Landscape/Snow Clearing 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   1500 Bronson, Edward Drake
Building,  Ottawa  
EP305-150595/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, 1500
Bronson, Edward Drake Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 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 at1500 Bronson, Drake BuildingonMarch 16,
2015 The site visit will begin at9:00am EDT, at the main
entrance/guard hut.
Personnel security screening is required prior to gaining
authorized access to1500 Bronson, Edward Drake Building. 
Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later
than March 5, 2015, close of business dayto confirm attendance
and provide the name(s) of the person(s) and date of births of
who will attend the site visit.
The Bidder's Company Security Officer (CSO) must ensure that
their representatives hold a valid security clearance at the
required Secret level for the site visit which is. Failure to
comply with the security requirements will result in the
representative(s) being denied access to the site.
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
1. 	The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the
performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid
Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET, 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 personnel security
screening at the level of SECRET, 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   1500 Bronson, Edward Drake
Building,  Ottawa  
EP305-150595/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 at
bid closing

(1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;  

(Mandatory) Security Clearance of Secret Status, at bid closing,
in accordance with Part 6,  Security
 Requirements; 

(3) (MANDATORY) Full Time Supervisor's Qualifications in
accordance with Part 3,

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

(5)  (Mandatory) Employee Information for Security at bid
closing in accordance with Part 6, 6.2	

(6) (Mandatory) 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.


4.2	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.