FORT MISSISSAUGA STABILIZATION PHASE II – Fort Mississauga National Historic Site

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 5P300-16-5213/A

TITLE:

FORT MISSISSAUGA STABILIZATION PHASE II – Fort Mississauga National Historic Site

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

Work of Fort Mississauga Stabilization – Phase II includes Entrance Gate, Powder

Magazines, Sally Port and construction of new Observation Deck at Fort Mississauga in

the Niagara-on-the-Lake. The scope of work includes but it is limited to:

.1 Wing Wall Entrance Gate: Removal and rebuilding of the end portion of the interior North wing wall, construction of new concrete footings and concrete caissons, installation of insulation, landscaping repairs.

.2 North and South Powder Magazines: Installation of steel frames in passageways as identified in previous specification concrete strut beams, installation of insulation, stone dust in magazines and access to magazines, increase the height of the parapet walls and introduce new vent holes in front face of parapet walls, masonry repairs, repointing, cleaning and structural crack repairs of various exposed exterior masonry walls, repairs and reinstallation of metal gates at entry walls, installation of moisture barrier over Powder Magazines, landscaping repairs, regarding access path to the magazines.

.3 Sally Port: Repairs of footing of north exterior wing wall, construction of log crib wall with anchoring system at the lake side entrance, excavation above alcove and repairs to masonry work at alcove from inside and outside, injecting of grout in the longitudinal crack in the ceiling from inside of the Sally Port, construction of reinforced concrete strut beams between wall foundations, installation of insulation and stone dust at floor.

.4 Construction of New Observation Deck: Construct new observation deck using Durisol retaining wall system, or accepted alternative, install hand rail, flag pole, landscaping repairs.

CLOSING DATE AND TIME:

August 10, 2016 at 1400 hrs (EDT)

Faxed submissions will not be accepted.

OPTIONAL SITE VISIT:

It is recommended that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at Fort Mississauga, 223 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on Monday, July 25, 2016. The site visit will begin at 1:00 p.m. (local time).

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than Friday, July 22, 2016 at 02:00 p.m. (EDT) to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders may be requested to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders who do not attend or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment but they will not be precluded from submitting a bid. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

NOTE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:

Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work 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.

PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT:

The period of the Contract is from contract award date to September 23, 2016 inclusive.

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) work 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 must be sent to the following address:

Parks Canada Agency

National Contracting Services

Bid receiving Unit

C/O ANNIE ROY

111 Water Street East

Cornwall, ON

K6H 6S3

** Please indicate the solicitation number on your envelop **

Faxed submissions will not be accepted.