Standing Offer - Quality Assurance and Material Testing

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Standing Offer - Quality Assurance and Material Testing, Counties of Charlotte, St. John, Albert and York, New Brunswick

EC373-180490/A
Johnston, Edward PWB
Telephone No. - (506) 636-4416
Fax No. - (506) 636-4376

Public Works and Government Services Canada has a requirement for the establishment of a Regional Individual Standing Offer (RISO).  Work under this Standing Offer includes the testing and inspection of concrete, asphaltic concrete, soils, granular fill and mortar materials (including Heritage Mortar).  Inspection of reinforcing bar layout will be required for various projects to be located throughout the following New Brunswick Counties: Charlotte, Saint John, Albert, and York Counties including the Islands of Grand Manan, Whitehead, Deer and Campobello. All work is to be performed in accordance with the Terms of Reference forming part of the bid document.

All work is to be completed on an "as and when required" basis for a two (2) year period from the Date of Award in accordance with the Terms of Reference forming part of the Solicitation Document.  A standing offer is an agreement and not a contract.  Offerors should note that there is no guarantee that the full or any amount of the standing offer will be called-up.

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.

New measures related to Integrity Provisions are included in the solicitation documents requires attention.

Inquiries:  All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Edward Johnston, telephone - (506) 636-4416, facsimile - (506) 636-4376, email - edward.johnston@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.

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS). Addenda, when issued, will be available on GETS.

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 at buyandsell.gc.ca.

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.