Snow Removal & Landscape Maintenance

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Snow Clearing/Landscape maintenance  EP305-142883/B
Hill, Cris Telephone No. 819-956-1343    Fax No. 819-956-3600   
cris.hill@pwgsc.gc.ca
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SUMMARY
(i)   Requirement   -  To provide Snow Clearing and Landscape
Maintenance services including all labour, material,
equipment, supervision and transportation in accordance with the
Statement of Work attached at Annex A.

(ii) Client Department - For Public Works and Government
Services Canada (PWGSC) at Les Terrasses de la Chaudiere
(LTDLC), 15 Eddy, Gatineau, Quebec, Ontario, Canada.

(iii) Period of contract - The period of any resulting Contract
will be for a period of one (1) year (estimated commencement
date November 1, 2014), with Canada retaining an irrevocable
option to extend the contract for a period of four (4)
additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods.

Mandatory Site Visit 

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the
Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site
visit to be held on August 6, 2014, at 09:00am, located at Les
Terraces de la Chaudière, 15 Eddy Street, Gatineau, Quebec,
Canada

Bidders should communicate with the Contracting Authority no
later than 3 day(s) before the scheduled visit to confirm
attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will
attend. 

Bidders will be required to sign an attendance form. 

Bidders who do not attend or send a representative will not be
given an alternative appointment and their bids will be rejected
as non-compliant.  Any clarifications or changes to the bid
solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as
an amendment to the bid solicitation.

A maximum of two (2) representatives per bidder will be
permitted to examine the sites

Security Requirement
The following security requirement (SRCL and related clauses)
applies and form part of the Contract. 

	1.	The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the
performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid
		Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the
Canadian Industrial  Security Directorate 		(CISD), Public Works
and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

	2.      The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to
sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid
		RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

	3.  	Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT
to be awarded without the prior written
		permission of CISD/PWGSC.

	4.  	The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of
the:
		(a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if
applicable), attached at Annex B;
		(b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Consult the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD)
Website for more information. 
	http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html

Basis of selection
A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation
and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared
responsive. 

The responsive bid evaluation will be based on the Lowest
Responsive Bid Price, a combination of the overall lowest total
bid of which 80% will be for the firm pricing (Pricing Schedule
1 and 2) and 20% on the "as & when" (Pricing Schedule 3, 4 and
5) will be recommended for award of a contract.
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.