Request for Qualifications for a project that will be delivered under a Public-Private-Partnership (Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain model) Entreprise Data Centre Borden Expansion Project, CFB Borden, Ontario

***THIS AMENDS THE PREVIOUSLY POSTED NPP NOTICE TO CHANGE THE CLOSING DATE FROM MAY 5, 2015 TO MAY 12, 2015***

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Defence Construction Canada – Request for Qualifications for a project that will be delivered under a Public-Private-Partnership (Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain model):
BNSSC01, Entreprise Data Centre Borden Expansion Project, CFB Borden, Ontario

In accordance with the rules, regulations, statutes, guidelines and the professional associations of the provinces where the project will be carried out, Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is calling for Proposals from firms to provide the following services: 

-	Design of all aspects of the data centre, the site, the services and the access roads, in compliance with the Performance Specifications;
-	Construction of the data centre as per the design, including provision of utilities and other site services required to support the data center and obtaining a LEED® certification;
-	Finance for the term of the contract, which will commence on Financial Close and continue for 25 years;
-	Services for the term of the contract, including soft services such as cleaning and waste management, as well as hard services such as electrical and mechanical; and 
-	Lifecycle Maintenance.

Information provided by the Proponents will be evaluated using the established criteria in the Request for Qualifications.  The criteria relate to previous achievements and experience, as well as technical and managerial expertise.  The objective of this Request for Qualifications is to identify the 3 highest scoring proponents who will be invited to participate in a Request for Proposal.

The Security Requirements for this project are identified in the Request for Qualifications.

The estimated cost of this project is in the order of magnitude of $400,000,000, which includes capital, operating and financing costs.

Firms that consider themselves qualified to provide these services are invited to submit their Proposals on the forms that are available from MERX by calling 1-800-964-6379.

To be considered, Proposals must be received at the following address, no later than:

14:00 hours local time on May 12, 2015

Defence Construction Canada
Constitution Square,
350 Albert Street, Suite 1900,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K3