Non-hazardous solid waste collection

Trade Agreement: 
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 


Requirement
The Regional Centre of Expertise (RCOE) for Waste Management within the National Capital Region (NCR) requires the service of a Contractor for the management and collection of the non-hazardous solid waste (NHSW). The management of this contract involves the organization of services for the collection of solid waste, mixed material recycling, paper/cardboard recycling and composting at numerous locations with varying needs within the NCR. Responsibilities for the on-going management of the contract includes:

• Ensuring the completion of regularly scheduled services according to the collection schedule;
• The scheduling of additional services (as requested), the implementation of services at new locations;
• The modification of services (as required) at existing locations;
• Verifying pick-up scheduled against invoices for processing;
• Addressing questions and concerns related to the completion of services on site including, missed pick-ups, blocked containers etc.;
• Ensuring regular maintenance of the sites; and
• The equipment required as part of the contract is in place. 

Period of Contract
The period of any resulting contract will be for a period of three (3) years with Canada retaining an irrevocable option to extend the contract for a period of two (2) additional twelve (12) month periods.

Trade Agreement
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

Security Requirements
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 Contract Security Program (CSP), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
2.  The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or sensitive site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the CSP, PWGSC.

3.  The Contractor/Offeror MUST NOT remove any PROTECTED information or assets from the identified site(s), and the Contractor/Offeror must ensure that its personnel are made aware of and comply with this restriction.

4.  Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of the CSP, PWGSC.

5.  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).


Basis of Selection:
1. To be declared responsive, a bid must:
a. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; and
b. meet all mandatory criteria; and
c. obtain the required minimum of 10 points overall for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating.
The rating is performed on a scale of 20 points.

2. Bids not meeting "(a) or (b) or (c)") will be declared non-responsive.

3. The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 60 % for the technical merit and 40 % for the price.

4. To establish the technical merit score, the overall technical score for each responsive bid will be determined as follows: total number of points obtained / maximum number of points available multiplied by the ratio of 60 %.

5. To establish the pricing score, each responsive bid will be prorated against the lowest evaluated price and the ratio of 40 % 

6. For each responsive bid, the technical merit score and the pricing score will be added to determine its combined rating.

7. Neither the responsive bid obtaining the highest technical score nor the one with the lowest evaluated price will necessarily be accepted. The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract.

Enquiries
All enquiries regarding this requirement must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority:
 Rosso, Francois
 E-mail - francois.rosso@tpsgc-pwgsc.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.