MAINTENANCE-GENERATOR

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

Government of Canada is moving its Government Electronic
Tendering Service from MERX to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders on June
1, 2013Starting June 1, 2013, federal government tenders (tender
notices and bid solicitation documents) will be published and
available free of charge on a Government of Canada Web site on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders will be the sole authoritative source
for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.Get more details in the Frequently
Asked Questions section of Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 

After June 1, 2013, all tenders and related documents and
amendments will be on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.  On June 1,
2013, suppliers must go to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders to check for
amendments to any tender opportunities that they have been
following on MERX prior to June 1.  Bookmark
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders now to be ready for June 1!

Security Requirement: at the date of contract award

1. 	The Contractor must, at all times during the performance of
the Contract, 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 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 must comply with the provisions of the:

	(a) 	Security Requirements Check List and security guide 
		(if applicable), attached at Annex B
	(b) 	Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).



Requirement:

To provide preventive maintenance services on the Emergency
Power Supply Systems, including all
 necessary tools, equipment and services, consumable materials,
labour for all inspections, testing,
 cleaning, maintenance services in accordance with the Statement
of Work attached herein as Annex A.
 All additional parts and labour required to effect repairs to
the equipment listed at Annex A will be at extra
 cost to Canada.

This requirement is for Public Works and Government Services
Canada (PWGSC) located at the
 Supreme Court of Canada at 301 Wellington Street in the
National Capital Region (NCR), Ottawa, ON
K1A 0S5.

The period of any resulting Contract shall be for five (5) years.

Mandatory Response Time :

As per Annex A, Statement of Work, 1.4.3, Emergency Calls, items
1.4.3.1 and 1.4.3.2, it is
	a mandatory requirement of the contract that:

	(a)  The Contractor must provide twenty-four (24) hour, seven
(7) days a week emergency call 
	back service for the duration of the contract at no extra cost.
Note: Any  emergency calls will 		be at extra cost to Canada.

	(b)  The Contractor must respond within 30 minutes and be on
site ready to work within two 
	       (2) 	hours of receiving the emergency call.  All work
for emergency service must be executed 	
	       by a qualified service personnel named in the Contract
and such work must proceed 
	       continuously until the system is returned to safe
operating condition.



Card and Licensing Documentation :

Valid copies of the following cards and licensing documentation
should be submitted for each proposed service personnel.

To carry out the work on this requirement, Service personnel
employed by the Contractor must be in
possession of :


.1	Diesel Engine Technician - One (1) service personnel with:

	-A valid Certificate of Qualification (C of Q) as a Diesel
Mechanic (i.e. automotive mechanic, heavy equipment mechanic,
engine service technician) to carry out work as defined by the
attached Statement of Work, at Annex A. 
	
2	Petroleum Mechanic - One (1) service personnel with:

	- A valid Ontario Petroleum license - PM 3 for above ground
systems.

.3	Electrician - One (1) Service Personnel with:

	- A valid Certificate of Qualification (C of Q) in accordance
with the provincial or territorial law in 			which the work is
to be performed for each electrician engaged by and sent to site
by the Bidder or 		subcontractor of the Bidder to carry out
electrical work as defined by the Electrical Act and undertaken
	as part of the attached Statement of Work, at Annex A.

.4	Transfer Switch Technicians - One (1) Service Personnel with:

	- A valid letter or certificate of training by the Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to 				install and maintain
Transfer Switch(es) identified within the attached Statement of
Work in 			Annex A.

.5	Infrared Thermographer - One (1) Service Personnel with:

	- A valid certificate of training from an Inter-National
Electrical Testing Association (NETA) 			accredited course in
Infrared Level II or III Thermography.



Employee Training

Valid copies of the following training certificates/cards should
be submitted for each proposed Service personnel. 

All certificates are to be recognized by the Human Resources
Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) - Labour Program and/or
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) and/or Construction
Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO) and/or any other recognized
legislative or regulatory body in the Province or territory in
which the work is to be performed.

	- a valid Confined Space Awareness certificate/wallet card
	- a valid Fall Arrest certificate/wallet card
	- a valid First Aid/CPR certificate/wallet card
	- a valid Workplace Hazardous Material Inventory System (WHMIS)
certificate/wallet card
	- a valid Asbestos Work Practices Awareness Certificate/wallet
card
	- personnel performing work on electrical equipment that is
live or may become live must be in
  	possession of a valid Arc Flash Training Certificate/wallet
card (Electrician and Infrared 				Thermographer).



Mandatory Employee Experience and Past Performance :

To carry out the work on this requirement, the contractor must
provide five (5) qualified service personnel (one (1) qualified
Diesel Engine Technician, one (1) qualified Petroleum Mechanic,
one (1) qualified Electrician, one (1) qualified Transfer Switch
Technician and one (1) qualified Infrared Thermographer). 

The bidder must provide evidence to demonstrate that the service
personnel proposed to perform maintenance of Generator and
Generator Systems have five (5) years of recent experience and
past performance by referencing two (2) similar
projects/contracts within the last 8 years whereby the service
personnel have performed satisfactorily.  The bidder must
complete the following form for each personnel who will be
performing work on this requirement in order to demonstrate that
each proposed personnel has the required experience. 

Recent experience is defined as experience gained from May 2005
up to and including the 
      solicitation closing date.
Similar is defined as maintenance service on Emergency Power
Supply Systems comparable in size, scope and complexity to the
equipment listed in Annex A, Statement of Work, Part 3 Equipment
Inventory.

In cases where experience is acquired concurrently, the time
period will be considered only once for the purpose of
calculating the minimum requirement of 5 years of recent
experience.
 
Example:
·          Project 1: started on January 1, 2008 and ended on
May 31, 2008 = 4 months
·          Project 2: started on January 1, 2008 and ended on
December 31, 2010 = 36 months 
·          Project 3: started on January 1, 2008 and ended on
December 31, 2010 = 36 months 

Total period for these 3 projects will count as 36 months and
not 76 months because the period Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2009 has
already been counted in Projects 2 and 3.  This employee does
not meet the required minimum of 5 years of recent experience.

In the event where the information for any of the service
personnel cannot be confirmed by the client contacts named in
the proposal, the proposal will be considered non-responsive and
no further consideration will be given to the proposal. If the
Bidder submits names of service personnel in excess of the
stated requirement, only the references up to the identified
limit of five (5) service personnel will be assessed.  The first
five (5) service personnel listed in the proposal will be
considered for evaluation. 






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 May 27, 2013 at 9:00 AM at 301 Wellington
Street, the Supreme Court of Canada.  Bidders should communicate
with the Contracting Authority no later than five (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 upon arrival at the site. 
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.

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

Due to the nature of this requirement, and in order to gain
access to all buildings listed in this requirement, it is
MANDATORY that all representative(s) of the Bidder have security
clearance at a level of Site Access or Secret. Bidders must
submit the names (legal names) and birth dates (year/month/day)
for each individual that will be attending the site visit to the
Contracting Authority by email at diane.daly@pwgsc.gc.ca or by
facsimile at 819-956-3600 no later than May xx, 2013.
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.