RFSO - Ontario Region, Civil / Marine Engineering Services

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia
FTA
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: 
REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFERS - ONTARIO REGION - CIVIL / MARINE
ENGINEERING SERVICES

Public Works and Government Services Canada is calling for
proposals from engineers eligible to be registered to practice
as Professional Engineers under licence in the Province of
Ontario, to provide a range of civil marine engineering services
in Eastern, Central and Western Ontario. 

The Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) may result in the
authorization of up to three (3) Standing Offers for each of the
regions listed above.  Proponents are asked to submit a single
proposal in response to the RFSO.  Proposals must indicate the
proponents interest in one, several or all regions.  Each
resultant Standing Offer will be for a period of three (3)
years.  Canada anticipates the total value of these standing
offers to be approximately $5,000,000.00.

The Consultant team for this Standing Offer must be capable of
providing civil marine engineering services to carry out 
inspections, investigations, monitoring and analyses of marine
works of all materials (concrete, steel, wood, stone etc.)
including all components such as approaches, embankments,
abutments, wing walls, slopes, retaining walls, slabs, decks,
superstructures, substructures, barriers, railings, curbs,
mooring system, berthing system etc.  The Consultant team must
be capable of developing tender documents for the design of new
and/or repair/rehabilitation of existing marine works including
but not limited to the following: Small Craft Harbour
facilities; Ferry terminal and public wharves; Shore protection;
Breakwaters; Dredging; Timber crib work; Steel sheet piling;
Reinforced concrete support structures (e.g. pile caps, beams,
fascia and retaining walls, wharf decks) and Timber or steel
pile work.

The criteria used in the evaluation process will relate to
previous achievements and experience of the firm; understanding
of the scope of services; approach and methodology; and cost of
service, and is more fully detailed in the Solicitation
document. 

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 should be able to demonstrate successful delivery of these
services for a broad variety of projects over the last five (5)
years. In general, the firm and its personnel 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 experience in this area,
as well as the cost of the provision of the services.   

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 Canada and may be viewed on the
MERX electronic Bulletin Board as part of the information
module.  Consultants who wish to order the documents in
conventional (print) form may do so by following the directions
contained in the tender package.  Tender documents can be
obtained from MERX by calling 1-800-964-6379.

MADATORY REQUIREMENT FOR CODE OF CONDUCT CERTIFICATIONS:

Proponents should provide, with their proposals or promptly
thereafter, a complete list of names of all individuals who are
currently directors of the Proponent.  If such a list has not
been received by the time the evaluation of proposals is
completed, the Contracting Authority will inform the Proponent
of a time frame within which to provide the information. 
Proponents must submit the list of directors before contract
award, failure to provide such a list within the required time
frame will render the proposal non-responsive.

The Contracting Authority may, at any time, request that a
Proponent provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms
(Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC
229) for any or all individuals named in the aforementioned list
within a specified delay.  Failure to provide such Consent Forms
within the delay will result in the proposal being declared
non-responsive.

Sealed proposals will be received at Public Works and Government
Services Canada, 4900 Yonge Street, 12th Floor, Toronto, 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.