JANITORIAL CLEANING

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
JANITORIAL CLEANING


Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) on behalf of
Canadian Food Inspection Agency has a requirement for the
provision of all  labour, equipment, tools  and supervision
required to provide Janitorial Service at Canadian Food
Inspection Agency Dartmouth Laboratory, 1992 Agency Drive,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1Y9.


Mandatory Site Visit
It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the
Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site
visit to be held on July 03, 2014 at 10 am and location will be
at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Dartmouth
Laboratory , 1992 Agency Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1Y9 . Bidders
must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than 
three days before the scheduled visit to confirm attendance and
provide the names of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will
be required to sign an attendance form. Bidders should confirm
in their bids that they have attended the site visit. Bidders
who do not attend or send a representative will not be given an
alternative appointment and their bids will be rejected as
non-compliant. Any clarifications or changes to the bid
solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as
an amendment to the bid solicitation.

Proof of an Independent Safety Audit
Bidder's are to provide documentation indicating that the bidder
has successfully completed a recognized safety audit, and the
company/person performing the audit are approved by a regulatory
authority to conduct safety audit.  

The Bidder must provide, within seven (7) days following a
request from the Contracting Authority, a certificate or letter
confirming the bidder's good standing account.  Failure to
comply with the request will result in the bid being declared
non-responsive.


This Request for Proposal (RFP) contains Two MANDATORY
requirement at solicitation closing date (1 and 2 below)  and a
Point Rated Technical Criteria ( See PART 4-EVALUATION
PROCEDURES AND BASIS OF SELECTION of RFP).

1.0 Mandatory  Contractor's Experience and Past Performance
The bidder must provide evidence of its experience and past
performance by referencing three (3) projects or contracts
satisfactorily rendered for a minimum of two (2) years
commercial institutional janitorial cleaning within the past
five (5) years (dating back to January 1, 2009), wherein the
range of janitorial services provided are comparable to those
described in this Request for Proposal (RFP).  

Please provide the information in the format shown below and
submit a separate table for each project (see 

Note *For the purposes of this assessment commercial
institutional janitorial cleaning experience refers to special
purpose buildings such as universities, research centers,
laboratories, hospitals or pharmaceutical industry buildings
that require specialized  attention due to hazardous substances
present, risk of contamination and daily cleaning around highly
sensitive equipment.   

A space that is a minimum of 50% of the size (5500 m²)

2.0 References
The bidder must provide 2 letters of reference that may be
contacted, with brief description of projects of similar scope
and magnitude that have been carried out within the last 5
years. To be considered projects of similar scope and magnitude,
please submit references to projects/contracts meeting the
following criteria:

Work for client encompassed commercial institutional janitorial
cleaning of special purpose buildings such as universities,
research centers, laboratories, hospitals or pharmaceutical
industry buildings that require specialized  attention due to
hazardous substances present, risk of contamination and daily
cleaning around highly sensitive equipment

For each project that a reference is provided describe the
particular hazards or sensitivities you encountered and describe
the measures and procedures taken by your firm while cleaning
these hazardous areas that contained highly sensitive equipment.

Point Rated Technical Criteria:
The Bidder's Technical proposal will be evaluated and scored in
accordance with the following evaluation criteria.  Obtain a
minimum of 60% points overall of the points for the technical
evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating. It is
suggested you address the following evaluation criteria in
sufficient depth in your proposal.

Period of this Services contract will be  two years and 8 months
plus two option years, if required.

INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions
of a contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting
Authority: Chukwudi Chinye, telephone (902) 496-5476, facsimile:
(902) 496-5016, and email- chukwudi.chinye@pwgsc.gc.ca.
Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no
less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to
allow sufficient time to respond.

This requirement is subject to the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), Agreement on Internal Trade, and World Trade
Organization- Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP).
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.