The National Capital Commission (NCC) is seeking the services of a general contractor with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience for the preparation, installation, removal and maintenance of Christmas lights cords as part of its Christmas Lights Across Canada program.
Contractor must have at time of tender all required permits to work in the province of Ontario and in the province of Québec.
The contract will be for a period of one (1) year from date of award, with a one (1) year options to extend at the same terms and conditions.
Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing as early as possible within the solicitation period to the Senior Contract Officer, Nicole Galipeau by email at n••••••••@•••••••.ca or by facsimile at 613-239-5007, and the telephone number is 613-239-5678 ext. 5191,. Except for the approval of alternative materials as described in the General Instructions to Bidders, 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 named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a tender.
To be considered, your proposal must be received prior to 3 p.m. Ottawa time on August 30, 2013 at the National Capital Commission, 3rd Floor Service Centre, 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1C7, reference RFP file #NG233.
Facsimile, e-mail transmittal or late proposals will not be accepted.
There will be no public opening for this tender.
Note that amounts quoted in this RFP are in Canadian dollars. Payment is net is 30 days.
This procurement process is subject to Chapter 5 of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).
Tender documents can be obtained from BUY AND SELL.
The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca . Please ensure that you download your documents 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.