Standing Offer for Laboratory Analytical Services

This requirement is for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Title:
Standing Offer for Laboratory Analytical Services

Introduction:
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has a requirement to set up standing offer agreements for laboratory analytical services on an “as and when” requested basis. The objective is to award Standing Offer Agreements (SOA) for up to five (5) suppliers who can provide Laboratory Analytical Services to meet the specific needs of the Statement of Work.

Scope:
The Regional Office of Environmental Coordination (ROEC) within Real Property Safety & Security (RPSS) of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans - Pacific Region conducts and manages site assessment, site characterization and environmental audit projects on federal lands. These projects involve assessments of contaminants in air, soil, soil vapor, sediment(s), surface water, groundwater, drinking water, pore water, building materials and plant and animal tissues. While each site may have specific parameters of concern, RPSS will typically request analyses of analytic groups (e.g., total metals or PAH compounds), with analytical results to be provided for specific parameters (e.g., lead or benzo[a]pyrene) within each group.

ROEC routinely analyses for organic and inorganic parameters listed in:

a)CCME Interim Canadian Environmental Quality Criteria for Contaminated Sites

b)Environmental Management Act Contaminated Sites Regulation (Schedules 4-7, 9, 10 and 11)

c)Environmental Management Act Hazardous Waste Regulation (leachability testing).

d)Canada Wide Standards for Petroleum Hydrocarbons (CWS_PHC’s) (organic parameters, including grain size analysis for soil samples)

The assessment objectives for ROEC projects require analytical method detection limits that do not exceed the most stringent of these criteria/guidelines/standards.

Financial Limitation
The total limitation resulting from all call-ups issued against this Standing Offer shall not exceed $1,000,000.00, HST/GST included for the entire period of standing offer. The Department does not guarantee any volume of work associated with this Standing Offer Agreement.

Limitation of Individual Call-ups:
Individual call-ups issued under this Standing Offer Agreement shall not exceed $25,000.00 (inclusive of all expenses and Applicable taxes).

Location of Work, Work site and Delivery Point
Work will be performed at the Contractor’s premises.

Expected Start and Completion Dates
The period for placing call-ups against any resulting Standing Offer shall be from the date of award of the Standing Offer(s) for a one year period with 2 option year periods to be exercised at the discretion of the Department. Call-ups will not be made for services beyond the above period. Proposed analytical rates will be fixed for the duration of the Standing Offer contract and optional periods.

Security Requirement
There is no security requirements associated with this Standing Offer Agreement. The Company working under this Standing Offer Agreement must not be given access to sensitive information or assets, and must be escorted at all times while on DFO premises.

Mandatory Requirements:

M1
Licenses/Certifications:
The Bidder must hold the certification by the Standards Council of Canada – Canadian Association for Laboratory Association (SCC – CALA) at time of bid close. Bidders must provide proof of this certification with their bid.

M2
The Bidder must provide two (2) client references from previous similar contracts within the last five (5) years.

M3
The Bidder’s proposed resource as the Senior Technical Specialist must have 10 years of work experience related to contaminated sites analyses.

M4
The Bidder’s proposed resource as the Project Manager must have a minimum of 8 years Project Management Experience related to contaminated sites analyses.

Trade Agreements:

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements:

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish National Master Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.

Enquiries regarding this RFP requirement are to be submitted in writing to the following:

Cathi Harris

A/Team Lead – Contracting Services

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Procurement Hub - Fredericton

301 Bishop Drive

Fredericton, NB E3C 2M6

Tel: 506-238-1317

Fax: 506-452-3676

Email: DFOtenders-soumissionsMPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca