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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Essai, Inspection et Entretien des Génératrices de Secours- Ferme Expérimentale Centrale (Ottawa)

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
September 12, 2024
Published
August 29, 2024
Type
Services
Explore similarBuilding and Facility Construction and Maintenance ServicesQuebec
Awarded
This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
SIMSON MAXWELL LTD
Contract value
CAD $100.1K
Award date
2024-10-28
Supplier location
Edmonton, Alverta
Request for Proposal

Full description

Invitation to tender 01B46-24-017
Testing, Inspection and Maintenance of Emergency Generators - Central Experimental Farm (Ottawa)

Tenders for the project indicated above, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below: a••••••••@•••.••.ca

Scope of Work:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada requires the services for the monthly, semi-annual, annual and five
year inspections, testing and maintenance of its generators. AAFC (Central Experimental Farm) has
thirteen (13) emergency power generators to be serviced and are all located on the Farm’s property.

Optional Site Visit:
It is recommended that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have
been made for the site visit to be held at the Central Experimental Farm located at 960 Carling Avenue,
Ottawa, K1A 0C6 on September 4th , 2024. The site visit will begin at 10 AM local time.
Note : You will be met at he front entrance.

Bidders may be requested to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders who do not attend or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment but they will not be precluded from submitting a bid. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

Tender Period Closing Date and Time: September 12, 2024 at 02:00 pm (EST).

Information requests and inquiries related to this tender process are to be directed, in writing, ONLY to the AAFC Contract Officer identified below. Bidders who contact anyone other than the AAFC Contract Officer to obtain such information during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified.

It is MANDATORY for the Firms intending to submit tenders on this project to obtain the related specifications, plans and drawings, and all other tender documents through the Canadabuy service provider’s platform. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Canadabuy service provider platform.

AAFC reserves the right to accept any Proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals received.

AAFC Contract Officer:

Jacques Toussaint
Contracts Officer
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2001 Robert-Bourassa, Room 671-TEN,
Montréal, Qc H3A 3N2
Tel.: 438-455-8237
E-mail: j••••••••@•••.••.ca

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Basic information

Reference
cb-666-92815035
Solicitation no.
01B46-24-017
Buyer
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 72000000 — Building and Facility Construction and Maintenance Services

Delivery & regions

Province
Quebec
Regions of delivery
*Ottawa
Contract term
October 1, 2024 → September 30, 2025

Key dates

Published
August 29, 2024
Closes
September 12, 2024
Amendment no.
002

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    Ainsworth Inc.
    3 contracts won· latest August 17, 2023
    CAD $290.7K
    total awarded
  2. 2
    Landtec Ground Experts
    2 contracts won· latest September 24, 2024
    CAD $325K
    total awarded
  3. 3
    Star Life Fire and Safety Inc.
    2 contracts won· latest June 27, 2024
    CAD $233.9K
    total awarded
  4. 4
    ERNEST BOUTIN INC.
    1 contract won· latest October 19, 2023
    CAD $739.3K
    total awarded
  5. 5
    Wildstone Construction Ltd.
    1 contract won· latest April 15, 2025
    CAD $505.7K
    total awarded

Ainsworth Inc. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

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