ADVANCE PROCUREMENT NOTICE AIRFIELD PAVEMENT CONDITION INSPECTION SERVICES 1 CANADIAN AIR DIVISION – A4CE WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Advance Procurement Notice

Airfield Pavement Condition Inspection Services

1 Canadian Air Division – A4CE

Winnipeg, Manitoba

(with Security Requirements)

Purpose of this Advance Procurement Notice

This is not a bid solicitation. This is an advance notice of a potential project with anticipated security requirements to provide interested consultants an opportunity to apply for security clearances. Note that there is no guarantee that this project will proceed.

Description of the project

The purpose of this project is to retain professional consultant services to support A4CE Airfield Engineering group in assessing pavement conditions for various Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) airfield facilities at various locations across Canada.

Description of the Services

The Department of National Defence (DND) will retain professional services for airfield pavement condition assessment projects. The consultant will augment the Canadian Air force Airfield Engineering group located at the 1 Canadian Air Division in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The anticipated multi-year project requires airfield specific technical engineering expertise for various DND locations across Canada, including the Territories / Arctic.

The types of projects the consultant can be expected to be involved with may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Pavement condition surveys (network or project level)
• Pavement structural evaluations
• Development of pavement maintenance plans
• MicroPAVER database updates
• Development of pavement repair or rehabilitation strategies
• Pavement Management System and Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Surveys

Overall Project value is estimated at $1,800,000.00, with the maximum value of any individual project estimated to be $150,000.00. It is anticipated that the procurement for these projects will be initiated in August 2018. This is conditional on the project receiving approval to proceed by DND.

Security Requirements

Consultants will be required to hold a valid DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION SCREENING (DOS), issued or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid REALIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

Sub-consultants/sub-contractors will be required to hold a valid DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION SCREENING (DOS), issued or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

Process

Consultants that do not meet the stipulated security requirements and that are interested in submitting a proposal for this procurement can apply for the security clearance through the Industrial Security Program (ISP). This can be done by following the procedure on DCC’s website at the following link: http://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/english/contractors_consultants.html. Consultants are asked to submit their request prior to August 14, 2018 quoting the following information:

• Contract number AC181901; and
• Level of clearance requested to be sponsored for.

Question

Any questions pertaining to the sponsoring process through the ISP can be addressed to:

Telephone Number: (613) 998-8974; or

Email address: ISP.Sponsorship@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

Any questions relating to the Project can be addressed to:

Shawn Helmerson

Team Leader, Project Management

Defence Construction Canada

(204) 833-2500 Ext 6017

Shawn.Helmerson@dcc-cdc.gc.ca