General Maintenance Services, St. Andrews Biological Station,
St. Andrews, N.B.

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
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: 
Standing Offer - General Maintenance Services, St. Andrews
Biological Station, St. Andrews, N.B.

E0227-132452/A
Doucet, Gisele PWB
Telephone No. - (506) 636-4541 
Fax No. - (506) 636-4376

Public Works and Government Services Canada has a requirement
for the establishment of a Regional Individual Standing Offer
(RISO).  The work covered under this Standing Offer comprises of
all labour, material, tools, test equipment and equipment
necessary to perform minor construction and/or minor repairs and
maintenance to buildings and building equipment, including
structural, landscape and painting, minor mechanical, minor
repairs to water line and other underground structures with the
use of a rubber tire backhoe and dump truck at the St. Andrews
Biological Station, St. Andrews, New Brunswick.  The period of
the Standing Offer will be for a one year period from date of
issuance, followed by an option to extend for two additional one
year periods.  All work is to be performed in accordance with
the Specification forming part of the bid document. 

The estimated cost for this opportunity is within the following
cost category: $100,001.00 - $250,000.00 (HST extra).  Bid
security is not a requirement for this tender.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  New measures related to Code of Conduct and
certifications included in the solicitation documents requires
attention.
After issuance of a standing offer, offerors may request a
debriefing on the results of the request for standing offers.
Offerors should make the request to the Standing Offer Authority
within 15 working days of receipt of notification that their
offer was unsuccessful. The debriefing may be provided in
writing, by telephone or in person.

All inquiries are to be submitted in writing to the contractual
authority: Gisle Doucet, telephone 506-636-4541,  facsimile -
506-636-4376, e-mail: gisele.doucet@pwgsc.gc.ca.

Enquiries 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.

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain
tender documents through the MERX services provider. Addenda,
when issued, will be available from the MERX 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. In all cases bidders must indicate in the
space provided on the Tender Form the identification number(s)
of the addenda, if any, that they have taken into consideration
for their bid.

Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are
incorporated by reference, and form part of the tender and
contract documents. The standard documents are issued by Public
Works and Government Services and may be viewed on the MERX
electronic bulletin board as part of the information module.
Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain
tender documents through the MERX service provider.

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
both official languages.


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.