5P420-21-0138/B

Standing Offer – Trades Services – The Canadian Rockies Hot Springs – General Stream

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR STANDING OFFERS

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 prior to issuance of a Standing Offer will render the offer non-responsive.

OFFERS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OFFICIAL.

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

The only acceptable email address for responses to the Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is soumissionsouest-bidswest@canada.ca. Offers submitted by email directly to the Standing Offer Authority or to any email address other than soumissionsouest-bidswest@canada.ca will not be accepted.

The only acceptable facsimile for responses to the RFSO is 1-866-246-6893.

The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Offeror is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed offer due to file size.

The Offeror 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 Offeror should send the offer 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 offer documents will not be accepted. Offers documents must be sent as email attachments.

REQUIREMENT

The RFSO covers two procurement streams:

1. 5P420-21-0138/A - PSIB Stream: Indigenous suppliers as defined under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) that supply on a regional basis. For more information on Indigenous business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Indigenous Business, see Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.
2. 5P420-21-0138/B - General Stream: General stream suppliers supply on a regional basis.

Note: Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) replaces Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB)

Parks Canada Agency (PCA) is seeking the services of Contractors certified in the province of Alberta and/or British Columbia for provision of General Trades Services at one or more of the following locations:

• Region 1:  Banff Upper Hot Springs Pools, 1 Mountain Avenue, Banff, AB.
• Region 2:  Miette Hot Springs Pools, #1 Compound Road, Jasper, AB.
• Region 3:  Radium Hot Springs Pools, 5420 Hwy 93, Radium Hot Springs, BC

Parks Canada's objective is to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to visitors at the hot springs. To achieve this, we require contractor(s) to provide labour, material, tools, equipment, travel and expertise to complete minor repairs and small projects on an as-and-when required basis for one or more of the following trades:

• Electrical
• HVAC (excluding Miette Hot Springs Pools)
• Plumbing

PERIOD OF THE STANDING OFFER

The period for making call-ups and providing services against the Standing Offer is from date of Standing Offer to March 31, 2023 inclusive.

If the Standing Offer is authorized for use beyond the initial period, the Offeror offers to extend its offer for an additional two (2) additional one (1) year period(s) being as follows: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 inclusive and April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 inclusive under the same conditions and at the rates or prices specified in the Standing Offer, or at the rates or prices calculated in accordance with the formula specified in the Standing Offer.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT

There are security requirements associated with the requirements of the Standing Offer. For additional information, consult Part 6 – Security, Financial and Insurance Requirements and Part 7 – Standing Offer and Resulting Contract Clauses.

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 must be submitted in writing to the Standing Offer Authority no later than seven (7) calendar days before the Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) closing date. Enquiries received after that time MAY NOT be answered.

Offerors should reference as accurately as possible the numbered item of the RFSO to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by Offerors to explain each question in sufficient detail in order to enable Canada to provide an accurate answer. Technical enquiries that are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked "proprietary" at each relevant item. Items identified as "proprietary" will be treated as such except where Canada determines that the enquiry is not of a proprietary nature. Canada may edit the question(s) or may request that Offerors do so, so that the proprietary nature of the question(s) is eliminated, and the enquiry can be answered to all Offerors. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all Offerors may not be answered by Canada.

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.

Offerors that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit offers 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. Offerors that elect to base their offers 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 Standing Offer Authority listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.