Rideau Canal - New railing, Ottawa, Ontario

Project Description

 Rideau Canal: New railing, Ottawa, Ontario

The work consists to:

• Supply and install on the Rideau Canal, a new railing system made of pre-cast concrete posts connected with an aluminum-polyamor hand rail;
• Repair Some sections of the retaining Canal wall in poor condition, to allow the pre-cast concrete posts to be mounted on the wall;
• Restore the site to original conditions;
• Implement construction site management strategy to accommodate the Multi Use Pathway user during the construction works as the Pathway will remain open.

  The section of the Canal wall comprised between stations 11+150 and 11+340 will have temporary railings made of aluminum posts deeply anchored into the Canal wall and connected with black aluminum rails.

  The work limit extends from Dow’s Lake to Hog’s back road over approximately 2.4 kms.

CONSTRUCTION TIME: The Contractor shall perform and complete the Work no later than sixteen (16) weeks after contract award.(addendum 1)

ENQUIRIES DURING THE SOLICITATION PERIOD: Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing to the following: Sr. Contract Officer, Allan Lapensée e-mail address – allan.lapensee@ncc-ccn.ca as early as possible within the solicitation period. Except for the approval of alternative materials as described in GI15 of the General Instructions to Bidders, enquiries should be received no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided

RETURN TENDERS TO: National Capital Commission, 40 Elgin Street, Security Office on the 2nd floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1C7

TENDER CLOSING DATE AND TIME: September 12, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., EDT.(addendum 1)

There is a public opening scheduled shortly after the bid closing time at 40 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON on the 2nd floor.

The procurement process of this tender is subject to trade agreement CFTA.

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