Bridge Engineering Services, Wasauksing Swing Bridge

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 


EQ754-181068/A
Woodhall, Lauren
Telephone No. - (416) 512-5873 (    )
Fax No. - (416) 512-5862 (    )
lauren.woodhall@pwgsc.gc.ca

REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFER - BRIDGE ENGINEERING SERVICES, WASAUKSING SWING BRIDGE

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is inviting engineering consulting firms with Civil Structural Bridge experience and expertise for engineering assignments on the Wasauksing Swing Bridge to submit proposals for a Standing Offer.  The work will encompass bridge inspection and investigation, trouble shooting, analysis and development of project requirements, load evaluations, structural analysis, design, construction services, and preparation of tender documents for construction.  The proponent will include services of in-house experts and sub-Consultant(s) and/or specialist Consultant(s) which may be required to resolve issues related to electrical, mechanical, vertical transportation, lighting, etc.  The selected Consultants must be able to provide the range of services as identified in the Required Services section of this document.

Proponents shall be licensed or eligible to be licensed to practise in the province of Ontario.  Firms should be able to demonstrate successful delivery of these services for a broad variety of projects over the last ten (10) years. In general, the firm, its personnel and sub-consultants will be evaluated on the basis of their demonstrated understanding of the scope of services, their approach and methodology to providing those services, the quality of their relevant successful experience in the areas forming the scope of services described herein, as well as the cost of the provision of these services.

It is PWGSC's intention to authorize one (1) Standing Offer, for a period of three (3) years from the date of issuance of the Standing Offer with the option of two additional one year periods, to cover bridge projects for the Wasauksing Swing Bridge. The total dollar value of all Standing Offers is estimated to be $10,000,000.00 (HST Included).  Individual call-ups will vary, up to a maximum of $1,000,000.00 (HST included).  

This procurement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The RFSO will be a single submission process.  Proposals will be evaluated for both technical content and price.  The proposal rankings will be based on 90 % for technical evaluation and 10 % for price.  Standing Offer particulars are described in the RFSO.
Firms interested in providing these services may order the Request for Standing Offer 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. 
Sealed proposals will be received at: 
Public Works and Government Services Canada, 4900 Yonge Street, 12th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6A6.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
ENQUIRIES:
All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: 

Lauren Woodhall
Telephone No. - (416) 512-5873
Fax No. - (416) 512-5862
lauren.woodhall@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca


Delivery Date: 19/09/2017

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.