Request for an offer to purchase – 2026 Harvesting of Forage Crop at St John’s Research and Development Centre

Solicitation number ESC-2627-027

Publication date

Closing date and time 2026/06/12 14:00 EDT


    Description

    Invitation to tender ESC-2627-027
    Request for an offer to purchase – 2026 Harvesting of Forage Crop at St John’s Research and Development Centre

    Tenders for the project indicated above, addressed to the attention of the Contract Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below:

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Corporate Management Branch
    Assets Management, Eastern Service Centre
    TENDER RECEIVING UNIT
    ESC Procurement / CSE Approvisionnement (AAFC/AAC) aafc.escprocurement-cseapprovisionnement.aac@agr.gc.ca

    Scope of Work:
    The St John’s Research and Development Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) located at 204 Brookfield Road, Building 25, St. John’s, NL, A1E 6J5, require obtaining offers to carry out the forage crop for the 2026 season.

    Site Visit:
    It is recommended that Firms intending to submit a proposal for this project visit the work site. A site visit will be held on June 4, 2026 at 9: AM, (Local time), at the St John’s Research and Development Centre, 204 Brookfield Road, Building 25, St. John’s,, NL A1E 6J5. Participants to the visit will be requested to sign an attendance form.

    Attendance to this visit is NOT MANDATORY but Firms that do not attend will not be given an alternative appointment, although they will not be precluded from submitting an offer. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation and will be posted on BuyandSell.gc.ca

    Tender Period Closing Date and Time: June 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time).

    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. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell service provider.

    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:

    Jacques Toussaint
    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Corporate Management Branch
    Assets Management, Eastern Service Centre

    Email: jacques.toussaint@agr.gc.ca

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 0 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2026/06/15.

    Trade agreements

    • No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process

    Reason for limited tendering

    A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

    • None
    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC)
    Address

    2001 Boulevard Robert-Bourassa

    Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3N2
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Jacques Toussaint
    Email
    jacques.toussaint@agr.gc.ca
    Address
    Ottawa,
    Canada
    Bidding details
    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
    Caption
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    001 EN 2 2026/05/27
    001 FR 2 2026/05/27
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Newfoundland and Labrador
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    0 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Selection criteria
    Not applicable
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