OHEPC Bridge Repairs

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
**This amendment is being issued to make the necessary changes
to the BID AND ACCEPTANCE FORM (BA) article BA06 - CONSTRUCTION
TIME and to add the ANNEX "A" Security Requirement Check List
(SRCL) to the solicitation document.**

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PROJECT IDENTIFICATION:  R.037852.002 - Ottawa Hydro Electric
Power Commission (OHEPC) - Bridge Repairs, Booth Street
(intersection Booth Street and Middle Street), Ottawa, Ontario. 

Project description:  Bridge Channel Span works include repairs
on concrete deck overlay, soffit, and at expansion joints seal,
abutments, bearing seats, ballast wall and adjacent retaining
wall, extension of the deck drains below the soffit and above
the deck, restoration of the sidewalk, replacement of existing
barrier walls, water proofing the Ottawa Hydro Electric Power
Commission (OHEPC) channel, pavement of the roadway between
Bronson Channel and Buchanan Channel, and reinstallation of
lampposts with new conduit.

Work is to be completed within fourteen (14) weeks after
contract award. The estimated cost for this opportunity is
within the following category: $1,000,000.00 - $5,000,000.00

MANDATORY SECURITY REQUIREMENT:   
This procurement contains a mandatory security requirement.  At
bid closing, the Bidder must hold a valid Designated
Organization Screening (DOS). Failure to comply with this
requirement will render the Bid non-compliant and no further
consideration will be given to the Bid. 


OPTIONAL SITE VISIT:  
There will be a site visit on September 5, 2013.  Interested
bidders shall meet at the Intersection of Booth Street and
Middle Street.  Contractors may park in the NCC side of Gravel
parking lot on Middle Street to the East.

Safety Attire - It is mandatory that all persons attending the
site visit have hard hats and safety vests.  Contractor
personnel/individuals who do not have the proper safety attire
will be denied access to the site.

ENQUIRIES:  
All enquiries are to be submitted to the Contractual Authority:
Hélène Lagacé,  Tel: 819-956-0060,  facsimile (819) 956-8335 or
by email at  helene.lagace@pwgsc.gc.ca.  

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

BID DOCUMENTS:
Firms intending to submit bids on this project should obtain bid
documents through the Government Electronic Tendering Service at
http://Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders or at the toll-free number
1-855-886-3030.  
Amendments, when issued, will be available from the same
government electronic tendering service.

Firms that elect to base their bids on bid documents obtained
from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely
responsible to inform the bid calling authority of their
intention to bid.


BID RECEIVING:
Sealed bids will be received at:  Public Works and Government
Services Canada, Bid Receiving Unit, Place du Portage, Phase
III,  Main Lobby Core 0A1, 11 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Quebec,
K1A 1C9.



Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.