Request for Qualification - Architectural & Engineering Services
for Centre Block

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/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 SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 AT 2:00PM TO
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AT 2:00PM.***


NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

This procurement consists of a two-phase selection process.
Phase 1 will consist of a Request for Qualification and Phase 2
will consist of a Request for Proposal.
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION:
Project Number: R.011816.420
Request for Qualification
Architectural and Engineering Services - Centre Block
Rehabilitation Project
Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
Purpose:
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is
initiating a process to pre-qualify Respondents for the
provision of architectural and engineering services for the
Centre Block Rehabilitation project located at 111 Wellington
Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
This Request for Qualification (RFQ) defines the requirements
for the prequalification of Respondents for this project.
Interested Respondents are required to respond to this RFQ. The
top three Respondents considered by PWGSC to best meet the
prequalification requirements as defined in this document will
be invited to submit a Proposal for this project during the
Request for Proposal (RFP) phase of the solicitation.  Canada
will take all steps necessary to ensure the procurement process
is open, fair and honest
The architectural and engineering services are required from
contract award, expected to be in spring/summer 2016, for
duration of eight to twelve years depending on the options
approved for implementation.  Active construction is anticipated
to start in 2018 once the building has been vacated.
In order to provide guidance as to the degree of undertaking and
complexity, the scope of work may include but is not limited to
the following elements, to the extent possible given the
building's heritage designation:
·	restoration of the building envelope, including selective
security mitigation measures;
·	seismic upgrade;
·	excavation of the basement subject to viability and cost
benefit;
·	new mechanical, electrical, and vertical transportation
systems;
·	new information technology, multimedia and security systems;
·	parliamentary office suites and broadcast capable committee
rooms;
·	adjustment to allow additional seating to the Senate Chamber
and the House of Commons Chamber;
·	complete fit-up of the building, including special purpose
space;
·	restoration of designated heritage spaces;
·	specialized art handling for the removal, storage and return
of heritage assets and the main collection of the Library of
Parliament;
·	conservation of fixed and moveable heritage assets; and 
·	significant conservation of exterior and interior masonry,
wood, plaster, paint, art glass, fabric and metals.
Project Background:
The Centre Block is at the very heart of Canada's political and
cultural landscape.  It represents the rich history of this
country, as well as its contemporary hopes and dreams.  As the
institutional home of Canada's system of parliamentary
democracy, it embodies the achievements and challenges of a
bilingual, pluralistic society.  Its setting, within the
extraordinary landscape of Parliament Hill, reminds us of the
powerful intersection of history and geography that define
Canada's identity, and that compel us to consider an ecological
and sustainable future for this place and for the world. 
The Centre Block contains many overlapping identities - as a
place of governance, as a forum for public engagement, as a
place of pilgrimage, as a setting for national rituals and
celebrations, as an example of beautifully integrated design and
craftsmanship, as a monument to Canadian achievements and
sacrifices, as the focus of a capital city and of a country.
The Centre Block is the core component within the Parliament
Hill complex, occupying a central position between the East
Block, the West Block, the Library of Parliament and the
emerging Visitor Welcome Centre.  The Gothic Revival style of
the original mid-19th Century building was specifically chosen
to allow a rich and complex relationship between the wilderness
escarpment to the north and the great lawn to the south.  In its
rebuilding after the disastrous 1916 fire, the exterior style
was maintained and a new Beaux-Arts interior created to update
the building and allow an increased public presence.  It
displays a multitude of stone carvings, including gargoyles,
grotesques and friezes in keeping with the Victorian High Gothic
style.  The building is connected with the Peace Tower, built
between 1919 and 1927, and the Library of Parliament.  It houses
the Senate and House of Commons Chambers and offices of numerous
Senators, Members of Parliament and senior administration or
both legislative houses, as well as many ceremonial spaces such
as the Hall of Honour, the Memorial Chamber and Confederation
Hall. 
Major renovations were first proposed in the 1960's. At that
time the original mechanical and electrical systems were already
more than 40 years old. Nothing was done for another nine years
when a basement fire prompted improvements to the life safety
systems.  In the mid-1970s, a complete rehabilitation was
proposed but was postponed; however emergency exiting from the
Peace Tower was improved.  By 1998, the Centre Block Underground
Services had been constructed. This facility included
underground electrical switchgear, transformers, emergency power
generation and centralized Information Technology facilities as
well as storage and support space for the House of Commons.  It
also provided limited improvements to House of Commons material
handling capability.
Since 1999, only emergency repairs and regular maintenance have
been undertaken to allow continued occupancy of the building.
The last significant rehabilitation was the repair to the Peace
Tower and south façade, completed in the late 1990s.  Repairs to
the building such as the courtyard parapets and some of the
penthouses have been completed and other similar interventions
are ongoing.
The Centre Block, including the Peace Tower, requires
significant rehabilitation in the very near-term as many of its
major systems and components will be at risk of critical failure
by 2019, with total failure predicted by 2025.  Due to the
interdependencies of the Centre Block building systems, it must
be decommissioned at one time and emptied before any invasive
work can begin.  A challenging aspect of this project's scope
will be to integrate the Visitor Welcome Centre (VWC) Complex,
aligning the Long Term Vision and Plan's direction for a
connecting concourse spine for pedestrian movement and
independent but connected material handling facilities.
Basis of Selection
1.	To be declared compliant, a Respondent must meet the
mandatory requirements identified in the RFQ.
2.	Responses meeting the mandatory requirements identified in
the RFQ will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
-	Experience and Achievements of Respondent on projects;
-	Experience and Expertise of Key Individuals;
-	Capacity of the Respondent;
-	Internal Governance Structure of the Respondent;
-	Approach and Methodology; and
-	Presentation and Case scenario.
Security Requirement
This selection process is subject to security requirements. All
information related to these security requirements are found in
section 7. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS of the RFQ.
Enquiries: 
To ensure the integrity of this RFQ process, all enquiries and
other communications regarding the RFQ should be directed only
to the Contracting Authority identified at the email address
below. Interested Respondents should not contact any other
employee of Canada or other persons involved in the Project to
discuss questions regarding the RFQ. Non-compliance with this
requirement during the prequalification period can, for that
reason alone, result in disqualification of a Respondent. Canada
designates the following person as the Contracting Authority:
Edward El-Zarka
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch, Centre Block Rehabilitation Project
Email: Edward.el-zarka@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
Tel.: 819-775-7156

All enquiries should be submitted in writing by e-mail to the
Contracting Authority no later than fifteen calendar days before
the RFQ closing date and time in order to be considered by
Canada.
To ensure consistency and quality of information provided to
Respondents, significant enquiries received and their replies
will be posted on BuyandSell.gc.ca.
Canada retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.
RFQ Documents:
Firms/Entities intending to submit a Response to this RFQ should
obtain the RFQ 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/Entities that elect to base their Responses on RFQ
documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk
and will be solely responsible to inform the procurement calling
authority of their intention to respond to this RFQ.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Response Receiving:
Sealed Responses 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.

For more information on the rehabilitation of the Centre Block,
please visit
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/ba
tir-building/centre-eng.html

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.