Commercially Avail. Furniture and Equipment

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

Please note that the tender closing date has been changed from November 
8, 2017 at 2:00pm Estern Daylight Time to November 8, 2017 at 2:00pm 
Eastern Standard Time

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IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Services and Procurement 
Canadas pilot to submit bid submission files electronically using epost 
Connect. Interested bidders should refer to Part 2 of the solicitation 
document entitled Instructions to bidders/offerors/suppliers, as the 
case may be, for instructions on how to participate and submit their 
files electronically for this tender.

Project Description

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is renovating the 
heritage building located at 111 Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, 
Ontario. 

PWGSC requires the services of a Contractor to supply, deliver and 
install all components listed in Annex A.1 Building Components Lists 
for the following Commercially Available (CA) Furnitureand Equipment 
Packages.

The requirement is detailed under Article 6.2 of the resulting contract 
clauses. The requirement has been sub-divided into the following 
packages: 

CA03 - SEATING 
CA03.1 - SEPARATE SEATING 
CA04 - SOFT SEATING 
CA05 - TABLES 
CA06 - LIBRARY FURNITURE 
CA07 - PRINTING & POSTAL 
CA08 - APPLIANCES & LAUNDRY 
CA09 - HEALTH & SAFETY 
CA10 - HOUSEKEEPING & JANITORIAL 
CA11 - VISUAL AIDS & CREDENZA 
CA12 - LOCKERS, BENCHES & CARTS

Bidders have the option to bid on any or all package(s) in Annex A.1 
Building Components Lists, any or all item(s), or a combination of 
packages(s) and item(s). The basis of evaluation consists of two (2) 
stages. In Stage 1, all responsive bids for packages will be evaluated 
first. If there are at least two responsive bids for a package, the 
responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price by package will be 
recommended for award of a contract.  

If there is only one responsive bid or no responsive bids for an entire 
package, the Stage 2 evaluation will be performed.  In Stage 2 
responsive bids for each item will be evaluated individually.  The 
responsive bid(s) with the lowest evaluated price by item will be 
recommended for award of a contract.

Security Requirements

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For 
additional information, consult Part 1 - Security Requirements, and 
Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel 
and organization securityscreening or security clauses, Bidders should 
refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and 
Government Services Canada 
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

Trade Agreements

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade 
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North 
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Canadian Free Trade 
Agreement (CFTA).

Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to 
this procurement; see Part 5  Certifications and Additional 
Information, Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled 
Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

Delivery Date: June 2018

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

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.