Interior Plant Maintenance

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
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: 

There are no changes to the Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A SECURITY REQUIREMENT


SECURITY REQUIREMENT   
1.     The Contractor must, at all times during the performance
of the Contract, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening
(DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate
(CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). The
contractor's Company Security Officer must hold a valid SECRET
Clearance, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

2.      The Contractor personnel requiring access to
Parliamentary Precinct sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a
valid SITE ACCESS clearance, 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 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).

Security Requirement
1.	Before award of a contract, the following conditions must be
met:
the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as
indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;
	
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;
	
the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will
require access to classified or protected information, assets or
sensitive work sites.

2.   	Bidders are reminded to obtain the required security
clearance  promptly. Any delay in the award of a contract to
allow the  successful bidder to obtain the required clearance
will be at the  entire discretion of the Contracting Authority. 

3.	For additional information on security requirements, bidders
should consult the "Security Requirements on PWGSC Bid
Solicitation - Instructions for Bidders" 
(http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/      
acquisitions/text/plain/plainpm-e.html#a31) document on the
Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Website.

Requirement     
To provide labour, transportation, equipment and materials
required to maintain, supply and install interior plants, in
accordance with the Statement of Work attached in Annex A.

Client Department 
For Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) at
various locations, Centre Block (111 Wellington Street), East
Block (111 Wellington Street), Confederation Bldg (229
Wellington Street), Justice Bldg (249 Wellington Street), Dover
Bldg (185 Sparks Street), Trusco Bldg (131 Queen Street), CBC
Bldg (181 Queen Street), Howard Jewellers (202 Sparks Street),
Montreal Trust (100 Sparks Street), Supreme Court (301
Wellington Street), Time Square (47 Clarence Street), 119 Queen
Street, 125 Sparks Street, Victoria Bldg (140 Wellington
Street), La Promenade (151 Sparks Street), and 12 York Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Period of contract 
The period of any resulting Contract will be for a period of one
(1) year (estimated commencement date 
1 February 2013  to  31 January 2014), with Canada retaining an
irrevocable option to extend the contract for a period of four
(4) additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods.

The Contractor hereby grants to Canada four (4) irrevocable
options to extend the term of the Contract each for an
ADDITIONAL CONSECUTIVE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD, under the same
terms and conditions as contained in the Contract. It is to be
noted that Canada is not obliged to exercise any of these four
(4) options. The exercise of any option will be at Canada's sole
discretion, by providing notification in writing to the
Contractor prior to the Contract expiry date or the expiry date
of an exercised option period

Mandatory Site Visit
It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the
Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site
visit to be held on December 17, 2012 at  9:30 am, will begin at
the main lobby of 181 Queen Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Bidders should communicate with the Contracting Authority no
later than 5 day(s) before the scheduled visit to confirm
attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will
attend.  Bidders will be required to sign an attendance form. 
Bidders who do not attend or send a representative will not be
given an alternative appointment and their bids will be rejected
as non-compliant.  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.

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) Submission of the Mandatory Contractor's Experience & Past
Performance in accordance with RFP Part 3, Section 1: Technical
Bid;

(3) Submission of the Mandatory Full-time Supervisor(s)
Expertise or Experience in accordance with RFP Part 3, Section
1: Technical Bid;  and

(4) Submission of Firm Unit Price in Canadian funds in
accordance with Part 3, Section II: Financial Bid

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 technical evaluation criteria to be
declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest
evaluated price 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.