Excavation Compens. Ile Lapierre

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: 

TITLE: Compensation for lost fish habitat in calm water and wetland, 
île Lapierre, LOT 2

SITE VISIT: There will be an optional site visit on May 10th 2017 at 10:30. Interested bidders are to meet at the chalet of parc Pierre-Blanchet, located at 12275 avenue Pierre-Blanchet, arrondissement Pointe-des-Prairies, Montreal.

Equipment for individual protection (boots, hard hat and safety vest) are required for the second part of the visit which will take place on the actual work site.

PROJECT ADDRESS: Île Lapierre, Montréal (Lapierre Island is found in 
the Rivière des Prairies, north of the Montreal Island and east of the Highway 25 Bridgeand is part of Ruisseau-De-Montigny Nature Park).

DESCRIPTION:
The construction of the new Champlain Bridge Corridor project (NCBC) will generate losses of fish habitats and wetlands. To comply with the Federal Policy on Wetland Conservation and the Fisheries Act, the environmental assessment of the NCBC project has required that these losses be compensated. As such, the Lapierre Island site, among others, was retained. 


This site is located in Montreal in the Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles borough. Lapierre Island is found in the Rivière des Prairies, north of the Montreal Island and east of the Highway 25 Brid
ge and is part of Ruisseau-De-Montigny Nature Park.

At the time, eastern part of Lapierre Island was occupied by a marsh. The latter was filled between 1980 and 1983 with fill material. The current call for tenders is the firstphase (lot 1) of the compensation proj

ect. The overall project involves restoring the damaged natural environment by creating a new permanent 1.5 hectares marsh which will be


 connected to the Rivière des Prairies. This wetland will be used bya diversified fauna and will be configured for spawning, rearing and feeding activities for calm water fish.

The works of Lot 2 mainly include excavation and management of wet excavation, dry excavation and profiling of wildlife landscape, water management, management of contaminated soil or not off-site, installation of submerged and floating plants, achieving of plant engineering structures, planting and seeding and environmental measures for the wo


rk on the stream along the coast and in theoutskirts of the marsh. 

CALENDAR: The Construction period is estimated at a maximum of 11 months.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:  N/A

INQUIRIES:
All enquiries (technical and otherwise) regarding this tender, are to 
be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Angelina Spina, Procurement Agent at angelina.spina@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

Telephone No. - (514) 496-3785
Fax No. - (514) 496-3822

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 theirown 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:  Publi


c Works and Government ServicesCanada, Place Bonaventure, 1st Floor, 
800 de la Gauchetière Street West, Suite 1110, Montreal (QC), H5A 1L6

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


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.