DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Work under this Contract covers but is not limited to:
.1 Site preparation including capping of existing contaminated soil and building up
of soil depths where necessary to plant large trees;
.2 The supply, planting, and maintenance of trees and shrubs as per the contract
documents.
.3 The supply, installation and maintenance of seeded areas as per the contract
documents.
.4 The maintenance, temporary removal and final removal of the existing silt fence
as well as the installation, maintenance and removal of snow fencing and
signage supplied by the NCC including the transport of materials to and from
the designated NCC storage facility;
.5 The supply, installation and maintenance of the tree support systems, tree
guards and winter protection in accordance with Section 32 93 10, Tree and
Shrub Planting;
Further information regarding the NCC can be found at www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca .
CONTRACT TERM:
The Contractor shall begin work as soon as possible and complete locates, site preparation, contaminated soil capping, planting and seeding operations, installation of tree accessories and mulching requirements on or before October 15th, 2019. Tree maintenance is the responsibility of the Contractor until the end of the warranty period as per Section 32 93 10, Tree and Shrub Planting.
PROCUREMENT METHOD: Lowest compliant bidder.
ADDRESS ENQUIRIES TO: Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing to the Senior Contract Officer as early as possible within the solicitation period. Enquiries should be received no later than five (5) business 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. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to Bidders, the Senior Contract Officer shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether or not to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this tender sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Senior Contract Officer. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, may result in disqualification of a tender.
BID DEADLINE: April 18, 2019 at 3:00:59pm EDT
RETURN TO: National Capital Commission, Procurement Services, 40 Elgin Street, 2nd floor Security Office, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1C7, Reference NCC tender file # AL1794.
There will be a public opening shortly after bid closing at the 2nd floor Security Office .
LANGUAGE: Bidder may submit offer in English or in French.
The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca . Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.
