Landscape Repair & Maintenance – Waterton Lakes National Park

Requirement:

Parks Canada requires landscape maintenance activities including removal of failed trees and installation and maintenance of replacement trees in Waterton Lakes National Park. Plant material includes Populus tremuloides, Betula papyrifera and Populus balsamifera. The number of watering events will be dependent on weather conditions at the site and Parks Canada will communicate site conditions to the Contractor. One visit per week from May 15^th 2019 to September 15^th 2019 will amount to 16 visits for watering/general maintenance, with the possibility of additional visits if required.

Maintenance activities also include repair and replacement of deer and rodent fencing.

Enquiries:

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the solicitation period.

Enquiries should be received no later than eight (8) days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

Return Bids To:

Parks Canada Agency Bid Receiving Unit

National Contracting Services

220 – 4 Avenue S.E., suite 720

Calgary, AB T2G 4X3

Additional Information:

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents.

National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act.

Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.