Rideau Canal Skateway - The Installation and Removal of Stairs and Access Ramps

The National Capital Commission is proceeding with an invitation to tender for the provision of services necessary for the transportation, handling, installation and removal of stairs, access ramps and small support structures necessary for the operation of the Rideau Canal Skateway. The NCC is contracting out the provision of these services with the objective of obtaining high standards of service excellence.

The Work required is summarized below, but not limited to the following:

• The handling, transportation, lifting, installation and removal of the Components described in section 4 of the Statement of Work.
• To supply qualified personnel as required in order executing the Work contained herein.
• To supply equipment, vehicles, materials and specialized tools as required by the tasks described herein.
• To provide detailed Predictive Maintenance reports as per section 5.
• To provide Predictive, Preventive and Reactive Maintenance services as requested and approved by the NCC.

Further information regarding the NCC can be found at www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca .

CONTRACT TERM: From contract signing to May 30, 2022.

PROCUREMENT METHOD: Lowest compliant bidder.

ADDRESS ENQUIRIES TO: Enquiries regarding this proposal must be submitted in writing to Allan Lapensée, Sr Contract Officer, via e-mail address – allan.lapensee@ncc-ccn.ca as early as possible within the solicitation period. Enquiries should be received no later than June 26, 2018 at 3pm EDT (addendum 1) to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to all Proponents, the Senior Contract Officer shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether or not to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this proposal sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Senior Contract Officer named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a proposal.

BID DEADLINE: September 5, 2018 at 3pm EDT

RETURN TO: National Capital Commission, Procurement Services, 40 Elgin Street, 2^nd floor Security Office, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1C7, Reference NCC tender file # AL1752.

There will be a public opening shortly after bid closing at the 2nd floor Security Office .

LANGUAGE: Bidder may submit offer in English or in French.

The procurement process of this RFSO is subject to trade agreements: Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), Chapter 5 - Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Chapter 19 - Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Chapter 10 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), World Trade Organization-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) .

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca . Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.