STANDING OFFER FOR PARKS CANADA DETAILED IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

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

Parks Canada Agency (PCA) requires the services of a professional consultant to conduct Detail Impact Assessments (DIAs) and reports for select projects to be undertaken on PCA properties across Canada. DIAs are Parks Canada’s most comprehensive level of impact assessment. It is estimated that between one and five DIAs will be prepared per year in accordance with the Impact Assessment Act and the Parks Canada Directive on Impact Assessment 2019 (the “IA Directive”).

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.

Period of THE STANDING OFFER

The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer will be from the date of Standing Offer to April 30, 2023 inclusive with the irrevocable option for Canada to extend the term of the Standing Offer by up to three (3) additional one (1) year periods.

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.