CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
*** THIS NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT AMENDMENT IS ISSUED TO
EXTEND THE BID CLOSING DATE FROM JULY 13, 2015 AT 2:00PM TO JULY
15, 2015 AT 2:00PM.***

This procurement consists of a two-envelope Request for Proposal
(RFP) bidding process. Refer to the RFP documents for details.

PROJECT IDENTIFICATION:  
R.042877.55
Construction Management Advisory Services
East Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:   
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is
initiating a competitive process to retain the services of a
Construction Management Advisor (CMA) for the exterior
rehabilitation of the East Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa,
Ontario.
	
The successful bidder will be awarded a contract with PWGSC for
the provision of pre-construction advice and minor construction
work. The Contract will include options for construction
management advisory services, minor work construction, and
constructor services. These options will be exercised at the
sole discretion of Canada and are contingent on the necessary
Government of Canada approvals. 


Subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Contract, and the
exercising of Contract Options, the CMA will be engaged under
this contract to provide Advisory services for the entire
duration of the project, perform the role of Constructor as
defined in the Occupational Health & Safety Act, and provide
Construction Management Services for Division 1 works which are
common to all three construction sub-phases as well as minor
works which fall outside the scope of the building envelope
rehabilitation.  The main building envelope rehabilitation work,
being undertaken in at least three separate construction
sub-phases, will be carried out by separately contracted General
Contracting firms under direct contract with PWGSC.


MANDATORY SECURITY REQUIREMENT:  
 
This procurement contains a mandatory security requirement:

1. 	The Contractor personnel requiring access to secure work
site(s) must, at all times during the performance of the
Contract, EACH hold a valid SITE ACCESS clearance, granted or
approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate, Public
Works and Government Services Canada.

2.	The Contractor must comply with the provisions of the
Security Requirements Check List, attached at Appendix B - REV 1.


OPTIONAL SITE VISIT: 
 
There will be a site visit on May 20th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
(EDT). Interested bidders shall meet at the the Governor
Generals entrance of the East Block building, Parliament Hill,
Ottawa, Ontario.

A SECOND Optional Site Visit will be held on June 12, 2015 at 10
a.m. (EDT). Interested bidders shall meet at the the Governor
Generals entrance of the East Block building, Parliament Hill,
Ottawa, Ontario.

To ensure access to the building, names of individuals attending
the site visit must be submitted to the Contracting Authority
named on the Request for Proposal - Page 1, five (5) calendar
days prior to the site visit.
All interested Bidders who do not confirm attendance may not be
allowed to participate in the Site Visit. Any clarifications or
changes to the Request for Proposal resulting from the Site
Visit will be issued as an Amendment to the Request for
Proposal. Interested Bidders who do not attend will not be
precluded from submitting a Bid Package. 
Attendance at a Site Visit will be at the discretion of the
Bidders, but Bidders who do not attend will be deemed to have
received all of the information made available to attendees, if
provided.

ENQUIRIES: 
 
All enquiries must be submitted by e-mail to the Contracting
Authority (e-mail address found below) no later than six (6)
business days before the Request for Proposal closing date and
time in order to be considered by Canada. 
To ensure the integrity of the procurement process, enquiries
and other communications regarding the Request for Proposal must
be directed only to the Contracting Authority at the e-mail
address mentioned below. Interested Bidders should not contact
any other employee of Canada or other persons involved in the
Project to discuss questions regarding the Request for Proposal.
Canada designates the following person as the Contracting
Authority:
Edward El-Zarka - Edward.El-Zarka@ pwgsc -tpsgc.gc.ca

RFP DOCUMENTS:

Firms intending to submit a proposal on this project should
obtain the RFP documents through the Government Electronic
Tendering Service at http://Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders or at the
toll-free number 1-855-886-3030. 
 
Amendments, when issued, will be available from the same
government electronic tendering service.

Firms that elect to base their bids on bid documents obtained
from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely
responsible to inform the bid calling authority of their
intention to bid.

BID RECEIVING:

Sealed proposals will be received at:  Public Works and
Government Services Canada, Bid Receiving Unit, Place du
Portage, Phase III, Main Lobby Core 0A1, 11 Laurier Street,
Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 1C9.


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.