Scarborough, ON - CFIA GTA Lab Expansion

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: 
EQ754-141072/A
Correia Reid, Vincent
Telephone No. - (416) 590-8259
Fax No. - (416) 512-5862

Solicitation No. EQ754-141072/A, Scarborough, ON,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Greater Toronto Area Lab
Expansion

SCOPE OF WORK:

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) requires their existing
laboratory operation, located in the Health Canada (HC) facility
at 2301 Midland Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario, to be renovated
and expanded. This renovation project is an outcome of plans to
improve lab processes, functionality and to reduce the risk of
cross-contamination between lab operations. 

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) intends to
retain an architectural firm as prime consultant specializing in
laboratory Containment Level CLII or higher expertise with
support of  same lab CLII expertise for mechanical engineers,
electrical engineers and other specialized services for the
provision of the services required for this project.

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 the Lead
Engineer, expertise and experience of key sub-consultant and/or
specialists, understanding of the project, scope of services,
approach and methodology, 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 lab expansion.

ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE:

The preliminary cost estimate for the Construction Contract for
this project is $1.8 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. 

ENQUIRIES:

All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a
contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the
Contractual Authority: Vincent Correia Reid, Telephone
No.:416-590-8259,  Fax No.: 416-512-5862, E-mail:
vincent.correia-reid@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca.

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
both official languages.
Delivery Date: 07/11/2013

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.