Construction of a new multi-use trail within Rouge National Urban Park

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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 will not be accepted. The only acceptable facsimile for responses to bid solicitations is 1-866-246-6893

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

REQUIREMENT

Parks Canada Agency (PCA) is creating an accessible, multiuse 12 kilometre trail in Rouge National Urban Park connecting existing trails in the Pickering area of the park. This trail will be a part of the park’s North East Trail that allows visitors to move from Toronto to York and Durham and will connect to other regional and municipal trail systems when complete. This trail will involve applying granular, limestone, and geogrid to form the trail base, which will mostly be on the edges of farm fields, including some natural and forested areas. Boardwalk components will be made of fibreglass, which is more durable than wood, and will allow for less frequent maintenance.

See specifications and drawings for further details on the requirement of this project.

To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated at a value between $1,000,001 > $5,000,000, Taxes extra.

Period of Contract

The Contractor must perform and complete the Work by September 30, 2021.

Site visit:

There will be a site visit on February 24, 2021 at 10am EST. Interested bidders are to meet at:

Rouge National Urban Park

1867 Concession Rd 2, Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4

Parking lot (Lat: 43.991537, Long: -79.203597)

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority before the 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. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

Interested bidders must abide by PCA COVID-19 precautionary measures.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Sheldon Lalonde, telephone: (343) 585-3836, email: sheldon.lalonde@canada.ca.

Enquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) working days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

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.