Design Services for the renovation of Administrative Office in Resolute, Nunavut for Quasuittuq National Park.

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REQUIREMENT

Parks Canada Agency (PCA) is inviting consultants with Architecture experience for the rehabilitation and renovation of office building in the Community of Resolute Bay, Nunavut for Qausuittuq National Park. The objectives are (but not limited to):

• To develop design documents for the procurement of construction services to complete renovations and repairs to the QANP building in Resolute, Nunavut to make it suitable for office use and address deferred maintenance items.

• To improve the efficiency of the building mechanical systems and envelope.

• To prepare the building for other future changes when other infrastructure becomes available

See specifications and drawings for further details on the requirement of this project.

Period of Contract

The tentative schedule is listed in the Statement of Work.

COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENT (CLCA)

This procurement is subject to the following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s):

Nunavut Land Claim Agreement

INUIT BENEFITS PLAN (IBP)

The Bidder must include an Inuit Benefit Plan (IBP) as part of their proposal. The IBP must demonstrate the suppliers' use of the employment of Inuit labour, engagement of Inuit professional services, or use of suppliers that are Inuit or Inuit firms, in carrying out the Work outlined in this request for proposals.

SITE VISIT:

Not applicable

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Sheldon Lalonde, telephone: (343) 585-3836, email: sheldon.lalonde@canada.ca.

Enquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than ten (10) working days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

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. Parks Canada has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.