Improvement of the movement area Airport Wei

Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements: 

this procurement initiative is reserved for beneficiaries of the following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (CLCA) titled the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) as defined in chapter 28, clauses 28.10.3 and chapter 29, clauses 29.0.31 of this Agreement.
Further to Article 1802 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the CFTA does not apply to this procurement process.

This requirement is reserved for those individuals defined as "Cree", as defined in chapter 3 of the JBNQA (paragraphs 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3). In respect to aboriginal Cree businesses, they must be located south of the 55th parallel or, for the Cree communities concerned, south of the 55.5th parallel, as described in chapter 5 of the JBNQA.

Proponents must sign and complete the document entitled "Attestation for Program of Reserved Contracts for Aboriginal people" (see appendix D of the present document), understood here as «CREE people» and beneficiaries of the JBNQA.


Tender call number EF997-190030/A

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Improvement of the movement area Airport Wemindji on behalf of Transport Canada.

There is no site visit scheduled for this project.


MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE

- The Bidder shall enclose bid security with its bid.


MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD

- INTEGRITY PROVISIONS:

Bidders must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. If the required names have not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Failure to provide the names within the time-frame specified will render the bid non-responsive.

Canada may, at any time, request that a Bidder provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals mentioned above within a specified time frame. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the time frame provided, or failure to cooperate to the verification process will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.


PERIOD OF WORK

Construction work must be completed no later than December 1st 2018


INQUIRIES

All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Joel Lussier, Procurement Specialist at joel.lussier@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

Telephone No. - (514) 708-3582



TENDER DOCUMENTS

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders site. Drawings and specifications are now available for viewing and downloading in PDF format.  Bidders should take note that attachment contains the full set of drawings and specifications, which consist of PDF files organized in an industry-standard directory structure. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the same site. Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender calling authority of their intention to bid.   
      
Drawings and specifications may be view at the following locations : Association de la Construction du Québec (ACQ), Association patronale des entrepreneurs du Québec (APECQ) at Chemin de la Savane, Montréal.


BID RECEIVING

Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at the address mentioned below:

Public Works and Government Services Canada, Place Bonaventure, South-East Portal, 800 de La Gauchetière Street West, Suite 7300, Montreal, Quebec  H5A 1L6.

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada

Bids sent by fax will not be accepted


LANGUAGES

This PWGSC office provides acquisition services to the public in both official languages.
Ce bureau de TPSGC fournit des services d'achat au public dans les deux langues officielles.

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.