FOOD SERVICES - ALBERT HEAD - VICTORIA B.C.

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

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Contracting Authority: Hélène Kobenter
Telephone: (250) 508-7491
Email: helene.kobenter@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

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Amendment History:
Amd 001: To post Annexes H (Cycle Menu) and I (Recipe Book) (Excel files)
Amd 002: To post Questions and Answers (Q&As)
Amd 003: To postpone the solicitation closing date and repost Annexes H and I.
Amd 004: To re-post Annexes H and I.
Amd 005:To postpone the solicitation closing date.
Amd 006: To postpone the solicitation closing date.
Amd 007: To post Q&As and related amendments to the bid solicitation.
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SUMMARY

1.2.1  The Department of National Defence (DND), requires qualified contractor(s) to provide food services to its operations at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt - Albert Head Training Centre, Victoria BC Canada, in accordance with the requirement detailedin this bid solicitation.

This requirement includes the purchase offood supplies and ingredients, cooking, serving to authorized personnel, and clean-up of the dining facilities and equipment.

Operations arecontinuous during the summeroperations (June, July, and August) with estimateddaily requirements ranging between 15 and 875 ration strengths.  Food service requirements outside of summer operations will be on an as-and-when requested basis, and for a variable number of diner strengths.   

The initial contract period is twelve (12) months from date of award with the irrevocable option to extend the term of thecontract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods under the same conditions.

The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award ofacontract.  

1.2.2  There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additionalinformation, 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 SecurityProgram (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html ) website.

1.2.3  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 Agreementon Internal Trade (AIT).

1.2.4  There is a MANDATORY SITE VISITassociated with thisrequirement  

It is mandatory that the Biddersorrepresentative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for mandatory site visit to be held at Albert Head Training Centre, Metchosin, approximately 30 km (45 minutes) by road southwest of downtown Victoria BC Canada on January 18,2017. The site visit will begin at 13:00 PacificStandard Time (PST) in Kitchen Building H1015.

Bidders mustcommunicate with the Contracting Authority no laterthan January 12, 201814:00 PST to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. LATE REGISTRATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Bidders will be required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in their bid that they have attended the sitevisit. Bidders who do not attend the mandatory site visit or do notsend a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bid willbe declared non-responsive.Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation

1.2.5  The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) foremployment equity applies to thisprocurement; see Part 5-- Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 -Resulting Contract Clausesand the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity- Certification.

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It is the responsibility of theBidder to ensure that all addenda issued prior to solicitation closing have been obtained and addressedinthe submitted bid.

Bidders intending to submit bids should obtain solicitation documents from the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS)at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders. Addenda, when issued, will be available on GETS. Bidders basing their submissions on solicitation documents obtained from other sources do soat their own risk.

For further information, please referto the solicitation documents.

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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.