Helicopter Charter Services – Parks Canada National Fire Management Program – Prince Albert National Park
Solicitation number 5P420-20-0282A
Publication date
Closing date and time 2021/02/23 16:00 EST
Last amendment date
Description
5P420-20-0282/A Helicopter Charter Services – Parks Canada National Fire Management Program – Prince Albert National Park
BIDS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OFFICIAL.
BIDS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.
The only acceptable email address for responses to the bid solicitation 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 will 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 15 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size.
The Bidder should be cognisant of the size of the email as a whole, and not only the attachments. Please take into consideration that some attachments, when sent, may be resized during the email transfer. If the email size is too large, the Bidder should send the bid in multiple emails properly labeled with the solicitation number, project name, and indicate how many emails are included (ex. 1 of 2).
Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments.
REQUIREMENT
Parks Canada is requesting exclusive services of one (1), intermediate class helicopter to support wildland fire management operations.
Primary duties of the required aircraft include:
- Safe, rapid and reliable water delivery for wildfire management;
- Transport of Parks Canada personnel and equipment in a safe and reliable manner;
- Performance of other specialized fire management operations including vertical reference work, ignition operations, and fire mapping.
PERIOD OF CONTRACT
The period of the contract is from date of contract to March 31, 2024 inclusive.
The contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year period(s), from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, and April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, under the same conditions.
SECURITY REQUIREMENT
There is a security requirement associated with this bid solicitation.
New personnel security clearance requests will require mandatory fingerprints to initiate the criminal record check. The validity of an existing personnel security clearance issued by the Government of Canada is not affected by the change in the criminal record check process. Applicants who require a personnel security clearance are responsible for all costs associated with fingerprinting.
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 prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided.
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. Parks Canada has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.
Contract duration
Refer to the description above for full details.
Trade agreements
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Parks Canada
- Address
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30 Victoria StreetGatineau, Quebec, J8X 0B3Canada
- Contracting authority
- McGraw-Alcock, Andrea
- Phone
- 587-436-5908
- Email
- andrea.mcgraw-alcock@canada.ca
- Fax
- 1-866-246-6893
Buying organization(s)
- Organization
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Parks Canada
- Address
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30 Victoria StreetGatineau, Quebec, J8X 0B3Canada
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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mod03.20-0282a.pdf | 003 |
French
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1 | |
s.am03.20-0282a.pdf | 003 |
English
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13 | |
mod02.20-0282a.pdf | 002 |
French
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1 | |
s.am02.20-0282a.pdf | 002 |
English
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9 | |
mod01-20-0282a.pdf | 001 |
French
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5 | |
sol.am01.20-0282a.pdf | 001 |
English
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15 | |
20-0282-evaluation_technique.pdf |
French
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2 | ||
fr_ddp-20-0282a.pdf | 000 |
French
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8 | |
20-0282-enonce_des_travaux.pdf |
French
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4 | ||
en-rfp-20-0282a.pdf | 000 |
English
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44 | |
20-0282-statement_of_work.pdf |
English
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31 | ||
20-0282-technical_evaluation.pdf |
English
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17 |
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