Furnace Cleaning and Inspection

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Title: Furnace Cleaning and Inspection

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid
solicitation number W3713-13KN05/A dated 2012-06-11 with a
closing of  2012-07-23 at 02:00pm EDT.
There are multiple Certifications required by bid solicitation
closing for this requirement.

BACKGROUND 
 							
The Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA) is an agency of the
Department of National Defence (DND). It is responsible for
providing Canadian Forces members and their families with access
to family housing in support of departmental operational
requirements. The Housing Management Office in Kingston
currently manages 473 residential units, 144 of which are
apartments.  

Statement of Work

To supply labour, plant, materials, transportation, storage, and
equipment required to provide cleaning and
minor servicing of gas fired, forced air heating units; gas
fired boilers; gas fired hot water tanks; heat
recovery ventilation units; wood and gas fired fireplaces; and
battery replacement and testing of
CO/smoke alarms in the residential housing units at Canadian
Forces Base (CFB) Kingston.
The work is fully detailed in Annex A "Statement of Work" of the
solicitation package.

Period of the Contract

The period of contract is from date of contract award to
December 15, 2012 inclusive, with the option to renew the
contract for two (2) additional periods of one (1) year.

Work Schedule 

(1)The work must be completed by December 15, 2012.  

(2) For Option Year 1 and Option Year 2,  the Work must be
completed in the period between June 1 and September 30,
inclusive.

Mandatory Technical Criteria

The Contractor must include in their bid a complete listing of
trade persons who will perform the work along with proof of
their respective valid qualifications, as follows: 

	(A) Service persons working on gas-fired equipment shall hold a
valid Gas Technician 1 (G1) or
	Gas Technician 2 (G2) Certificate issued by the Technical
Standards and Safety Authority
	(TSSA).  

	Proof must be provided in the form of a copy of the technicians
valid certificate. 

	(B) Cleaning of wood burning fireplace must be performed by a
service person holding a valid 		WETT certification.
 
	Proof must be provided in the form of the service person's Full
Name, Company Name and 	Address as registered with WETT,
together with their valid WETT number. 

	PWGSC will verify the validity of the WETT certification with
Wood Energy Technology 		Transfer Inc, 189 Queen Street East,
Suite 1, Toronto, ON M5A 1S2.
	
	(C) Knight Boilers for apartments are to be serviced by service
persons holding a Knight 			      Service Training Certificate
issued by Aquatech/Lochinvar which certifies they have 			     
completed the Knight product training program. 

	Proof must be provided in the form of a copy of the service
person's Knight Service 		Training Certificate as issued by
Aquatech/Lochinvar

Please direct enquires to:

Patrick Semple
Telephone:  613-530-3117
Fax:  - 613-545-8067
E-mail- patrick.semple@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.