Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Solicitation Closes - L’invitation prend fin at-à 02 :00 PM on - le 2019-08-08 EDT
Requirement
Health Canada (HC)’s Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch (HECSB) Relocation Project; from Environmental Health Centre (EHC) to Sir Fredrick Banting Research Centre (SFBRC).
The work is to be performed in accordance with the Statement of Work as attached in Annex ?A? - Statement of Work
Period of Contract
The period of any resulting contract will be for a period of approximately four (4) months.
SITE VISIT:
It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work sites on July 19th at 9:00 am.
Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than July 15th, 2019 EST at 2:00 pm EST to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend
Safety boots, hard hats and long pants are required to be worn during the site visit by all attendees
Security Requirements
1. The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
2. The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.
3. Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.
4. The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:
a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable), attached at Annex C;
b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).
Phase Bid Compliance
a) Canada is conducting the Phased Bid Compliance Process described below for this requirement.
b) Notwithstanding any review by Canada at Phase I or II of the Phased Bid Compliance Process, Bidders are and will remain solely responsible for the accuracy, consistency and completeness of their Bids and Canada does not undertake, by reason of this review, any obligations or responsibility for identifying any or all errors or omissions in Bids or in responses by a Bidder to any communication from Canada.
THE BIDDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE REVIEWS IN PHASE I AND II OF THIS PHASED BID COMPLIANCE PROCESS ARE PRELIMINARY AND DO NOT PRECLUDE A FINDING IN PHASE III THAT THE BID IS NON-RESPONSIVE, EVEN FOR MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WHICH WERE SUBJECT TO REVIEW IN PHASE I OR II AND NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE BID HAD BEEN FOUND RESPONSIVE IN SUCH EARLIER PHASE. CANADA MAY DEEM A BID TO BE NON-RESPONSIVE TO A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT AT ANY PHASE. THE BIDDER ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ITS RESPONSE TO A NOTICE OR A COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR) (EACH DEFINED BELOW) IN PHASE I OR II MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN RENDERING ITS BID RESPONSIVE TO THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE NOTICE OR CAR, AND MAY RENDER ITS BID NON-RESPONSIVE TO OTHER MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS.
c) Without prejudice to its other rights, Canada shall have the right, in its absolute discretion, but shall not be obliged, to request and accept any time, before or after the solicitation closing date, and consider as part of the Bid, any document and materials from Bidders to clarify the Bid or to correct deficiencies or errors in the Bid that are not significant in Canada’s absolute discretion, including all matters of form or error in computation or failure to confirm by signing or similarly verifying acceptance. This shall not limit Canada’s right to request or accept any information after the bid solicitation closing in circumstances where the bid solicitation expressly provides for this right.
d) The PBCP does not limit Canada’s rights under Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions (SACC) 2003 (2017-04-27) Standard Instructions - Goods or Services - Competitive Requirements nor Canada’s right to request or accept any information during the solicitation period or after bid solicitation closing in circumstances where the bid solicitation expressly provides for this right, or in the circumstances described in subsection (c).
e) Canada will send any Notice or CAR by any method Canada chooses, in its absolute discretion. The Bidder must submit its response by the method stipulated in the Notice or CAR. Responses are deemed to be received by Canada at the date and time they are delivered to Canada by the method and at the address specified in the Notice or CAR. An email response permitted by the Notice or CAR is deemed received by Canada on the date and time it is received in Canada’s email inbox at Canada’s email address specified in the Notice or CAR. A Notice or CAR sent by Canada to the Bidder at any address provided by the Bidder in or pursuant to the Bid is deemed received by the Bidder on the date it is sent by Canada. Canada is not responsible for late receipt by Canada of a response, however caused.
Basis of selection
To be declared responsive, a bid must:
a. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; and
b. meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
c. obtain the required minimum points for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating.
2. Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared non-responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract
Canadian Services
This procurement is subject to the following: The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian
Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian services.
The requirement is limited to Canadian services
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Enquiries
All enquiries regarding this requirement must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority:
Amanda Assi
E-mail - a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
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.
