RFSO - Firewood for Bruce Peninsula NP

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 5P304-13-0002

TITLE: RFSO - FIREWOOD FOR BRUCE PENINSULA NATIONAL PARK



DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
Parks Canada as a requirement for the provision of Bagged Firewood for the campground on “an as and when requested basis” as per Annex “A” – Requirement, for Bruce Peninsula National Park, in Tobermory, Ontario, Canada.  The Contractor will provide dried, bagged firewood in a quantity of at least 1 cubic foot of wood per bag.

All wood must be sourced from the Grey/Bruce Counties, North of Highway #21 in order to avoid the introduction of dangerous wood-carried insects that are now in parts of Southern Ontario.
Contractor will be asked to provide the wood within 24-36 hours once contacted by the Parks Canada Project Authority.

It is Parks Canada’s intention to issue 4 Standing Offers.  The ranking methodology will be on a right of first refusal basis.

A minimum of one Standing Offer will be issued to an Aboriginal Firm. 


CLOSING DATE AND TIME: 

December 18, 2013 at 1400 hrs (EST)

Faxed submission will be accepted.

NOTE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:

National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act

Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this requirement and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders . Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents. 


DELIVERY DATE: The delivery start date is May 1, 2014 to October 13, 2014 for the first operating season of this requirement.

The second operating season will be for the period of May 1, 2015 to mid-October 2015.


INQUIRIES:

All inquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Annie Roy, telephone: 613-938-5752, e-mail: annie.roy@pc.gc.ca.   Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

This PCA office provides procurement services to the public in either official language of Canada.

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.


BID RECEIVING: 

Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at the following address:

PARKS CANADA AGENCY
 Contracting Operations
111 Water Street East
Cornwall, ON 
K6H 6S3