Snow Clearing/Landscape Maintenance

Trade Agreement: 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   188 Alexandre-Taché Blvd
(Hull/Salaberry Armoury) Gatineau       EP305-151228/A      
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 Removal Service 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, 188
Alexandre-Taché Blvd (Hull/Salaberry Armoury) Gatineau, Quebec,
Canada.
(iii)  Period of contract 
The period of any resulting Contract will be for a period of one
(1) year (estimated commencement date 
May 1, 2015) 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 the
site visit to be held at188 Alexandre-Taché (Hull/Salaberry
Armoury) at the main entrance, Gatineau, Quebec onFebruary
24,2015. The site visit will begin at9:00am.
Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later
than February 23,2015 to confirm attendance and provide the
name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be
required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in
their bid that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do
not attend the mandatory site visit or do not send a
representative will not be given an alternative appointment and
their bid will be declared non-responsive. 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
7.3.1	The following security requirements (SRCL and related
clauses provided by ISP) apply 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 C;
b)	Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).


Snow Clearing/Landscape Maintenance   188 Alexandre-Taché Blvd
(Hull/Salaberry Armoury) Gatineau       EP305-151228/A      
Hill, Cris Telephone No. 819-956-1343    Fax No. 819-956-3600   
cris.hill@pwgsc.gc.ca
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Technical and Financial Evaluation and Basis of Seclection

Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirements
(1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;  

Security Clearance of Reliability Status, at bid closing, in
accordance with Part 6,  Security Requirements; 

	(3) (Mandatory) Full Time Supervisor's qualifications in
accordance with Part 3,  Section 1: Technicial
	     Bid 

(4) (Mandatory) Contractor's Experience and Past Performance in
accordance with Part 3, Section 1:
      Technical Bid. 

(5) Submission of Firm Price/Rates in Canadian funds in
accordance with Financial Bid Annex B;

Only proposals found to meet ALL the mandatory requirements will
be deemed acceptable proposals and will be further evaluated in
accordance with the evaluation criteria.  Proposals not meeting
ALL of the mandatory requirements will be deemed non-responsive
and will be given NO further consideration.


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 and 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.