Janitorial Services, Macdonald Cartier Data Center and Gloucester Landfill

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: 

Solicitation No. EP076 - 162279
Janitorial Services, Macdonald Cartier Data Center and Gloucester Landfill (Ottawa, On) 

Ali Shah, Rizwan
Telephone No. - (873) 469-4890 
Fax No. - (819) 956-3600 

Requirement
To provide Janitorial Services including all labor, material and equipment for Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), for the Macdonald Cartier Data Center (MCDC) located at 1600 Tom Roberts Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario and the Gloucester Landfill site located at 2300 Leitrim Road, Ottawa, Ontario. Work is to be performed in accordance with the Statement of Work, attached to the Request for Proposal. 

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

Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor 60 days before the contract expiry date.  The option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority, and will be evidenced, for administrative purposes only, through a contract amendment.

At the time option year 2 and option year 3 are exercised, 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 will 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&chropg=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
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), 
 (b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Mandatory Item
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 by 9:00am on July 6th, 2016.
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 9:00am on July 6th, 2016 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 at 1600 Tom Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario and 2300 Letrium Road, Ottawa, Ontario on the 13th of July, 2016. The site visit will begin at 9:30am EST, at 1600 Tom Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.The meeting point will be at the front entrance of the building.

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 company will be permitted to examine the site.

Mandatory Requirements

A) Attendance at the mandatory site visit;
B) Reliability security clearance at bid closing;
C) Contractor’s Experience and Past Performance;
D) Non-Working On-Site Supervisor’s Expertise and Experience;
E) 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 Rizwan Shah at facsimile (819-956-3600) or E-Mail: rizwanali.shah@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.