5P420-20-0425/A Type 2 Sustained Action Wildland Firefighting Personnel for Parks Parks Canada Fire ManagementOFFERS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OFFICIAL. OFFERS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED. The only acceptable email address for responses to the Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is s••••••••@••••••.ca. Offers submitted by email directly to the Standing Offer Authority or to any email address other than s••••••••@••••••.ca will not be accepted.The only acceptable facsimile for responses to the RFSO is 1-866-246-6893.The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Offeror is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed offer due to file size.The offeror should be cognisant of the size of the email as a whole, and not only the attachments. Please take into consideration that some attachments, when sent, may be resized during the email transfer. If the email size is too large, the Offeror should send the offer in multiple emails properly labeled with the solicitation number, project name, and indicate how many emails are included (ex. 1 of 2).Emails with links to offer documents will not be accepted. Offers documents must be sent as email attachments.REQUIREMENT:Parks Canada requires the provision of wildland firefighting personnel on an as and when requested basis in various National Parks and/or National Historic Site within Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. The Offeror must provide physically fit and fully equipped crews trained to the standards outlined. The Offeror must provide fire suppression services and other project work including, but not limited to, sustained action fire suppression, chainsaw work, preparation of fire breaks, pile burning operations, manual labour and hazardous tree assessment and falling.PERIOD OF THE STANDING OFFER:The period of the Standing Offer is from date of Standing Offer to March 31, 2023 with the option to extend for an additional two (2) one (1) year periods from April 01, 2023 to March 31, 2024 and April 01, 2024 to March 31, 2025.ENQUIRIES:All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority.Enquiries regarding this bid must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided.INFORMATION:National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act.Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders . Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. Parks Canada has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.
