Lake O’Hara Visitor Transportation Busing Services – Yoho National Park, Parks Canada

5P420-19-0366/B – Visitor Busing Service at Lake O’Hara – Yoho National Park, Parks Canada

REQUIREMENT

Parks Canada Agency requires a contractor to provide Visitor Transportation System between the Lake O’Hara Trail-head Parking lot near the Trans-Canada Highway and ending at Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, British Columbia.

The work involves operation of a safe, high quality public bus transportation system that meets the requirements of all Lake O’Hara area users (Alpine Club of Canada hut users and Parks Canada day users and campground users and occasionally, possibly Lake O’Hara Lodge guests) from the trail-head parking lot located near the Trans-Canada Highway to Lake O'Hara.

Anticipated scheduled is as follows:

For 2020: June 19 until October 4

For 2021: June 18 until October 3.

For 2022: June 17 until October 2.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to October 31, 2022 inclusive. With two additional option years for 2023 and 2024 seasons.

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 five (5) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

BIDS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED.

BIDS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The only acceptable email address for responses to bid solicitations is soumissionsouest-bidswest@canada.ca. Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address other than soumissionsouest-bidswest@canada.ca not be accepted.

The only acceptable facsimile for responses to bid solicitations is 1-866-246-6893.

The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 25 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size.

Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments.

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.