Invitation to tender 01B46-20-102
Installation of new laboratory chemical fume hoods – Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre
Tenders for the project indicated above, addressed to the attention of the Contract Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will be accepted at the following email address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below:
a••••••••@••••••.ca
BIDS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
The bids must be submit by email.
The only acceptable email address for responses to bid solicitations is a••••••••@••••••.ca. Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address will not be accepted.
The maximum email file size that AAFC is capable of receiving is 15 MB. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size. Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments.
Scope of Work:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Sherbrooke Research and Dvelopment Centre located at 2000, College Street in Sherbrooke, is seeking to offer a "turnkey" contract to change the air exhaust and intake at the B-10 and 137 laboratories by replacing the existing constant air volume fume hoods with variable air volume fume hoods.
Site Visit:
It is recommended that firms intending to submit a proposal for this project visit the work site. A non-mandatory site visit will be held on December 15, 2020 at the Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre (RDC), located at 2000 College Street in Sherbrooke.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, site visits will be by appointment only. Interested bidders must make an appointment by communicating by email at least 2 days in advance at s••••••••@••••••.ca
Participants to the visit will be requested to sign an attendance form. Participants shall present themselves ten minutes before the visit scheduled start time.
Attendance to this visit is NOT MANDATORY but Firms that do not attend will not be given an alternative appointment, although they will not be precluded from submitting an offer. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation and will be posted on BuyandSell.gc.ca
Tender Period Closing Date and Time: January 19, 2021 at 02:00 pm (Local time).
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 BuyandSell service provider’s platform. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell 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:
Samia Mohammed-Azizi
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Corporate Management BranchAssets Management, Eastern Service Centre
2001, Robert-Bourassa Street, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2Email: s••••••••@••••••.ca
