Major Renovation (Building 8) -- Cowansville

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
All construction works located at Cowansville Facility must be
under a single contract at a fixed price. They should be
operated inside a designed secure perimeter. A renovation will
be executed at cellblock - building 8 which was used for
detention. All prison activities and operations will be
maintained, at all times, in other three detention buildings
(Building 9, 10, and 11) situated next to the construction site.
 Construction works include, inter alia, a worksite'
mobilization and organization, an approval of workshop drawings,
a demolition according to work phases, a demolition of existing
systems, a removal of hazardous materials, and an interior
finishing work along with an interior arrangement. Moreover,
they also consists of mechanical and electrical installations,
superstructure works, procedures corresponding to the
installation and commissioning of new and existing elevators,
fire protection systems, and commissioning of equipments.

Total  estimate for the contract is more than $5,000,000, taxes
extra.

Site Visit : There will be an optional (but strongly
recommended) site visit to be held on September 15, 2015 at
10:00 am.  The meeting point will be at the Visitors' entrance
(building 1) of the Cowansville Institution, 400 avenue in
Cowansville(QC), J2K 3N7

Contractor personnel shall submit to a local verification of
identity or information by Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
prior to admittance to the facility/site. Correctional Service
Canada reserves the right to deny access to any facility/site
part thereof of any Contractor personnel, at any time.

Contractors who wish to attend the bidders' visit must complete
the "Institutional Access" form (CSC 1279), sign it and send it
AT LEAST TEN (10) WORK DAYS prior to the visit along with a copy
of their driver's license to the following email addresses:
Sylvain.Lusignan@CSC-SCC.GC.CA and Yvan.St-Germain@CSC-SCC.GC.CA

INQUIRIES: All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be
submitted in writing to the contract authority, Nicolas Cyr, by
fascimile (514) 496-3822 or by E-MAIL at
nicolas.cyr@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

TENDER DOCUMENTS: Firms intending to submit tenders on this
project should obtain tender documents through the website
https://www.achatsetventes-buyandsell.gc.ca/ service provider. 
Addenda, when issued, will be available from the website service
provider.  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.  

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.  Documents may be submitted in either official
language of Canada. Standard terms and conditions for this
procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part
of, the tender and contract documents.  

BID RECEIVING: Sealed tenders will be received in English or
French at:  Public Works and Government Services Canada, Place
Bonaventure,  South-East Portal, 800 De la Gauchetiere Street
West, suite 7300, Montreal Quebec, H5A 1L6.
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.