Immigration Holding Centre

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/AIT
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Immigration Holding Centre

47636-178281/C
Juan, Peggy
Telephone No. - (905) 615-2467 (    )
Fax No. - (905) 615-2060

RFP Amendment No.012 is being raised to extend the bid closing
date and to clarify that conditional financial bid is not
acceptable.


Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has a requirement for the
provision of an Immigration Holding Centre (IHC) to be fully
operational and in service by January 1, 2017. The Contractor
must provide the facility, housekeeping services, maintenance
services and food services in accordance with the requirements
detailed in Annex A, Statement of Work. 

The facility must accommodate a minimum of 188 people and must
have the ability to adjust to accommodate another 50 people as
required from time to time. Over the years April 1, 2011 to
March 31, 2013, the average number of people accommodated at the
facility was approximately 122 people per day but this number is
expected to increase to an average of approximately 132-135
people per day.  The numbers are an estimate only and not to be
relied upon.

Any proposed facility must meet all requirements detailed in
Annex A and any planning meetings following contract award to
the satisfaction of the Project Authority prior to occupancy.
 
There is also a provision within this document (see Annex G) for
separately demised office space within the IHC to be leased to
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) for
occupancy and use by the Immigration Refugee Board (IRB). It is
not a mandatory requirement that bidders provide space to PWGSC
for use by IRB; however, it is desirable to have both CBSA and
IRB departments located in the same building. 

The contract period will be from Date of Contract Award to March
31, 2027, with options to extend for two (2) one-year periods.
The occupancy date will be agreed upon between the Contractor
and Canada but must be no later than January 1, 2017 (Occupancy
Date). 

The proposed facility must be located in the Greater Toronto
Area, Province of Ontario, within the area bounded by Derry Road
to the north, Eglinton Avenue to the south, Tomken Road to the
west and Martin Grove Road to the east. The address of the
proposed facility may be located on either side of these
specified roads. If the IHC is located on the specified boundary
lines, then the building entry and exist must be accessible via
any one of the four specified boundary roads. 

There are security requirements associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 -
Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel
and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders
should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public
Works and Government Services Canada
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) and
the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Annex A, Statement of Work will be available for pick up as of
November 24, 2014 by those meeting the security requirements
detailed in Part 7, article 3.1. The Contracting Authority must
be contacted prior to pick up to verify that the individual
picking up or receiving the annex meets the required security
clearance.

There is a mandatory site visit and an optional bidders'
conference.

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the
Bidder visit the incumbent's work site. Arrangements have been
made for site visit to be held on December 2, 2014, 9:00 a.m.
EDT at 385 Rexdale Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario. Bidders must
communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than
November 28, 2014, 2:00 p.m. EDT 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.

Multiple bids from the same bidder (or a bid from a bidder and
another bid from any of its affiliates) are not permitted in
response to this bid solicitation.  Each bidder must submit only
a single bid.  For the purpose of this bid solicitation,
individual members of a joint venture cannot participate in
another bid, either by submitting a bid alone or by
participating in another joint venture.  If any bidder submits
more than one bid (or an affiliate also submits a bid), either
on its own or as part of a joint venture, Canada will choose in
its discretion which bid to consider.
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.