Kingston, ON - Pittsburgh Institution - New 50 Bed Living Units

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Kingston, On - Pittsburgh Institution - New 50 Bed Living Units

Scope of Work
The work consists of construction for a new 50-Bed Minimum
Security Unit at Pittsburgh Institution,  Kingston, Ontario. 
The work is to be performed in accordance with Specifications
and Drawings entitled Project No. R.045087.001.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Refer to the Special Instructions to Bidders SI01 paragraph 3
(and Appendices 1 and 2) for requirements related to the Code of
Conduct for Procurement.

MANDATORY  SITE VISIT:
A MANDATORY site visit will be held on August  22, 2012 at 10:00
A.M.  Interested bidders are to meet at the site, front entrance
of Pittsburgh Institution.
The site visit for this project is MANDATORY.  The
representative of the bidder will be required to sign the Site
Visit attendance sheet at the site visit. Bids submitted by
Bidders who have not signed the attendance sheet will not be
accepted. 
Bidders must register with the Contracting Officer, Bob Hassell
at 416-590-8270 or email bob.hassell@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca, to
confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who
will attend, 24 hours prior to the site visit.

The duration of work is scheduled to be completed fifty-two (52)
weeks from date of award.

Closing date:  September 18, 2012, 14:00 HOURS.  

The estimated cost for this opportunity is within the following
cost category: 
Greater than $5,000,000.00.

Drawings and Specifications are now available for viewing and
downloading in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or in a standard
paper version. Tenderers should note that Attachment 1 (ATT 1)
contains the Drawings and Specifications Package (DSP) 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 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.  Tender documents can
be obtained from MERX by calling 1-800-964-6379 or visit their
web site at www.merx.com. 

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature, are to be
submitted to the Contracting  Officers, Bob Hassell  Telephone: 
(416) 512-5855,  Facsimile: (416) 512-5862 , Email:
bob.hassell@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

The bid documents are available for viewing only at the office
of Public Works and Government Services Canada , 4900 Yonge
Street, 12th Floor,  Toronto, Ontario.  

Bid Receiving:   Sealed tenders will be received at Public Works
and Government Services Canada, 4900 Yonge Street, 	Bid
Receiving, 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.