CONSTRUCTION OF SNOWFLAKE KINGDOM FOR WINTERLUDE 2014 & 2015, GATINEAU, QUÉBEC

The National Capital Commission (NCC) is seeking the services of a contractor with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in delivering similar types of services, to build and maintain a giant snow playground designed for children at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau as part of Winterlude celebrations.

Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing as early as possible within the solicitation period to the Senior Contract Officer, Nicole Galipeau by email at nicole.galipeau@ncc-ccn.ca or by facsimile at 613-239-5007, and the telephone number is 613-239-5678 ext. 5191. Except for the approval of alternative materials as described in the General Instructions to Bidders, enquiries should be received no later than seven (7) business days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to Bidders, the Senior Contract Officer shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether or not to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this tender sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Senior Contract Officer named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a tender.

To be considered, your tender (on NCC forms) and your bid bond must be received prior to 3 p.m. Ottawa time on September 10, 2013 at the National Capital Commission, 3rd Floor Service Centre, 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1C7, reference tender file #NG228. 

Faxed, email or late submissions will not be accepted.

There is a public opening scheduled for September, 2013 in room 306 at 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa shortly after 3 p.m.

Note that amounts quoted in this RFP are in Canadian dollars. Payment is net is 30 days.

The procurement process of this request for proposal is subject to Chapter 10 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Tender documents can be obtained from BUY AND SELL.

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is	 http://buyandsell.gc.ca	 . Please ensure that you download your documents from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender.  It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.