INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
File No. PR-2016-066

NOTICE OF INQUIRY

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) has received a complaint from Pauli Systems Inc. (Pauli), of Fairfield, California, concerning a procurement (Solicitation No. W8485-173733/A) by the Department of Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC) on behalf of the Department of National Defence (DND) for the provision of dry media blasting cabinets. Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Tribunal made a decision on March 22, 2017, to conduct an inquiry into the complaint.

Pauli alleges that PWGSC improperly awarded the contract to a bidder whose product is not equivalent to the specifications set out in the solicitation, and that PWGSC failed to provide a proper debrief.

Further information may be obtained from:

The Registrar
Canadian International Trade Tribunal Secretariat
333 Laurier Avenue West
15th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0G7

Telephone: 613-993-3595
Fax: 613-990-2439
E-mail: citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca

Dated at Ottawa, Ontario,
this 29th day of March 2017