboration of Robotic Systems
- Resilient Non-Global Positioning System (GPS) Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing
- Identification and Characterization of Space Objects
- What is in that Full Motion Video?
- Making Sense of the Chatter
- Cyber Attribution for the Defence of Canada
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Solicitation Documents
| File | Amendment number | Language | Unique Download Event (English page) | Date added |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ideas_cfp_final_en.pdf | 000 | English | - | 2018-04-09 |
| idees_cfp_final_fr.pdf | 000 | French | - | 2018-04-09 |
| ideas_cfp_final_en_april_30th_updated_cfp.pdf | 001 | English | - | 2018-05-01 |
| idees_cfp_final_fr_april_30th_updated_cfp.pdf | 001 | French | - | 2018-05-01 |
Attachments
| File | Amendment number | Language | Unique Download Event (English page) | Date added |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| amendment_001.pdf | Not available | Bilingual | - | 2018-04-16 |
| amendment_002.pdf | Not available | Bilingual | - | 2018-04-20 |
| bidders_conference_agenda.pdf | Not available | Bilingual | - | 2018-04-24 |
| bidders_conference_april_25_2018_pspc_en_final.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-04-27 |
| bidders_conference_april_25_2018_pspc_fr_final.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-04-27 |
| amendment_003-aqa_notice.pdf | Not available | Bilingual | - | 2018-05-01 |
| eng_amendment_003-b_qa_may_3rd.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-04 |
| fr_amendment_003-b_qa_may_3.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-04 |
| ideas-cfp_amd_3c_frquestions_sans_reponse_de_la_modification_no._3b.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-09 |
| ideas-cfp_amd_3c_unanswered_questions_from_amd_3b.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-09 |
| ideas-cfp_amd_4_en.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-11 |
| ideas-cfp_amd_4_fr.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-11 |
| w7714-186568_ideas-cfp_amd_5_-_eng.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-18 |
| w7714-186568_ideas-cfp_amd_5_-_fr.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-18 |
| w7714-186568_ideas-cfp_amd_6-_fr.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-24 |
| w7714-186568_ideas-cfp_amd_6_-_eng.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-24 |
| amendment_7_qa-_171-276._eng_.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-29 |
| amendment_7_qr-_171-_276_fre.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-29 |
| amendment_8_qa-_277-286._eng_.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-05-30 |
| amendment_8_qr-_277-_286_fre.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-05-30 |
| amendment_9_qa-_286-298._eng_.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-06-04 |
| amendment_9_qa-_286-298._eng_.pdf | Not available | English | - | 2018-06-04 |
| amendment_9_qr-_286-_298_fre.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-06-04 |
| amendment_9_qr-_286-_298_fre.pdf | Not available | French | - | 2018-06-04 |