Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
RISO - Ice Blocks for carving
C1111-150132/A
Bourassa, Chantal
Telephone No. - (819) 956-6763
E-mail Address: c••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
REVISION 002
This Revision is raised to provided Questions and Answers
following the Offeror's Conference held on September 2, 2015.
ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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REVISION 001
This Revision is raised to extend the offer closing date to
September 17, 2015 at 02:00 pm.
ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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Canadian Heritage (PCH) has a requirement to establish a
Regional Individual Standing Offer (RISO) for
the procurement of ice blocks for carving purposes for various
activities associated with Winterlude and other PCH events and
other activities including but not limied to construction of
decors, sponsor and partners visibility, family activies, etc.
These other events may include (but are not limited to) Canada
Day, Chrismas Lights accross Canada, the celebrations of the
150th of the confederation in 2017, etc. as described in Annex B
- Statement of Requirement.
The requirement will be for an initial period from the issuance
of the RISO to March 31, 2016, with an option to extend the
offer by three (3) additional periods of one (1) year under the
same terms and conditions.
All deliveries will be made to Confederation Park, in Ottawa,
Ontario, unless specified otherwise.
The offeror is to provide emergency delivery within 48 hours
from receipt of a call-up against the Standing Offer.
Events
The dates for the next 4 editions of Winterlude are as follows:
- Winterlude 2016: January 29 to February 15
- Winterlude 2017: February 3 to February 20
- Winterlude 2018: February 2 to February 19
- Winterlude 2019: February 1 to February 18
Deliveries will normally happen in the two weeks preceding the
Event.
Example of Requirement Grid
Winterlude 2016 - Estimated Ice delivery Schedule
Ice delivery Schedule
Delivery date Clinebell B-Block Coloured Total Notes/Questions
Load 1 Friday, Jan 16 30 160 25 215 Skids to be clearly
identified
Load 2 Friday, Jan 23 232 0 0 232
Load 3 Tuesday, Jan 27 228 0 0 228 .
Load 4 Wednesday, Jan 28 0 0 0 0 If required
Subtotals: 265 384 26 675
Ordered: 265 384 26 675
Offerors' conference
An Offerors' conference will be held at 25, Eddy Street,
Gatineau, Quebec on September 2, 2015. The conference will begin
at 1:30 pm EST, in Conference Room 25-11-38. The scope of the
requirement outlined in the Request for a Standing Offer will be
reviewed during the conference and questions will be answered.
It is recommended that Offerors who intend to submit an offer
attend or send a representative.
Offerors are requested to communicate with the Contracting
Authority before the conference to confirm attendance. Offerors
should provide, in writing, to the Contracting Authority, the
name(s) of the person(s) who will be attending and a list of
issues they wish to table no later than August 25, 2015.
Any clarifications or changes to the Request for a Standing
Offer resulting from the Offerors' conference will be included
as a Revision to the Request for a Standing Offer. Offerors who
do not attend will not be precluded from submitting a bid.
It is PWGSC's intention to offer participants two (2) modes of
attendance for the Offerors' conference: In-person (Gatineau,
Québec) and/or via teleconference (telephone).
Debriefings
Offerors may request a debriefing on the results of the request
for standing offers process. Offerors should make the request to
the Standing Offer Authority within 15 working days of receipt
of the results of the request for standing offers process. The
debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.
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.
