ADVANCE PROCUREMENT NOTICE,INSPECTION, TESTING, AND MINOR REPAIR (ITM) OF FIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS,VARIOUS SITES WITHIN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Advance Procurement Notice

inspection, testing, and minor repair (itm) of fire detection and suppression systems.

Various sites within British Columbia

(with Security Requirements)

Purpose of this Advance Procurement Notice

This is not a bid solicitation. This is an advance notice of a potential project with anticipated security requirements to provide interested Contractors an opportunity to apply for security clearances. Note that there is no guarantee that this project will proceed.

Description of the Project

Contractor services and deliverables are required for the Inspection, Testing and Minor Repair ( ITM ) of various fire protection systems located at various DND bases and sites located throughout mainland B.C. and Vancouver Island.

Description of the Services

The service contract will include, but not necessarily be limited to; Annual and Monthly Inspection, Testing and Minor Repair (ITM) of various fire protection systems, (Fire alarm, fire detection and extinguishing systems, fire pumps, and fire booster pumps) as per applicable codes and standards.

The rough order of magnitude value of the contract is $2,000,000 over a three year period. It is anticipated that this procurement may be initiated in late 2017. This is conditional on the project receiving approval to proceed by the DND.

Security Requirements

Contractors will be required to hold a valid FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE (FSC) at the level of SECRET, issued or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

Process

Contractors that do not meet the stipulated security requirements and that are interested in submitting a bid for this procurement can apply for the security clearance through the Industrial Security Program (ISP). This can be done by following the procedure on DCC’s website at the following link: http://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/english/contractors_consultants.html. Contractors are asked to submit their request prior to January 15, 2016 quoting the following information:

• Contract number BC2015; and
• Level of clearance requested to be sponsored for.

  Contractors that have been sponsored through the ISP, and that are in the process of obtaining their clearance and that are interested in submitting a bid for this procurement are to send an email to contact person indicating:

• Name of the firm
• Contact person
• Level of clearance previously requested to be sponsored for
• Organization number assigned by CISD (if received)

  Question

  Any questions pertaining to the sponsoring process through the ISP can be sent to the following email address:

  ISP.Sponsorship@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

Any questions relating to the Project can be addressed to:

Angelica Solyom

Technical Specialist, Project Management

Defence Construction Canada

Angelica.Solyom@dcc-cdc.gc.ca