Request for Proposal for Standing Offer - Marine Spill Response Services

Solicitation #: FP802-140031 Closing Date: July 29, 2014    Time: 11:00am

This requirement is for the department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Title: MARINE SPILL RESPONSE SERVICES

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has a request to establish one (1) Standing Offer to identify one Standing Offer holder for each of the 10 following regions (for further details see Appendix B-6 – Distribution of Territories Based on Standing Offers for Oil Spills): Montréal, Sorel, Trois-Rivières, Québec City, Saguenay, Rimouski/Ste-Flavie, Baie-Comeau, Sept-Îles, Gaspé, and Magdalen Islands. 

The marine spill response services will be carried out in accordance with the Statement of Work attached hereto as Appendix “C.” The standing offer will be effective upon contract award until August 31, 2017, as detailed in the Statement of Work.

Options to extend the Standing Offer: 
The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Standing Offer by up to one (1) additional one (1) year period under the same conditions. The Contractor agrees that, during the extended period of the Standing Offer, it will be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions as set out in the Basis of Payment.

Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the expiry date of the Standing Offer. The option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority, and will be evidenced for administrative purposes only, through a Standing Offer amendment.

Enquiries regarding this RFP requirement are to be submitted in writing to the following:

Gregoire Savoie
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Station 9W086, 200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario, 
K1A 0E6
Tel: (613) 993-1550
Email: Gregoire.Savoie@dfo-mpo.gc.ca