Bids received by fax and email will be accepted as official. Bids received in-person or by courier may not be accepted.
The only acceptable email address for responses to bid solicitations is p••••••••@••••••.ca. Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address other than p••••••••@••••••.ca will not be accepted.
The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size.
Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments.
REQUIREMENT
Parks Canada Agency (PCA) is inviting consultants with Architecture experience for the rehabilitation and renovation of office building in the Community of Resolute Bay, Nunavut for Qausuittuq National Park. The objectives are (but not limited to):
To develop design documents for the procurement of construction services to complete renovations and repairs to the QANP building in Resolute, Nunavut to make it suitable for office use and address deferred maintenance items.
To improve the efficiency of the building mechanical systems and envelope.
To prepare the building for other future changes when other infrastructure becomes available
See specifications and drawings for further details on the requirement of this project.
Period of Contract
The tentative schedule is listed in the Statement of Work.
COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENT (CLCA)
This procurement is subject to the following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s):
Nunavut Land Claim Agreement
INUIT BENEFITS PLAN (IBP)
The Bidder must include an Inuit Benefit Plan (IBP) as part of their proposal. The IBP must demonstrate the suppliers' use of the employment of Inuit labour, engagement of Inuit professional services, or use of suppliers that are Inuit or Inuit firms, in carrying out the Work outlined in this request for proposals.
SITE VISIT:
Not applicable
ENQUIRIES
All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Sheldon Lalonde, telephone: (343) 585-3836, email: s••••••••@••••••.ca.
Enquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than ten (10) working days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.
Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided.
INFORMATION:
National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act.
Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders . Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. Parks Canada has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.
