New Growth Chambers at PARC Summerland

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
New Growth Chambers at PARC Summerland

EZ899-160422/A
Perez, Elizabeth
Telephone No. - (604) 775-7690 
Fax No. - (604) 775-7526
Email: Elizabeth.Perez@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca


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Requirement:


Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Real
Property Services/Professional Technical Services (RPS/PTS)
Pacific Region, on behalf of its Client,  Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has a requirement for the supply,
delivery, fabrication, installation and commissioning of New
Growth Chambers at Level 2 of the Pacific Agri-Food Resarch
Centre (PARC) at  Summerland, B.C.
The installation and commissioning of the growth chambers will
be done in co-operation with the infrastructure Contractor.  The
intent of the design is to replace existing chambers with new
growth chambers of a variety of sizes and capacity to facilitate
scientific experiments that ranges in sizes and scales.
The current plan is to procure 10 growth chambers (quantities of
4 for Type 3, quantities of 2 for Type 4,  quantities of 3 for
Type 5, and quantity of 1 for Type 6) at the initial stage. 
Infrastructure will be constructed with sufficient capacity for
potential future procurement of chambers (quantities of 7 for
Type 1, quantities of 2 for Type 2  and additional quantities of
4 for Type 3) which may be acquired subject to funding
availability.
All chambers are intended for research purposes and must be
designed and manufactured to be compatible with microbial, plant
and insect research. 
All deliverable materials for the growth chambers must be
received at the destination site on or before March 31, 2016.
All growth chambers for the initial order must be fabricated to
specifications, installed, commissioned and tested to full
working capacity on or before June 30, 2016.
Complete user training and full instructions on use of supplied
equipment and systems must be provided on site at the
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) - Pacific Agri-Food
Research Centre (PARC) at summerland, B.C. for research staff,
support staff and maintenance personnel (estimated 12 people)
upon request of the Departmental Representative, within thirty
(30) working days after the commissioning of the equipment.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT).

There is an Optional Site Visit associated with 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.