Montreal - Architecture - Masonry Repairs

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia
FTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS IN ARCHITECTURE
Quebec Region
Mansory repairs
Request Number EE520-133132

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) intends to
retain a firm of architects, which will act as key consultant,
and will form a multidisciplinary team completed by key
sub-consultants (structural engineer and mason among others) for
the provision of the services required as part as the project of
mansory repairs of the customs building,105 McGill
Street/400Place d'Youville, Montreal.

Without restriction, the consultant team for this project must
be capable of providing the following services:

Architecture
Structural engineering
Time control
Waste management
Cost control
Risk management
Sustainable development
Masonry
Heritage
Electrical engineering
3D laser scanning survey
Mechanical engineering

Consultant must have the ability to understand, work with and
elaborate documents in both official languages.
	
Further to Article 1802 of the Agreement on Internal Trade
(AIT), the AIT does not apply 	to this procurement. process.


IDENTIFICATION OF THE REQUEST
This RFP is a one phase process. Proponents responding to this
RFP are requested to submit only one proposal. The Proponent
receiving the highest Total Score is the first entity that the
Evaluation Board will recommend for the provision of the
required services. In the case of a tie, the proponent
submitting the lower price for the services will be selected.

Communication with the firms will be in their preferred official
language.

SCHEDULE
Project final estimated completion date is October 31th 2017.

OPTIONAL SITE VISIT
A site inspection will be held on site February 28th, 2013 at
1:00 p.m.
Although the visit is not mandatory, all proponents wishing to
submit a tender for this project are encouraged to attend to
familiarize themselves with all aspects of the work. 


COSTS
The indicative construction cost  (class D) excluding
contingency is estimated at 14.7 M$, (GST & PST excluded).


QUALIFICATIONS
The proponents must be certified or eligible for certification
to conduct business in Province of Quebec and must demonstrate
that over the past ten years they were involved in a range of
design and construction projects requiring a full scope of
services.


PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS
Firms intending to submit proposals should obtain the invitation
for proposals documents from the MERX service provider
(http://www.merx.com). Addenda, when issued, will be available
from the service provider. Firms that elect to base their bids
on invitation for proposal documents obtained from other sources
do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible for
informing the invitation for proposals authority of their
intention to bid. In all cases, bidders should indicate, in the
space on the invitation for proposals form, the identification
number(s) of the addenda, if any, that they have taken into
consideration in preparing their proposal. 

The State reserves the right to negotiate provisions of any
contract with suppliers. Proposals may be submitted in either
official language. 

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
both official languages.


INQUIRIES
For technical inquiries and inquiries relating to the contract,
please contact Jacques Desmarais, Supply Specialist, by fax at
514-496-3822, by telephone at 514-496-3408 or by e-mail at
jacques.desmarais@tpsgc-pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca.


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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.