Dam Safety Reviews - Lower Rice Region

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
EQ754-133441/A
Lau, Karen
Telephone No. - (416) 512-5297 
Fax No. - (416) 512-5652

Solicitation No. EQ754-133441/A, Trent-Severn Waterway
Peterborough, ON,
Dam Safety Reviews : Lower Rice Region


SCOPE OF WORK:

Dam Safety Review (DSR) of four sites in the Lower Rice Bundle,
which consists of Frankford Dam 6 & Lock 6, Meyers Dam 8 & Lock
9, Hagues Reach Dam 9 & Lock 10 and Ranney Falls Dam 10 & Locks
11 & 12. The reviews are to be undertaken on the concrete dams,
earthworks and locks, in accordance with the Directive for Dam
Safety Program of Parks Canada Dams and Water-Retaining
Structures, and the Dam Safety Guidelines (2007) of the Canadian
Dam Association (CDA).  Given the broad scope of the dam safety
reviews, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on
behalf of Parks Canada agency, intends to retain  a firm of
consulting engineers with hydro-technical, hydraulic, and
specific dam safety review experience to successfully complete
the work.

RFP DETAILS:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is a One-Phase process,
Proponents responding to this RFP are requested to submit only
one proposal. Proposals are to cover the achievements of the
Proponent on projects, expertise and experience of senior
personnel, expertise and experience of key sub-consultant and/or
key personnel, understanding of the project,  scope of services,
approach and methodology to the management of services and
pricing. The Proponent whose responsive proposal achieves the
highest total score is the first entity that the PWGSC
Evaluation Board will recommend be approached in order to
finalize details of an agreement for the provision of the
required services.

The purpose is to select the highest ranked experienced firm of
consultants, sub-consultants and specialists to provide full
engineering services for the dams safety review.

ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE:

The preliminary cost estimate for the Consultant Contract for
this project is from $750K to $1.5 M (HST exlcuded). 

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Engineering firms interested in providing these services may
order the Request for Proposal documents which are distributed
through the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS).

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are
incorporated by reference into,  and form part of the Tender and
Contract Documents.  The Standard documents are issued by Public
Works and Government Services Canada and may be viewed on
buyandsell.gc.ca. Tender documents can be obtained from GETS by
visiting their web site at http://buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.
Amendments, when issued, will be available from GETS. In all
cases bidders must indicate in the space provided on the
Proposal Form the identification number(s) of the amendment(s),
if any, that they have taken into consideration for their bid.

Proponents should note that Requests for Existing Drawings and
Documentation in section PD 9 of the RFP must be submitted in
writing to the Contracting Authority.


ENQUIRIES:

All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a
contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the
Contractual Authority: Karen Lau, Telephone No.:416-512-5297, 
Fax No.: 416-512-5652 , E-mail: karen.lau@pwgsc-tpsgc.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.