Janitorial Services - Parliament Hill and Blocks

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: 
SOLICITATION AMENDMENT NO.001   EJ196-150925/A

JANITORIAL SERVICES - PARLIAMENT HILL VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND
BLOCKS 1, 2 AND 3, OTTAWA, ONTARIO.

The purpose of this Solicitation Amendment is for the following:

1.  Revise the Solicitation Closing Date 
2.  Revise Section II, Financial Bid
3.  Revise Building Information Sheet for Victoria Building, 140
Wellington.
4.  Add Lighting Information sheets and plans for the Sir John A
MacDonald Building
5.  Revise Annex B Statement of Work
6.  Revise at Part 2 - Bidder Instructions, clause 2003 Standard
Instructions
7.  Revise Part 5 Certifications
8.  Revise at Part 7, Resulting Contract Clauses, article 2.1
General Conditions
9. Revise at Part 7, Resulting Contract Clauses, article 14.
Priority of Documents

Please see attached Amendment.
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Requirement
To provide Janitorial Services including all labour, material
and equipment for Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC), at Parliament Hill and Blocks 1, 2 and 3, Relamping and
Cleaning of Light Fixtures at various buildings,  Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. The services must be provided in accordance
with Statement of Work attached at the Request for Proposal.

Period
The period of any resulting Contract shall be for a period of
two (2) year(s) plus up to three (3) additional consecutive
twelve (12) month periods, under the same conditions.

At the time of the exercise of each option year (from Option
Year 2 - for contracts with 2 year period), the rates in the
Basis of Payment  will be increased or decreased by multiplying
the rates by the percentage change in "The Consumer Price
Index", major components, selected sub-groups and special
aggregates, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife, not
seasonally adjusted" ("CPI" ) for the appropriate province for
the 12 month period ending two months before the expiration date
of the current period of the contract ("period").  The CPI which
shall be used is published in Statistics Canada Catalogue no.
62-001-X, tables 9-1 to 9-12, for the appropriate province
all-items CPI of the period as described above.

Consumer Price Index for Canada is published by Statistics
Canada and is available at:

http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=62-001-X&ch
ropg=1&lang=eng ;or
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/cpi-ipc/cpi-ipc-eng.htm
; or
http://cansim2.statcan.ca , Table 326-0020

Security Requirement
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 Facility Security Clearance (FSC) 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, RELIABILITY
STATUS, or SITE          ACCESS, as required, 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).

MANDATORY ITEM FOR THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT
Due to the nature of this requirement and in order to gain
access to the sites it is MANDATORY that all interested bidders,
submit the Names (legal name) and birth dates of their
representatives that will be attending the Mandatory Site Visit
to the Contracting Authority (Joanne Ladouceur) by close of
business on July 8, 2015.

It is the responsibility of the Bidders to ensure that the
Contracting Authority is in receipt of this information by the
date shown.  Bidders who fail to submit the required information
by close of business on July 8th, 2015, will be denied access to
the sites.

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  on July 14, 2015 at 8:30 am..The site
visit will begin at Postal Station B,  59 Sparks Street, Ottawa,
Ontario.

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 maximium of two (2) representatives per company
will be permitted to examine the site.

Mandatory requirements:

MANDATORY Security Clearance of  SECRET, SITE ACCESS AND
RELIABILITY, at bid closing, in accordance with Part 6, 
Security Requirements; 
Contractor's qualification in accordance with Part 3, Section I:
Technical Bid;
Non Working On-site Supervisor(s) qualification in accordance
with Part 3, Section I: Technical Bid;
Submission of a Firm Price/Rate in Canadian funds for all the
items listed in the RFP, Part 3, Section II, Financial Bid;

All enquiries are to be submitted in writing to the Contracting
Authority Joanne Ladouceur at facsimile 819-956-3600 or email: 
Joanne.Ladouceur@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
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.