Lake Louise Visitor Centre Renovation – Banff National Park

5P468-21-0180/A Lake Louise Visitor Centre Renovation – Banff National Park

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

This requirement is subject to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Supplier Personnel. Failure to complete and provide the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement Certification as required precedent to contract award will render the bid non-responsive.

This requirement provides arrangements for a site visit that is subject to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Supplier Personnel. Bidders who do not confirm attendance, provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend, or who do not complete and submit the requested certification as required will not be allowed access to the site.

SI02 Optional Site Visit has changed

SI03 COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement and Certification has been added

SC04 Compliance with on-site measures, standing orders, policies, and rules has been added

ANNEX B – Declaration Form: COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement Certification has been added

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 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

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 Agency is inviting qualified Design-Build (D-B) bidders to design and construct office space as outlined in the scope of work at the Lake Louise Visitor Centre. The objective of this RFP is to retain an individual Contractor or Joint Venture to provide the complete design-build work for the Lake Louise Visitor Centre Office Space outlined in the terms of reference.

To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated at a value between $500,001 > $1,000,000, Taxes extra.

Period of Contract

Contractor shall perform and complete the Work no later than May 1, 2022. 

OPTIONAL SITE VISIT

1. There will be an optional site visit on December 6, 2021 at 10am MST. Interested bidders are to meet at Lake Louise Visitor Centre, Samson Mall, 201 Village Road, Meet inside Parks Canada Public Lobby.

2. Please be advised that there will be a limit of two (2) representatives per bidder attending the site visit. In accordance with provincial health regulations, interested bidders must be symptom free, wear a face mask and observe social distancing from others on site.

3. 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.

4.This site visit is subject to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Supplier Personnel. The person(s) who attend must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine(s), or, for personnel that are unable to be vaccinated due to a certified medical contraindication, religion or other prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, subject to accommodation and mitigation measures that have been presented to and approved by Canada.

Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than December 6 at 8am MST to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders must also complete and submit the following certification (see RFP document SI03)

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 December 13, 2021 at 4pm MST 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.