Maintenance Dredging - MTL/St-Antoine

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

MAINTENANCE DREDGING - MONTREAL/ST-ANTOINE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The work of this contract includes the maintenance dredging of the St-Lawrence waterway between Montreal and St.Antoine (Quebec). The basis of payment is hourly and by kilometer.

MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE
1.1 Bidders shall complete the Unit Price Form;
1.2 Bidders 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 Bidders shall provide Canadian made floating equipment registered in Canada;
1.3.2 Floating equipment that are non-canadian made shall be registered in Canada and the bidder shall provide a certificate of qualification issued by Industry Canada;
1.4 Bidders shall provide a description of the dredge(s) and dump scows;
1.5 Experience of the superintendent
1.6 Bidders shall provide the positioning system description.

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD
- INTEGRITY PROVISIONS - LIST OF NAMES:

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
Contract term: The contract shall be valid from the contract award date to July 27 2022.
Duration of Work:
- Season 2020:  Work shall begin between July 6 and 10, 2020 and be completed by July 29, 2020;
- Season 2021: Work shall begin between July 5 and 9, 2021 and be completed by July 28, 2021.
- Season 2022:  Work shall begin between July 4 and 8, 2022 and be completed by July 27, 2022.

INQUIRIES
All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority : Jennifer Kirouac, Procurement Officer at jennifer.kirouac@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

TENDER DOCUMENTS
Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Drawings and specifications are now published and available free of charge in PDF format only. Bidders should take note that attachments contain 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 GETS. 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.

To obtain more information, particularly on how to be informed of any AMENDMENTS to this solicitation, visit Tenders Frequently Asked Questions on BuyandSell.gc.ca/Tenders, under the item “Tender notifications and amendments”.
      
Drawings and specifications may be view at the following locations : Association de la Construction du Québec (ACQ), Association patronale des entrepreneurs du Québec (APECQ) at Chemin de la Savane, Montréal.

BID RECEIVING
Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at the address mentioned above.

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.