REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WAREHOUSE SPACE

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WAREHOUSE SPACE
FOR LEASE IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA
File No. 5225-2-2013-4 

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is seeking information for the possible lease of space that preferably meets the following criteria:

(A)	Lease components
A lease term of approximately five (5) years, commencing on or about, June 1, 2014, with the amount of space equal to approximately 900 square metres (m2) usable of contiguous warehouse space with  a minimum of 4.9 metre ceiling height and a 4.3 metre height and width door access.  The premises should be located within the following boundaries:

		North: 	Hunt Club Road
		South: 	Rideau Road
		East: 	Bank Street
		West:	River Road

or:

		North: 	Colonnade Road, Merivale Road, West Hunt Club Road
                         South: 	Slack Road, Grenfell Crescent, Capital Drive, Merivale Road,   
                                       MacFarlane Road, Deskin Street
		 East: 	Prince of Wales Drive
		West:	Woodroffe Avenue

The geographical boundaries include sites on either side of the roads.  PWGSC may wish to visit or inspect the premises upon reasonable notice.  PWGSC’s Warehouse Standards for Leased Accommodation apply; a copy may be obtained through the contact listed below.

(B)	Response in writing or by facsimile
Interested parties are requested to reply in writing to the following address:

		Public Works and Government Services Canada
		Real Property Branch
		NCA Real Estate Services
		Place des Explorateurs
		191 Promenade du Portage, 4th floor
		Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0S5
		
Or by facsimile to: 819-956-6518; 

or by e-mail to the contact shown below in Section F.

Please indicate File No. 5225-2-2013-4 on all correspondence.

(C)	Response required by
As this may be the only Request for Information related to this request, owners and owner’s agents are encouraged to provide responses to this Request for Information by September 20, 2013.

(D)	Information provided by the owner or an owner’s agent
Information provided by the owner, or by the owner’s agent, should include the location of the building, current zoning, specific location of space within the building, area of space, details pertaining to ceiling height, door size, and electrical capacity.  Agents submitting a response to this Request for Information should provide PWGSC with a letter from the owner authorizing them to do so.  Please indicate File No. 5225-2-2013-4.

(E)	Security requirement
For this potential lease project or for any other similar requirement, the building owner will have to have obtained the required security clearance level Reliability from the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD) of PWGSC prior to acceptance of an offer. All parties interested in this potential lease project are invited to obtain a security clearance level in advance. Information regarding security clearance can be obtained on the web site of the CISD/PWGSC at http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca. Please contact the person listed below (item F) to initiate the security screening process.

(F)	For information
For more information, please contact Anne Cochrane, Senior Leasing Advisor, at 819-956-9527, or by e-mail at anne.cochrane@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca and refer to File No. 5225-2-2013-4. 

NOTES:

This is not a tender process, nor a request for proposals, but only an inquiry as to the availability of space to lease. The information provided will be included in a source list of available space which will be consulted for potential future solicitations.  PWGSC will not necessarily invite offers or lease any space and may not post any future advertisements related to this requirement.  PWGSC may issue an invitation to tender for this possible leasing requirement or other leasing requirements based on information in its source list or based on any other information which may come to its attention prior to an issuance of an invitation to tender; or it may invite offers by way of public tender.