Lawn and Landscaping Maintenance and Waste Removal (grounds and waste containers), Carillon Canal NHS

1 The work under this contract primarily includes, but is not limited to:

Lawn and landscaping maintenance at the Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada including: all sodded and fallow areas, covered areas (roads, parking lots, sidewalks and trails, etc.), flower beds, trees, shrubs and ground shrubs, as well as related work located inside the areas, as shown on the plans.

.2 Specifically, the work includes:

Planned work:

a) Spring clean-up

b) Grass cutting and trimming

c) Fallow land mowing

d) Maintenance of trails and covered areas

e) Maintenance and trimming of trees

f) Leaf waste collection

g) Waste and trash pick-up (grounds and waste containers)

Work on request:

h) Edge trimming

i) Cleaning and washing of benches, picnic tables and waste containers

Closing Date and Time: January 17, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. EST

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 210 rue du Barrage, Saint-André d’Argenteuil QC on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. The site visit will begin at 10:00 am EST.

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than December 12, 2016 at 2:00 EST 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.

National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act.

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.

Delivery Date: The period of the contract is from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2020, with two one-year option periods.

Inquiries:

All inquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Céline Morin, telephone: 613-938-5940 or celine.morin@pc.gc.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) business 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 will be received in English or French at the following address:

Parks Canada Agency

National Contracting Services

111 Water Street East

Cornwall ON K6H 6S3

 Or

BID FAX: 1-877-558-2349

ATTN: Céline Morin