Montréal - St-Antoine Dredging

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
MONTRÉAL - ST-ANTOINE DREDGING

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The work consists in maintenance dredging the St.Lawrence
Waterway (Québec). The Work in Lac St-Pierre are square meter
based and the Work from Montréal to Cap-Santé are hourly based
as described in Statement of Work No. R.062140.001, which form
part of this Invitation to Tender, by supplying all the
qualified labour, expertise, materials, tools, transportation,
equipment, accessories and other supplies or knowledge that may
be required for the performance of the work.

MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE
1.1 Bidders shall complete the Unit Price Table;
1.2 The Bidder shall enclose bid security with its bid;
1.3 Bidders shall identify the equipment that will be used to
perform the work;
1.3.1 for canadian made equipment, bidder shall provide the
registry number;
1.3.2 for non-canadian made equipement, bidder shall provide
certificate of qualification issued by Industry Canada ;
1.4 Bidder shall provide a description of the dredge(s) and dump
scows;
1.5 The superintendant must have at least twelve (12) months'
experience in dredging operations since January 1st, 2006;
1.6 Bibber shall provide the positionning system description.

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD
CODE OF CONDUCT CERTIFICATIONS - CONSENT T0 A CRIMINAL RECORD
VERIFICATION:

Bidders must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter a
complete list of names of all individuals who are currently
directors of the Bidder. If the required names have not been
received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada
will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide
the information. Failure to comply will render the bid
non-responsive.

Canada may, at any time, request that a Bidder provide properly
completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record
Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals
aforementioned within the time specified. Failure to provide
such Consent Forms within the time period provided will result
in the bid being declared non-responsive.

PERIOD OF WORK
The Work of the first period (Montréal - St-Antoine) shall be
performed between June 10 and July 26 2013. The Work of the
second period (Lac St-Pierre) shall be performed between October
7 and November 7 2013.

BUDGET
The budget, for this project, is between 500 001 $ and 1 000 000
$

INQUIRIES
All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in
writing to the Contractual Authority : Jean Rochette, Supply
Specialist at jean.rochette@tpsgc.gc.ca.

TENDER DOCUMENTS
Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain
tender documents through the MERX service provider
(http://www.merx.com). Drawings and specifications are now
available for viewing and downloading in PDF format or in hard
copy.  Bidders should take note that attachment 1 (ATT 1)
contains the full set of drawings and specifications, which
consist of PDF files organized in an industry-standard directory
structure. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the MERX
service provider. Firms that elect to base their bids on tender
documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk
and will be solely responsible to inform the tender calling
authority of their intention to bid.  	
						
BID RECEIVING
Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at the
address mentioned below.

LANGUAGES
This PWGSC office provides acquisition services to the public in
both official languages.
Ce bureau de TPSGC fournit des services d'achat au public dans
les deux langues officielles.

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.