SECURITY GUARDS AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
This solicitation amendment 001 is being issued to extend the
solicitation closing date to May 15, 2013.

SECURITY GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A SECURITY REQUIREMENT

Requirement:

 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in Ontario have a
requirement for security guard services and transportation
services as described below:

1) To provide care, custody and control of persons detained
under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA),
hereafter referred to as detainees, at the Immigration Holding
Centre (IHC) located at 385 Rexdale Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario.

2) To provide care and custody of detainees at the Niagara
Falls/Fort Erie satellite opertation, which includes the
transportation of detainees and their personal effects. It may
also include verification of departure from Canada.

3) To provide the management and safe, secure transportation of
detainees and their personal effects to and from the IHC and
other locations as may be required.

4) To provide escort for detainees through the process that
culminates in their departure from Canada, typically from 
Pearson International Airport.

5) To perform other duties consistent with the security function
that may be required by CBSA 

The services described above must be provided on a 24 hour a
day, 7 days a week basis, including all statutory holidays. It
is anticipated that upwards of 169 guards will be required to
meet the minimum requirement described in the Request for
Proposal (RFP), however, the bidder will also be evaluated on
their ability to provide more guards to meet occasional
fluctutations in work. 

Guards must be properly licensed to work in Ontario and due to
occasional inter-provincial travel, guards must also be licensed
to work in Quebec. Other Mandatory requirements are detailed in
the RFP.

The requirement will be for a 2 year period from July 1, 2013,
to June 30, 2015 inclusive
(estimated).  There is an option to extend the term of the
Contract by up to 2 additional 3 month
periods under the same conditions.

Bidders' Conference

A bidders' conference will be held at 385 Rexdale Blvd. Toronto,
ON. M9W 1R9, on April 17, 2013.  The conference will begin at
10:30 A.M.  The scope of the requirement outlined in the bid
solicitation will be reviewed during the conference and
questions will be answered. It is recommended that bidders who
intend to submit a bid attend or send a representative.

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting
Authority before the conference to confirm attendance. Bidders
should provide, in writing, to the Contracting Authority, the
names of the person(s) who will be attending and a list of
issues they wish to table at least 1 working day before the
scheduled conference.

Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting
from the bidders' conference will be included as an amendment to
the bid solicitation. Bidders who do not attend will not be
precluded from submitting a bid.

Mandatory Site Visit

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the
Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site
visit to be held on April 17, 2013 at 09:30 A.M at 385 Rexdale
Blvd. Toronto, ON. M9W 1R9.  Bidders must communicate with the
Contracting Authority no later than 1 day before the scheduled
visit to confirm attendance and provide the names of the
person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be required to sign an
attendance form. Bidders should confirm in their bids that they
have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend or send
a representative will not be given an alternative appointment
and their bids will be rejected as non-compliant. Any
clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from
the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid
solicitation.

Security Requirement:

1.	At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be
met:

(a)	the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance
as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

(b)	the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to
classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work
site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in Part
7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

(c)	the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will
require access to classified or protected information, assets or
sensitive work sites;

(d)	the Bidder's proposed location of work performance or
document safeguarding must meet the security requirement as
indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

(e)	the Bidder must provide the address(es) of proposed
location(s) of work performance or document safeguarding.

2.	For additional information on security requirements, bidders
should consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid
Solicitations - Instructions for Bidders"
(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31)
document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web
site.




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.