Secure Armoured Car Services – Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks

5P420-19-0438/A – Secure Armoured Car Services – Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks

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REQUIREMENT

The Parks Canada Agency requires the services of a professional contractor to provide secure armoured car pickup and transfer services for the transportation of monies in the Lake Louise, Yoho & Kootenay National Parks Field Unit for Parks Canada

The service is required two times per week in the busy summer months (from June 1st to October 31st) and less frequently (once per week) in the winter months.

The general areas include:

• Lake Louise, Alberta and Highway 93 North (Icefields Parkway) to Saskatchewan Crossing, Alberta
• Town of Field in Yoho National Park, British Columbia
• Village of Radium Hot Springs in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia

  Period of Contract

  The period of the Contract is from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2023 inclusive. With two additional option years from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 and June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025.

  SECURITY REQUIREMENT

There is a security requirement associated with this bid solicitation.

The Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as indicated in Part 6 – Resulting Contract Clauses of the Request for Proposal.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority.

Enquiries regarding this bid must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than seven (7) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

INFORMATION

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 Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.