APN - BASE JANITORIAL SERVICES CFB SUFFIELD, ALBERTA

Advance Procurement Notice
Base Janitorial Services
CFB Suffield, Alberta
(with Security Requirements)

Purpose of this Advance Procurement Notice
This is not a bid solicitation. This is an advance notice of a potential contract with anticipated security requirements to provide interested contractors an opportunity to begin the sponsorship request process for potentially obtaining the required security clearance(s) that are anticipated. Note that there is no guarantee that this contract 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 services for this project may include but not necessarily limited to the following:
•           Janitorial cleaning services (internal and external elements), housekeeping services, health clinics cleaning services
•           Window cleaning, deep cleaning, floor wax, and carpet cleaning
•           Removal of any accumulated snow or ice at building entries

The approximate estimated cost for this project is $3,483,300.00 over two years with the potential for a one-year extension and an increase in value of up to $1,881,000.00.

The approximate total estimated potential project is in the order of $5,364,300.00.

It is anticipated that this solicitation will be initiated in May 2024. This is conditional on the contract receiving approval to proceed by the Department of National Defence (DND).

Contract Award and Anticipated Security Requirements
In order to be eligible for contract award, a contractor will be required to, among other things, actively hold all required security clearance(s) at the time of closing, as further detailed in the solicitation/tender documents.

As of the date of posting of this Advance Procurement Notice, the required security clearance(s) are anticipated to be:

• for contractors: a valid and active DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION SCREENING (DOS) granted or approved by the Contract Security Program (CSP), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC); and

Industrial Security Program (ISP) Sponsorship
Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is providing contractors early access to the security clearance application process through sponsorship under its Industrial Security Program (ISP). Accordingly, contractors that are interested in submitting or participating in a bid for this procurement and that do not actively hold the above identified security clearance(s) should begin the security clearance application process by applying through DCC’s ISP.

Under this program, DCC may provide preliminary assistance with the 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, contractors are asked to quote the following information, among other things:

• Contract number 82329; and
• Level of clearance requested to be sponsored for: DOS

Sponsorship Process
Upon receipt, DCC will review the sponsorship request application and will communicate directly with the contractor to complete a sponsorship request package. Once DCC has determined that the contractor has substantially completed the sponsorship request package, DCC will forward the package to the CSP, PWGSC on behalf of the contractor based on the following timelines:

• 30 calendar days prior to planned tender closing, for DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION SCREENING (DOS); and

Following receipt of the sponsorship request package, the CSP, PWGSC will communicate directly with the contractor regarding any further steps or actions to be undertaken or the status of the sponsorship request package processing. At such time, the contractor will need to cooperate with the CSP, PWGSC in a timely fashion to further the process.

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:
Randy Archer
Coordinator, Contract Services
Defence Construction Canada
403-544-4683
Randy.Archer@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

Disclaimer
DCC does not provide any assurances or guarantees that a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application forwarded by DCC to the CSP, PWGSC on behalf of a contractor will be successful or result in the granting of the requested security clearance(s) by the CSP, PWGSC, in a timely fashion. 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, PWGSC’s security clearance granting process. By applying to either of the aforementioned processes, the contractor accepts and agrees to bear any 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.

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