Consultant services to perform a needs assessment and feasibility study

Invitation to tender 01B46-22-129

Consultant services to perform a needs assessment and feasibility study - Vineland Station

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:

The Consultant will perform a needs assessment and feasibility study which will compare the program requirements and goals with what is physically possible due to the building capability and spatially feasibility. The consultant shall gather sufficient information on the scientific program needs in order to understand AAFC functional and operational requirements and become familiar with the building and its ability to support the research. From the information gathering and analysis the consultant will outline if the research can be adequately performed at Vineland Station. The consultant will also highlight key components that can only be performed at the Vineland Station and those components which could relocate to another centre if required. Finally, if upgrades to Vineland Station are required to make the facility compliant with the functional and space needs the consultant shall outline the work required and estimate the associated costs.

Tender Period Closing Date and Time: December 12, , 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