Snow/Landscape Maintenance

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Snow/Landscape Maintenance  EJ196-160098/A
Cris Hill  Telephone No. 819-956-1343    Fax No. 819-956-3600   
cris.hill@pwgsc.gc.ca
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SUMMARY
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, for Public Works and Government Services
Canada (PWGSC) at 79 Prince of
Wales, HMCSC,Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Period of contract - The period of any resulting Contract will
be for a period of one (1) year (estimated commencement date
November 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 at79 Prince of Wales onSeptember 10, 2015.
The site visit will begin at9:30am.

It is mandatory that bidders provide and wear safety boots and a
hard hat for the site visit. Bidders who do not comply will not
be permitted to attend the site visit.
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
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 C;
		(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


Snow/Landscape Maintenance  EJ196-160098/A
Cris Hill  Telephone No. 819-956-1343    Fax No. 819-956-3600   
cris.hill@pwgsc.gc.ca
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Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirements

4.1	Evaluation Procedures
Bids will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement
of the bid solicitation including the technical and financial
evaluation criteria.

4.1.1	Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirements

(1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;  

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

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

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

(5) (Mandatory at bid closing) Submission of Firm Price/Rates in
Canadian funds in accordance with 
      Part 3, Section II: Financial Bid Annex B;

(6) (Mandatory at bid closing) Submission of Annex G - Complete
List of names of all individuals who are   
     currently directors of the Bidder

(7) (Mandatory at bid closing) Submission of Annex H - Federal
Contractors Program for Employment 
      Equity


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.