Invitation to tender 01B46-17-050
Quebec: A&E Growth Cabinets – Accommodations SECTOR C
Sealed 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 address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Corporate Management BranchAssets Management, Eastern Service Centre
TENDER RECEIVING UNIT2001 Robert-Bourassa, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2
Scope of Work:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Quebec Research and Development Centre (QRDC) has a requirement to replace nine growth cabinets. To that end, six cabinets will be kept and five will be dismantled. The reused and new cabinets will be installed in two existing facilities at QRDC. The acquisition of the equipment falls under the responsibility of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).
The mandate consists of hiring an expert consultant to work with the manufacturer designated by PSPC for the acquisition of the cabinets and prepare construction plans and specifications in order to hire a general contractor to fit up the facilities and meet the manufacturer’s specifications and the client’s operational and technical requirements. The mandate also includes a site supervision component.
Site Visit:
It is recommended that firms intending to submit a proposal for this project visit the work site. A site visit will be held on Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 at 10:30 AM EDT at the Quebec Research and Development Center, located at 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Québec, Québec G1V 2J3. 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: August 31, 2017 at 02:00 PM (EDT)
Extension of Closing Date and time : September 12, 2017 at 02:00 PM (EDT)
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. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell service provider.
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:
Aline Mulinda
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Corporate Management BranchAssets Management, Eastern Service Centre
2001, Robert-Bourassa Street, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2Email : a••••••••@••••••.ca
