1. Requirement Overview and Scope
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – Small Craft Harbours (SCH) Branch is inviting consulting firms with Marine Engineering expertise to submit proposals for Standing Offers. The selected consultants shall provide a range of services as identified in the Required Services section of this document for marine projects in the Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories Regions, including but not limited to the following:
? Small Craft Harbour facilities
? Shore protection and breakwaters
? Dredging
? Timber cribwork
? Steel sheet pilework
? Timber or steel pilework & rock anchors
? Reinforced concrete support structures (e.g. pile caps, beams, fascia and retaining walls, wharf deck)
? Inspection, investigations and site assessments of existing structures (barricading, load capacity)
? Other engineering services (electrical, civil, geotechnical, etc.)
2. Mandatory Licensing and Evaluation Basis
Offerors shall be licensed or eligible to be licensed to practice in the Province having Jurisdiction. If an Offeror is licensed to practice in only one of the specified jurisdictions, then that Offeror must be eligible and willing to be licensed in the jurisdiction in which they are not licensed. In general, the firm and its personnel will be evaluated on the basis of their demonstrated understanding of the scope of services, their approach and methodology to providing those services, the quality of their relevant experience in this area, as well as the cost of the provision of the services.
3. Standing Offer Structure and Duration
It is DFO's intention to authorize up to five (5) Standing Offers per Region. Regions are defined as follows:
I. Ontario Region
II. Prairie & Northwest Territories Region
- Manitoba;
- Saskatchewan;
- Alberta; and
- Northwest Territories.
The period for placing call-ups against the Standing Offer shall be for Five (5) years commencing from the start date identified on the Standing Offer.
4. Financial Value of the Standing Offers
Individual call-ups will vary, up to a maximum of $750,000.00 (Applicable Taxes included). Offerors should note that there is no guarantee that the full or any amount of the Standing Offer will be called up; DFO will issue call-ups only when the specific services to be provided under the Standing Offer are needed.
5. Applicable Trade Agreements
This procurement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), the Canada - United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA).
6. Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies
No
7. Language of Work
The language of work will be English or French.
8. Security Requirements
There are no security requirements associated with this solicitation of offers or the Standing Offer; however, security requirements may be applicable at the time of issuance of call-ups.
9. Period of Standing Offer
The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer will be from the date of Standing Offer issuance to five(5) years later.
