Procurement Summary
Country : Canada
Summary : Comprehensive database for global pulp and paper mills (5000041758)
Deadline : 14 Nov 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 28083500
Document Ref. No. : PW-18-00849047
Competition : ICB
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA
Contact name
Baran, Gerald
Contact email
GBaran@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca
Contact phone
250-298-2502
Contact address
506 Burnside Road West, 1st Floor, Room: M03
Victoria BC
V8Z 1M5
CA
Canada
Tender Details
Advance contract award notice (acan)
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 requirements
the department of natural resources canada (nrcan) has a requirement to obtain economic and industry information, services, analysis, and data, to support efforts to improve forest sector competitiveness while advancing environmental leadership. Nrcan requires detailed information at the firm, mill, and machine level for pulp and paper production, including production capacity and costs, types of products, fibre inputs, types of equipment, emissions, and ownership information for pulp and paper mills in north america and optionally for global mills. Nrcan is looking for at least 25 accounts with access to this information through a website and/or software package.
3. Criteria for assessment of the statement of capabilities
any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that they possess a software package or web application capable of performing custom data compilations, data filtering, and scenario analysis with the following specifications:
1) comprehensive database (updated quarterly) with data and capabilities as listed below:
data information:
capacity and cost: machine, mill, and firm-level mill gate and delivered production costs for the pulp and paper industry with at least the following cost categories: capital costs; fibre and/or pulp inputs; chemicals; energy; labour; overhead; other materials; transportation costs; and by-product revenue. Fibre and energy costs and by product revenue must be broken down into sub categories such as softwood/hardwood logs/chips, electricity, gas, oil, pulping liquor chemicals, etc.
The information must be available at different product groupings for mills (including closed mills) dating back to the year 2000. For example, groupings can include market pulp, broken into kraft or chemical pulp and then northern bleached softwood kraft.
Asset information: mill information; location; assets (e.g., technical age); employment; and pulp and paper line information (production, number, etc).
Time series capacity: historical production and capacity by different product groupings for mills and machines (including closed operations), with data going back to the year 2000.
Environmental information: greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions data for each machine, mill, and firm. Data must be available by type of greenhouse gas, scope (on-site co
Documents
Tender Notice