JANITORIAL SERVICES

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
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: 
JANITORIAL SERVICES

W7719-125137/A
Martin, Lesley
Telephone No. - (905) 615-2076 (    )
Fax No. - (905) 615-2060

Defence R&D Canada, Toronto, requires a Contractor to provide
all management, supervision, labour, materials, supplies and
equipment, to coordinate, plan, schedule, and carryout
janitorial cleaning services at DRDC Toronto. 

The Period of Contract is from June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013,
with options to extend the term of the Contract by two
additional twelve month periods.

To be declared responsive, a bid must:

Comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; and
Meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
Obtain the required minimum points for the technical evaluation
criteria which are subject to point rating.

Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared
non-responsive.  The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated
price will be recommended for award of a contract.

Some of the mandatory and point rated criteria are provided
below. Refer to the Request for Proposal for the complete list
of criteria.

The bidder must demonstrate that they have a minimum of 5 years
cleaning experience working in a Medical or Research Laboratory.

Three references including contact name and telephone number for
jobs similar in nature to this requirement must be provided. 
The information provided will be used in the Point Rated
Technical criteria to evaluate the bids.

Corporate Experience

The Bidder should have relevant corporate experience in similar
types of support services operations.  To demonstrate this
experience, the Bidder should provide details of three (3)
*similar operations, currently or previously managed by the
Bidder's firm, if more than three (3) are provided, the first
three (3) listed within the bidders RFP will be used for
evaluation purposes. The experience should be within the last 10
years, and current jobs should be a minimum of 6 months working
on the job.

-   Name and location of organization for whom work was done
-   Name and telephone number of an individual that will be
contacted in regard to your
    firm's performance and the information you have addressed
herein;
-   Type of operating environment, i.e. factory, office,
care/medical facility etc.; 
-   Length of time your firm has provided service for the named
organization;
-   Type(s) of service provided and the extent of service
provided; 	
-   Population supported / served;
-   Square footage of area covered by janitorial services, as
applicable to organization supported.

* similar - for the purpose of evaluation similar means the
extent of comparability in terms of   scope, magnitude,
operating environment and business sector.
Three attempts will be made to contact the references. If the
contact person cannot be reached after 3 attempts have been
made, the reference will receive zero points. 

Each reference will be evaluated individually and the sum will
be divided by 3 to obtain the allocated points for the criteria.
Example: Reference 1: 35 points, Reference 2: 42 points,
Reference 3: 40 points; Points for Corporate Experience = 39
points

Mandatory Site Visit - It is mandatory that the bidder or a
representative of the bidder visit the work sites.  Arrangements
have been made for a site visit to be held on March 22, 2012 at
10:00am at the main entrance reception room.  Bidders must
register at the guard house prior to entering the building. .

Bidders should communicate with the Contracting Authority no
later than two (2) day(s) before the scheduled visit to confirm
attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will
attend.  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.

The security provisions within this requirement are as follows:

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

The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance
of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Designated
Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial
Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government
Services Canada (PWGSC).

The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to sensitive
work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted
or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be
awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.

The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:

Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if
applicable), attached at Annex D;
Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).


Delivery Date: 01/06/2012

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.