Elevator Upgrades, Sir Humphrey Gilbert Building, St. John's, NL

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
EA003-151688/A
Woodman, Alexis
Telephone No. - (709) 772-2980 
Fax No. - (709) 772-4603

Elevator Upgrade, Sir Humphrey Gilbert Building, St. John's, NL

Public Works and Government Services Canada has a requirement
for all labour and material, including overtime required to meet
the project schedule, to modernize two (2) traction elevators
and one (1) traction freight elevator including permanent magnet
overhead traction machines and all other related work as
detailed in the specification. Work to be completed at the Sir
Humphrey Gilbert Building, 165 Ductworth Street, St. John's, NL.

Only bids from contractors whose name is on the List of
Pre-Qualified Elevator Maintenance Contractors for the following
categories of equipment:  Electric Elevators, for the province
of Newfoundland and Labrador will be considered for this
solicitation.

A contractor whose name is not on the List of Pre-qualified
Elevating Devices Maintenance Contractors may apply for
pre-qualification.  Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC) will publish a Letter of Interest (LOI) on the
Government Electronic Tendering Service once a year to invite
contractors to pre-qualify against one or more categories of
equipment in the specified geographic areas. It takes
approximately three months from the time the LOI is published to
complete the pre-qualification process.  Contractors who are
successful will be added to the List of Pre Qualified Elevating
Devices Maintenance Contractors and will be eligible to bid on
future solicitations for Elevating Devices Maintenance
Contracts.  All enquiries concerning the pre qualification
process must be sent by fax to (819) 956-3160 and addressed to
PWGSC, Regional Operations Support and Commodity Management
Division, Real Property Contracting Directorate
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  There will be a scheduled site visit, please refer to the
solicitation document for the date and time. It is recommended
that bidders visit the site and its surroundings and verify the
form, nature and extent of the work, the means to access the
site, and in general obtain all necessary information as to
risks, contingencies and other circumstances prior to submitting
bid.

2.  Bidders must refer to Section 01 35 30 - Health and Safety
Requirements of specification before performing any site
inspection or preliminary work at site.

Bidders must refer to GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (GI) -
R5110T (2014-09-25) for the Code of Conduct and Certification
provisions applicable to this requirement.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS:
Government of Canada has moved its Government Electronic
Tendering Service to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.  Federal
government tenders (tender notices and bid solicitation
documents) will be published and available free of charge on a
Government of Canada Web site on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.  This
web site will be the sole authoritative source for Government of
Canada tenders that are subject to trade agreements or subject
to departmental policies that require public advertising of
tenders. More details are available in the Frequently Asked
Questions section of Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 
Bidders are responsible for obtaining copies of tender forms and
special instructions which are now available directly from the
web site.  Standard terms and conditions for this procurement
are incorporated by reference into, and form part of, the tender
and contract documents. The standard Public Works and Government
Services Canada documents may be viewed at
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisiti
on-clauses-and-conditions-manual/all. 

Drawings and Specifications are now available for viewing and
downloading from www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders in a Portable
Document Format (PDF). Bidders should note that  the Drawings
and Specifications Package (DSP) which consists of PDF files
organized in an industry recognized directory structure is
included under Attachments.   

It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all
addenda issued prior to tender closing have been obtained and
addressed in the submitted tender.  Addenda, when issued, will
be available on the Government of Canada web site
www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.  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 authority of their intention to bid.

Bids will be received in English, or French at:  Public Works
and Government Services Canada, Bid Receiving Unit, 10 Barter's
Hill, P.O. Box 4600, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador   
A1C 5T2

Bid Security is a requirement for this tender.

The estimated value for this opportunity is within the range of 
$ 500,000.01 to $1,000,000.00

Delivery Date Required: 46 Weeks after award of contract

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.