REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE PREQUALIFICATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS in the BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY for use on the “Tin House Court Project”

The National Capital Commission (“NCC”) invites General Contractors (“GCs”) to respond to this Request for Submissions for Prequalification of General Contractors for upcoming building construction work in the Tin House Court block – specifically, project work at 445-465 Sussex Drive (four buildings), 7 Clarence Street (one building), 13-15 Clarence Street (one building), and the Tin House Court itself. Note: for clarity, the project work covered by this Request for Prequalification will be referred to from herein as the “Tin House Court Project”.

The construction of a new building at 7 Clarence Street is a key part of the overall Tin House Court Project initiative. The NCC looks forward to the new 7 Clarence Street building being used through the 2017 calendar year as a Confederation Pavilion, to celebrate the 150^th Anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. Once the 2017 calendar year is completed and the 150^th Anniversary celebrations are finished, the NCC expects that 7 Clarence would be made available for commercial leasing.

With an expected duration of up to one year, the construction project to build the new 7 Clarence building will see the Tin House Courtyard heavily affected. The 7 Clarence project, as disruptive as it will be to the neighbourhood, also represents an opportunity; considering the number of required interventions to the Sussex Drive and Clarence Street properties located in this city block that will be needed in the next 5-10yrs, the NCC will be completing as much of the required work during this disruptive 2016 period as possible. It is therefore recommending that work at 445-465 Sussex Drive, 13-15 Clarence Street, and work within the Tin House Courtyard be completed concurrent to the 7 Clarence project.

Accordingly, the 2016 Tin House Court Project will comprise of two main packages of work:

• The construction of a new building at 7 Clarence
• The rehabilitation and upgrade of the existing buildings at 445-465 Sussex, 13-15 Clarence, and parts of the Tin House Court itself.

Delivery Instructions and Deadline

Timely and correct delivery of submissions to the exact specified Request for Prequalification response delivery address is the sole responsibility of the Bidder.

One (1) original hardcopy and one (1) electronic copy (on a CD-rom or USB key) of the complete Request for Prequalification response are to be submitted and shall become the property of NCC.

Each request for prequalification response, including supporting documentation, must be delivered in a sealed package. Request for Prequalification responses sent by facsimile or e-mail will not be accepted.

The outermost packaging of the Request for Prequalification response must indicate all of the following information and be addressed exactly as follows:

Request for Submissions for Prequalification –

NCC tender file # AL1601

Attn. Allan Lapensée, Sr. Contract Officer

Procurement Services

National Capital Commission

40 Elgin Street, 3^rd Floor Service Centre

Ottawa ON K1P 1C7

Each request for prequalification response must be received at the exact location as specified above before the submission deadline set as:

Exactly 3:00 p.m. Ottawa time, on November 12, 2015

Any Request for Prequalification response arriving late will be automatically rejected and returned unopened to the Bidder.

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca . Please ensure that you download your document 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.