St. Clair and Detroit Rivers Navigational Dredging. South East Bend - Maintenance Dredging 2019

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

EQ754-200307/A
Dhanna, Sheila
Telephone No. - (416) 315-9944 
Fax No. - (416) 952-1257 
e-mail: sheila.dhanna@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

St. Clair and Detroit Rivers Navigational Dredging.  South East Bend - Maintenance Dredging 2019.  Project No.  R.095968.001

Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Coast Guard has a requirement for navigational dredging at the South East Bend, St. Clair River, Ontario. 

SCOPE OF WORK
The services required are set forth in the scope of work summary as detailed below.  
The scope of work is understood to be the navigational dredging to re-establish posted navigational water depths of the St. Clair River, South East Bend, near Port Lambton, Ontario. Contract Drawings and Specifications are attached for reference.
Shoals on the South East Bend of the St. Clair River have been identified by a 2018 Hydrographical survey. The target volume for dredging is approximately 20,000 cubic meters. The dredging locations are detailed in the attached Detailed Design drawings (Drawings MA-00 to MA-05).  The dredge areas do not have sediment chemistry exceeding the guidelines for open water disposal. The material is to be placed in open water along the western shore of Point Pelee National Park as beach nourishment as outlined in the Detailed Design drawings (Drawing MA-06).
Dredge samples will be collected from the dredge transport vessels throughout the duration of the construction period as well as continuous real-time turbidity monitoring for dredging in daylight hours.  The Contractor is to provide a suitable boat, crew and monitoring equipment to execute this addition monitoring. Monitoring set-up shall be such that site instructions can be issued to the Contractor to stop work or change dredging methods within two (2) minutes of turbidity exceedances by the Contractor.
The dredging site is an open navigation area. Any work at and around the dredging site is subject to ongoing commercial and recreational navigation. The contractor shall be responsible for health and safety for all of its team members on site, and for protection of the general public and government employees adjacent to the site to the extent that they may be affected by conduct of the field work. The standards, codes and regulations for the dredging and disposal work shall be the latest edition of the following (including all amendments, supplements and revisions thereto): 
National Building Code of Canada
Current dredging and disposal best practices.
Federal and Provincial Environmental Regulations
Canada and Provincial Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
Canada Labour Code (including latest revisions of all regulations)
Provincial and Municipal Traffic Acts and Regulations

The Contractor shall perform and complete the Work within 10 weeks from the date of notification of acceptance of the offer.

The scenarios detailed, identifies different
areas of dredging work, from smallest to largest. 

The estimated cost for this opportunity is within the following
cost category: 
Between $1,000,001.00 and $2,000,000.00

Canadian registered and manufactured vessels or vessels that have been substantially modified in Canada, resulting in a predominantly Canadian added-on value and pre-qualified, may provide federally procured dredging services below $5M Special Drawing Rights.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
Bidders must meet all the mandatory requirements specified in the tender document.  Failure to comply with any or all the mandatory requirements will render the bid non-compliant and no other consideration will be given to the bid.
Drawings and Specifications are available for viewing and downloading in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or in a standard paper version. Tenderers should note that Attachments (ATT) contains the Drawings and Specifications Package which consists of PDF files organized in an industry recognized directory structure.    
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-acquisition-clauses-and-conditions-manual

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature, are to be submitted to the Contracting Officers, 
Sheila Dhanna:  e-mail: sheila.dhanna@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca Telephone:  (416) 315-9944, or 
Facsimile: (416) 952-1257 

Bid Receiving:   Sealed tenders will be received at Public Works and Government Services Canada, 4900 Yonge Street,  Bid Receiving, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario  M2N 6A6.nto, Ontario  M2N 6A6.

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.