ADVANCE PROCUREMENT NOTICE, MODIFIED DESIGN-BUILDER (MDB)SERVICES, GAGETOWN, NB

Advance Procurement Notice

Modified Design-Builder (MDB) Services
Construct Base Headquarters at 5th Canadian Division Support Base (CDSB) Gagetown
(with Security Requirements)

Purpose of this Advance Procurement Notice

This is not a bid solicitation nor a request for proposals.
This is an advance notice for a potential contract with anticipated security requirements to provide interested Design-Builders an opportunity to begin the sponsorship process for obtaining (if required) the anticipated security clearance(s). Note that there is no guarantee that this solicitation will proceed or that any security clearance(s) will be granted under the sponsorship process in a timely fashion or otherwise.

Description of the Project and Services

The Design and Construct Six (6) New Base Headquarters project is intended to replace the existing 5th Canadian Division Support Base (CDSB) Gagetown headquarters.
 
The scope of the Modified Design-Build contract shall include the design and construction of six buildings with the following scope for each building:

• A one storey building configured for office administration with a total gross interior area of about 1,500m2 and an exterior site of roughly 2,200m2
• The new building shall consist of 57 open cubicle style workspaces and 16 enclosed offices.
• In addition to offices, the building shall include three meeting rooms of varying sizes, an operations center, lunchroom and code compliant washroom facilities.
• Design requirements for all administrative areas of the project shall be in accordance with GCworkplace Fit-up Standards; but where required, reasonable deviation to the standard which aligns with existing ADM(IE) and DND governance will be considered.
• Underground infrastructures as well as all preliminary and final site works shall be included in the final deliverable.
• This project will follow the DND Defence Climate and Sustainability Strategy (DCSS; 2023-2027), ADM(IE) Green Building Directive (GBD; 2023), and the Greening Government Strategy: A Government of Canada Directive (GGS,2024).
• The anticipated level of security clearance for all contracts is Designated Organization Screening (DOS).
• The design of one (1) headquarters building (est. $2.5M) will be awarded to the successful design-builder with potentially five (5) more similar style buildings (est. $125M) to potentially be added by change order. This will be dependant on availability of DND funding. 

The overall estimated cost of all six buildings is in the order of $150,000,000.

It is anticipated that the following solicitation will proceed as noted below. This is conditional on the contract receiving approval to proceed from DND.

Contract Number: GA260034
Title: Construct Base Headquarters
Approximate Estimate: $150,000,000.00 (initial award approx. $2.5M)
Anticipated Posting: May 2026
Description: The Design and Construct New Base Headquarters project is intended to replace the existing 5th Canadian Division Support Base (CDSB) Gagetown headquarters.

Contract Award and Anticipated Security Requirements

To be eligible for contract award, a proponent will be required to, among other things, actively hold or obtain all required security clearance(s) prior to the date of the award, as further detailed in the solicitation documents.
The anticipated security clearance level for this contract is Designated Organization Screening (DOS).

Industrial Security Program Sponsorship

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is providing Design-Builders early access to the security clearance application process through sponsorship under its Industrial Security Program (ISP). Accordingly, design-builders that intend to submit a proposal on the project and that do not actively hold the above identified security clearance(s) should begin forthwith the security clearance application process by applying through DCC’s ISP.
Under this program, DCC may, at its entire discretion, provide preliminary assistance to all the potential bidders or proponents with their respective security clearance sponsorship process.
To begin the security clearance sponsorship process, please submit a sponsorship request application to DCC by following the steps identified on DCC’s website at: https://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/industry/security-requirements.
In their sponsorship request application to DCC, design-builders are asked to quote the following information, among other things:

• Advance Procurement Notice (APN) number (Project number on the MERX notice);
• Contract number N.306845.39.01; and
• Level of clearance requested to be sponsored for.

Sponsorship Process

Upon receipt, DCC will review the sponsorship request application and will communicate directly with the design-builders to provide assistance for the completion of the sponsorship request packages.
Once DCC has determined, at its entire discretion, that a design-builder:

1. has started the sponsorship process prior to the solicitation (Contract number(s) listed on their request for sponsorship) being advertised on MERX,
2. has met all the material requirements of the sponsorship request package, and
3. has submitted a proposal or a bid

DCC will send the documents to the Public Services and Procurement Canada’s (PSPC) Contract Security Program (CSP).
Following receipt of the sponsorship request package, the CSP will communicate directly with the proponent regarding any further steps or actions to be undertaken or the status of the sponsorship request package processing. At such time, the proponent will need to promptly cooperate with CSP to ensure that the process is completed as soon as possible.

Questions

Any questions pertaining to the sponsoring process through the ISP can be addressed to:
Telephone Number: (613) 998-8974; or
Email address: ISP.Sponsorship@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

Any questions relating to this Advance Procurement Notice can be addressed to:

Yuriy Klitynskyy
Team Leader, Contract Services
Defence Construction Canada
(506)471-3972
yuriy.klitynskyy@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

Disclaimer

DCC is only providing assistance, at its entire discretion, for the above stated sponsorship process  and does not provide any representations or guarantees that a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application forwarded by DCC to the CSP will be successful or result in the granting of the requested security clearance(s) by the CSP. At all times, the processing of a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application is subject to the respective terms, conditions, and timelines of DCC’s ISP sponsorship process and the CSP security clearance granting process. By applying to either of the aforementioned processes, the proponent agrees to bear any fees and risks associated with: (i) the completeness or accuracy, or lack thereof, of its application or related documents submitted under or in connection with either said processes, and (ii) the timeliness, or lack thereof, of any processing or granting of security clearance(s) under or in connection with either said processes. Notwithstanding anything else stated above, DCC shall in no event be liable to the proponent for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages arising out or in connection with the above stated sponsorship process.



 

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