Snow Removal

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

ENOR (English Notice of Request)
Sir John A Macdonald Building (144 Wellington, Wellington Building (180 Wellington) and National Press Building (150 Wellington)   EJ196-170922/A   Hill, Cris   (819) 956-1343
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Solicitation Amendment 001       EJ196-170922/A
Snow Removal   Cris Hill fk258
This Solicitations Amendment is raised to extend the closing date from September 23, 2016 to 
October 3, 2016 at 2:00pm.
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Requirement     
To provide Snow Removal Service including all labour, material, equipment, supervision and transportation for Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), Sir John A Macdonald Building (144 Wellington, Wellington Building (180 Wellington) and National Press Building (150 Wellington) Ottawa, Canada.  The services must be provided in accordance with the PWGSC Grounds Maintenance Specifications attached at Annex A.

Period of contract 
The period of any resulting Contract will be for a period of one (1) year estimated November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2017, with Canada retaining an irrevocable option to extend the contract for a period of two (2) 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 havebeen made for the site visit to be held at 180 Wellington Street (Wellington Building), on September 20 2016, the site visit will begin at 9:00am.

Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than September 13, 2016 to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend and a cell phone number. 
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 themandatory 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.  At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met: 
(a) the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as indicated in Part 7 -Resulting Contract Clauses;
(b) the Bidder’s proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;
(c) theBidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites.;
SECURITY REQUIREMENT FOR CANADIAN SUPPLIER: PWGSC FILE R-064594-478
1.  The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to secure work site(s) must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, EACH hold a valid SITE ACCESS Clearance, granted or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada.

2.  The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable), attached at Annex C.

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

Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirements

(1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;

(2)  (Mandatory) Security Clearance of Site Access, 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) Contractor’s Experience and Past Performance in accordance with Part 3, Section 1: Technical Bid.

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

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

Responsive bids will be evaluated 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 20% of the "as and when" (Pricing Schedule 2 and 3) 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.