Security Services – Riding Mountain National Park

Requirement:

Parks Canada requires security, patrolling and administrative compliance services in Wasagaming Campground, Clear Lake Campground, and within and around the Wasagaming Townsite in Riding Mountain National Park. The services include but are not limited to informing and educating the public regarding Parks Canada Agency regulations and policy with regards to user and recreational activities, keeping public peace and ensuring administrative compliance with Parks Canada Agency regulations and Riding Mountain National Park policy. Patrols may be carried out on foot, bicycle, or in an automobile clearly marked as a security vehicle. 

Bidders should provide an Indigenous Benefits Plan. The plan will provide detail on sub-contracting, skills development, and employment activities. The plan must provide details on how each transaction will be carried out, the proposed objectives and schedule, required resources, any dependencies, and what benefits (employment, skills development, or other) will be provided.

Optional Site Visit:

There will be a site visit on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 13:00 CST the Administration Building – 135 Wasagaming Drive, Onanole MB R0J 1N0.

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority before the optional site visit 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.

Enquiries:

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the solicitation period.

Enquiries should be received no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

Return Bids To:

Parks Canada Agency Bid Receiving Unit

National Contracting Services

220 – 4 Avenue S.E., suite 720

Calgary, AB  T2G 4X3

Additional Information:

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents.

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.

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), and the Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.