Building Condition Report Service (BCR)

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFERS FOR BUILDING CONDITION REPORTS (BCR) - QUEBEC REGION

Title: DISO - Building Conditions Report Services (BCR), Various Locations, Qc

         THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A SECURITY REQUIREMENT

Location: Various Locations across the Province of Quebec

DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT:
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is inviting Architectural and Engineering firms with the knowledge and experience of Building Conditions Report (BCR) to submit proposalsfor Standing Offers. The selected consultants shall provide a range of services as identified in the Description of Services section of the Request for Standing Offer document, across the region of Quebec.

Proponents shall be licensed or eligible to be  licensed to practise in the province of Quebec. Firms should be able to demonstrate successful delivery of these services for a broad variety of projects over the last five (5) years. In general, the firm and its personnel will be evaluated on the basisof their demonstrated understanding of the Comprehension of the Scope of Services, Team Approach / Management of Services, Proponents Past Experience on Projects, Sub Consultants Past Experience on Projects, Proponents Senior and Project Personnel Expertise and Experience and Hypothetical Projects.


It is PWGSC's intention to authorize up to five (5) Standing Offers, each for a period of two (2) years from the date of issuing the Standing Offers.  

Optionally, thereafter, Canada reserves the right to exercise 3 options of one year each.

It is anticipated that a maximum of five (5) Standing Offer (SO) are issued to meet the needs in all areas across the Province of Quebec. The consultants must be will willing to provide their service all over  the Province of Quebec.

PWGSC reserves the right to determine the number of SO to issue in order to effectively meet the needs in all regions.

The total dollar value of all Standing Offers is estimated to be $1,000,000.00 (Applicable Taxes included)per year. 
Individual call-ups will vary, up to a maximum of $400,000.00 (Applicable Taxes included).Proponents should note that there is no guarantee that the full or any amount of the Standing Offers will be called-up; PWGSC will award call-ups only when the specific services to be provided under the Standing Offer are needed.

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIORTO CONTRACT AWARD

- INTEGRITY PROVISIONS:
Bidders must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter a complete list of names of all individualswho 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 nameswithin 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 allindividuals mentioned above within a specified time frame. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the timeframe provided, or failure to cooperate to the verification process will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

SECURITY Requirements:
There are security requirements associated with this requirement of the Standing Offer. For additional information, see Appendix D.
For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Offerors should refer  tothe Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

At the Request for Standing Offers closing date, the Offeror must  hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).

Failure to provide a proof within the time frame provided, or failure to cooperate to the verification process will result in thebid being declared non-responsive.

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INQUIRIES
All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in  writing to the Contractual Authority: Camille Ghali, Supply Specialist at camille.ghali@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

Telephone No. - (514) 496-3871(  )
Fax No. - (514) 496-3822

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.

Due to the nature of the Request for Standing Offers, transmission of offers by facsimile to PWGSC will NOT be accepted.

The Crownretains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents maybe submitted in either official language of Canada

Standard terms and conditions are incorporated by reference in the tender documents and contract documents, and form an integral part.

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.