Building Construction and Installation of Oxygen Injection System, Coldbrook, NS

INVITATION TO TENDER NOTICE

Solicitation #: FP802-160153

Closing Date: September 13, 2016

Time for solicitation closure: 02:00 PM (EDT)

Title: Building Construction and Installation of Oxygen Injection System

Work site location: Coldbrook, NS

THIS INVITATION TO TENDER PACKAGE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

1. Invitation to Tender Notice
2. Specification (Description of required services)
3. Drawings/ Plans (9 in total)
4. Construction Tender Form (Mandatory - to be completed by Bidder)

   CLOSING LOCATION(S):

   Location #1 – For electronic submissions ONLY

   Please send all electronic proposals to: Bozenna.Kazmierczak@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

   Location #2 – For printed submissions and Bid Security ONLY (via Canada Post or by Courier)

   Fisheries and Oceans Canada,

   Attention: Bozenna Kazmierczak

   Procurement Hub – Ottawa Office,

   Station 9S018, 9th Floor,

   200 Kent Street,

   Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

   The onus is on the bidder to ensure that the bid is delivered on time to the location designated.

   The bidder is required to supply with their bid:

• Bid Security

  PLEASE NOTE:

  All bids bonds are to be submitted in hard copy by the bid closing date and time to the mailing address indicated above.

  Any tender received after the above noted time will be considered late and will be returned to the sender unopened. Tenders may be revised by email, provided the render and revision(s) are both received prior to Tender Closing Time.

  SCOPE OF WORK / DELIVERABLES:

  The scope of work consists of the furnishing of all plant, labour and supervision, equipment and all materials to carry out the construction of a building and the installation of an Oxygen Injection System at the Coldbrook Biodiversity Facility in Coldbrook, NS. The project is to be completed in strict accordance with the specifications and accompanying drawings, and subject to all terms and conditions of the Contract.

  In general, work under this contract consists of, but will not necessary be limited to, the following:

1. The Contractor is required to carry out the construction of a building and the installation of an Oxygen Injection System at the Coldbrook Biodiversity Facility.
2. Work consists of the weather-tight construction of a wood frame building on a new 24 foot by 26 foot concrete slab (to be supplied by Contractor), with 10 foot high ceiling, a 4:12 pitch gable roof and insulation of building.

   LOCATION OF WORK, WORK SITE AND DELIVERY POINT:

   Coldbrook, NS

   FAMILIARIZATION WITH SITE:

   Site visit is mandatory before tender closing. Site visits will be offered on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., or Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Contractors wishing to visit the site must contact the Senior Contracting Officer listed below by email prior to Friday August 19, 2016.

   EXPECTED START AND COMPLETION DATES:

   Start Date: upon contract award

   Completion Date: January 31, 2017

   SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

   None.

   MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

1. The tenderer must provide tender security, at the tenderer’s own cost, in accordance with the document entitled "Tender Security Requirements" as Bid Security is required for bids over $100,000. Under these circumstances, the Tender and original signed Bid Bond must be delivered to the Closing Location prior to the closing date.

   Note: All tender securities (Bid Bond) will be returned except that of the successful tenderer (Bidder), which will be retained until the successful tenderer (Contractor) has completed the said contract.

   QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD:

   Bidders should note that all questions regarding this Invitation To Tender are to be submitted ONLY in writing by email, no later than Tuesday September 6, 2016, 2:00 PM (EDT) to the contract Officer listed below. The department may be unable to respond to questions submitted after that date.

   Fisheries and Oceans Canada will not necessarily accept the lowest or any of the tenders received and reserves the right to reject any and all tenders received which shall be final and at the sole discretion of the Department.

   Regards

   Bozenna Kazmierczak

   Senior Contracting Officer

   Procurement Hub

   Materiel and Procurement Services

   Financial and Materiel Management Operations

   Fisheries and Oceans Canada

   200, Kent Street

   Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E6, CANADA

   Government of Canada

   Telephone: (613) 993-8935

   Fax: (613) 991-4545

   Email: Bozenna.Kazmierczak@dfo-mpo.gc.ca