Maintenance of elevating devices at the Central Experimental Farm

Invitation to tender 01B46-22-126

Maintenance of elevating devices at the Central Experimental Farm

Tenders for the project indicated above, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below: aafc.escprocurement-cseapprovisionnement.aac@agr.gc.ca

Scope of Work:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) requires service and maintenance of its elevating devices at the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) location. CEF has eighteen (18) elevating devices, under this requirement, and they are located in different buildings throughout the Farm’s property. 

Optional Site Visit:

It is recommended that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at 960 Carling Avenue, Neatby Building, Ottawa, ON on November 23^rd, 2022. The site visit will begin at 10AM (EST).

Bidders are requested to communicate with Ms..Johnston by email at rachael.johnston@agr.gc.ca no later than November 21^st, , 2022 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.

Tender Period Closing Date and Time: December 9^th, , 2022 at 02:00 pm (EST).

Information requests and inquiries related to this tender process are to be directed, in writing, ONLY to the AAFC Contract Officer identified below. Bidders who contact anyone other than the AAFC Contract Officer to obtain such information during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified.

It is MANDATORY for the Firms intending to submit tenders on this project to obtain the related specifications, plans and drawings, and all other tender documents through the BuyandSell service provider’s platform. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell service provider platform.

AAFC reserves the right to accept any Proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals

received.

AAFC Contract Officer:

Carol Rahal

Contracts Officer

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

2001 Robert-Bourassa, Room 671-TEN,

Montréal, Qc H3A 3N2

Tel.: 418-928-1059

E-mail: carol.rahal@agr.gc.ca