Residential Expertise for the Sustainable Building Environment

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Residential Expertise for the Sustainable Building Environment

23229-129462/A
Wheeler-Fournier, P. A.
Telephone No. - (819) 956-1352 (    )
Fax No. - (819) 997-2229

MULTIPLE REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL STANDING OFFERS FOR THE SERVICES OF
RESIDENTIAL EXPERTISE FOR THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

The main objective is to establish an approved list of building
experts to provide professional services, to the Housing,
Buildings and Communities and other groups of CANMET Energy
Ottawa (CE-O), in supporting activities related to the
residential stock.

Offerors are requested to submit a bid to address the
requirements outlined in the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO).
Any resulting Standing Offer will be for a period of three (3)
years commencing from the date of authorization to use the
Standing Offer. Canada may authorize the use of the Standing
Offer beyond its initial period, for a maximum of four (4)
possible additional one (1) year period(s).

Mandatory Technical Criteria

The Offeror must comply with the following Mandatory Technical
Requirements and provide the necessary documentation to support
compliance.

Any offer which fails to meet any of the following Mandatory
Technical Requirements will be declared non-responsive. Each
requirement should be addressed separately.

Except where expressly provided otherwise, the experience
described in the bid must be the experience of one or more of
the following:

1. the Offeror itself (which includes the experience of any
companies that formed the Offeror by way of a merger but does
not include any experience acquired through a purchase of assets
or an assignment of contract); or
2. the Offeror's affiliates (i.e. parent, subsidiary or sister
corporations, maximum of 2), provided the Offeor identifies and
demonstrates the transfer of know-how, the use of toolsets and
the use of key personnel from the affiliate for the applicable
criterion; or
3. the Offeor's subcontractors (maximum of 2), provided the
Offeror includes a copy of the teaming agreements and identifies
the roles and responsibilities of all parties under the
agreement and how their work will be integrated.

The experience of the Offeror's suppliers will not be considered.

In the event that the Offeror fails to submit any of the
information pursuant to M1, M2 and M3 below, the Standing Offer
Authority may request it thereafter in writing, including after
the closing date of the bid solicitation. It is mandatory that
the Offeror provide the missing information within three (3)
business days of the written request or within such longer
period as specified by the Standing Offer Authority in the
notice to the Offeror.

M1 	The Offeror must clearly identify in its offer the Area (s)
of Expertise for which it 		is submitting an offer.
 
M2		The Offeror must not propose the same individual for more
than six (6) Areas of 		Expertise.

M3	 	The Offeror must demonstrate, for each of the proposed
resources(s), that they 		have a minimum of three (3) years of
experience within the last ten (10) years, 		(measured back from
date of RFSO closing) related to each Area of Expertise 		(AE)
for which they are submitting an offer.

Mandatory Financial Criteria

At RFSO closing, the Offeror must comply with the following
Mandatory Financial Requirements and provide the necessary
documentation to support compliance.

Any offer which fails to meet any of the following Mandatory
Financial Requirements will be declared non-responsive. Each
requirement should be addressed separately.

	
MF1
The Offer must submit one and only one firm all-inclusive hourly
rate for each Area of Expertise being offered, for the initial
three (3) year Standing Offer period, applicable taxes extra.

Offerors meeting all of the above mandatory requirements will
then be evaluated against point rated evaluation criteria.

For each Area of Expertise, it will be recommended to authorize
the use of three lowest priced responsive offers, shared in
accordance with the "ESTIMATED UTILIZATION", clause of the RFSO,
subject to the Offeror's compliance with the Conditions
Precedent to the Authorization to Use a Standing Offer.

PLEASE REFER TO THE REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFER DOCUMENT,
AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH BUY AND SELL, FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON
THIS REQUIREMENT.
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.