Environmental Investigation of Sites

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/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: 
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS

Government of Canada is moving its Government Electronic
Tendering Service from MERX to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders on June
1, 2013

Starting June 1, 2013, federal government tenders (tender
notices and bid solicitation documents) will be published and
available free of charge on a Government of Canada Web site on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders will be the sole authoritative source
for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.

Get more details in the Frequently Asked Questions section of
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 

After June 1, 2013, all tenders and related documents and
amendments will be on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.  

On June 1, 2013, suppliers must go to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders
to check for amendments to any tender opportunities that they
have been following on MERX prior to June 1.  

Bookmark Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders now to be ready for June 1.

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General information
Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) to supply on an
as-and-when-requested basis, for Public Works and Government
Services Canada, environmental investigation of sites in the
Province of Quebec, exlcuding territories covered by the James
Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.  All in accordance with the
Annex A of the RFSA.

A Supply Arrangement (SA) is a method of supply used by Public
Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to procure goods
and services. A SA is an arrangement between Canada and
pre-qualified suppliers that allows identified users to solicit
bids from a pool of pre-qualified suppliers for specific
requirements within the scope of a SA. A SA is not a contract
for the provision of the goods and services described in it and
neither party is legally bound as a result of signing a SA
alone. The intent of a SA is to establish a framework to permit
expeditious processing of "individual bid solicitations" which
result in legally binding contracts for the goods and services
described in those bid solicitations.

On-going Opportunity for Qualification
This notice is being issued as the perpetual Notice to the
Supply Arrangement (SA) (EE517-121480) to supply on an
as-and-when-requested basis, for Public Works and Government
Services Canada, environmental investigation of sites in the
Province of Quebec, exlcuding territories covered by the James
Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. The objective is to invite
additional suppliers to submit arrangements to become
pre-qualified Suppliers under Terms and Conditions of  SA
EE517-121480 until September 30, 2017.

Pre qualified suppliers for which a SA has already been issued
under EE517-121480/A, and which is still valid, will not have to
submit a new arrangement.

If a supplier would like to qualify for a Supply Arrangement
under this RFSA, it must obtain the RFSA documents by contacting
MERX and requesting Number EE517-121480/B.

Failure to Qualify: PWGSC will notify all suppliers that fail to
qualify and identify the reason their proposal has been
non-compliant.  During the 6 months following notice to a
supplier of its failure to qualify, that supplier may submit
additional documentation supporting its qualification. Provided
the Supplier advises PWGSC, within such period, that it
considers its proposal complete, PWGSC will then, subject to
Canada's right to conduct evaluations in cycles, re-evaluation
the updated proposal. Where PWGSC has notified a supplier that
it has failed to qualify a second time, PWGSC will not evaluate
further proposals from that supplier (or any supplier that
includes or is otherwise comprised of that supplier) for a
period of six (6) months.  

CYCLES FOR QUALIFICATION

Due to the resources required to evaluate the arrangements,
Canada reserves the right to conduct the evaluation of
arrangements in cycles, not less than quarterly (that is, Canada
may collect arrangements received over a calendar year quarter,
in order to conduct the evaluation of all those arrangements
concurrently as part of a single cycle of evaluations).

Quarterly Evaluation Periods (per year) :
Quarter    	Closing date    	Evaluation Period
T1    		March 1st    		March 2nd to May 31st
T2   		June 1st	    	June 2nd to August 31st
T3   		September 1st 		September 2nd to November 30th
T4    		December 1st  	December 2nd to February 28th

Evaluation Procedures

Arrangements will be assessed in accordance with the entire
requirement of the Request For Supply Arrangements (RFSA)
including the technical evaluation criteria. No financial
criteria are evaluated under this RFSA. Financial criteria will
be requested during "individual bid solicitations" sent directly
to pre-qualified Suppliers of EE517-121480 SA.

All compliant Offerors will receive a SA.

SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS (APPLICABLE ONLY TO A
PORTION OF THE RFSA):

A portion of this procurement has been set aside under the
federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal
Business (PSAB).  In order to be considered, firms must certify
that they
qualify as an Aboriginal business as defined in the PSAB and
that they will comply with all requirements of the PSAB.

Where a Supplier wishes its Arrangement to be considered for set
aside for Aboriginal business, Suppliers must complete and sign
the certification entitled "Owner/Employee Certification -
Set-aside for Aboriginal Business" attached as attachment 1.

By executing the certification, the Supplier warrants that it is
an Aboriginal business as defined in the Procurement Strategy
for Aboriginal Business (PSAB).

This PWGSC office provides acquisition 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.