Park Entry Pass System – Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

5P420-19-0320/A Park Entry Pass System – Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

REQUIREMENT:

Parks Canada Agency (PCA) requires the provision of services to supply, install, operate and maintain an automated visitor self-serve national park entry pass system.

The services are required in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (PRNPR), located near Ucluelet, British Columbia, for the purpose of issuing various national park entry passes at locations throughout PRNPR.

A minimum of one (1) national park entry pass machine at each of the fourteen (14) designated locations as identified below. 

• Pacific Rim Visitor Centre (PRVC)
• Kwisitis Visitor Center (KVC)
• Wickaninnish Day Use A Access
• Wickaninnish Day Use C Access
• Shorepine Bog
• Rainforest
• Combers Beach
• Long Beach South
• Long Beach North (mid)
• Long Beach North (north)
• Incinerator Rock
• Incinerator Washroom
• Schooner Cove
• Radar Hill

Period of Contract :

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to March 31, 2023 inclusive.

MANDATORY SITE VISIT :

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for two (2) separate site visits to begin at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre parking lot on November 19, 2019 and November 26, 2019.

Both site visits will begin at 13:00 PST.

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than November 13, 2019 at 14:00 MST to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders may be requested to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders who do not attend or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment but they will not be precluded from submitting a bid. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

ENQUIRIES :

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority.

Enquiries regarding this bid must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided.

INFORMATION :

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 Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.