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Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

Services de nettoyage de tapis et de rembourrage à l'Institut des sciences océaniques – Sidney, C.-B.

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
February 17, 2026
Published
February 2, 2026
Type
Services
Explore similarIndustrial Cleaning Services

Full description

NOTE TO BIDDERS: This solicitation includes a mandatory site visit.

1.
Background
The Institute of Ocean Sciences is a Federal Government Fisheries Research Facility located on Pat Bay. The property has 112 acres of grounds and over 300k square feet of buildings consisting of offices, laboratories, workshops, boardrooms, cafeteria and open floor spaces. The complex itself consists of two buildings. The main complex, houses the majority of the offices, laboratories, including large common areas, the cafeteria and auditorium. The Workshop building is predominantly trades shops and their offices. The main complex has four floors, accessed by stairs and elevators. This building is uniquely designed so that each of the four floors has ground level access. The Institute employs approximately 500 persons.
There is approximately 9,075 square meters of carpeted flooring throughout the Institute. The carpeting ranges from brand new installations to 20 years old, all of which are to be cleaned as part of this contract. We are requiring separate per unit pricing quotes for majority of our upholstered furniture cleaning and per square foot pricing for our fabric workstations.
2.
Objective
The Institute of Ocean Sciences requires the services of an Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration – Certified (IICRC-Certified) Contractor to provide comprehensive carpet and upholstery cleaning services that meet industry standards and environmental compliance.
3.
Scope of Work
The Contractor shall supply all labor, supervision, materials, equipment and transportation required to provide comprehensive carpet and upholstery cleaning services as per IICRC S100 that meet compliance with CRI and EcoLogo standard.
The comprehensive carpet and upholstery cleaning services includes but is not limited to :
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Interim Maintenance on 50% of all accessible carpeting and all matting.
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Extraction cleaning of 100% of all accessible carpeting and all matting
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Extraction cleaning of four (4) fabric chairs in the 24hr. Guard House
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Fabric Protector- the application of a fabric protector

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Basic information

Reference
cb-46-2184323
Solicitation no.
30007289
Buyer
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 76000000 — Industrial Cleaning Services

Delivery & regions

Regions of delivery
*British Columbia *Canada *Sidney
Contract term
March 1, 2026 → January 31, 2030

Key dates

Published
February 2, 2026
Closes
February 17, 2026
Amendment no.
001

Likely incumbents

(2)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    Malvina Cleaning and Services Inc.
    1 contract won· latest June 30, 2026
    CAD $127.1K
    total awarded
  2. 2
    Canadian Council on Invasive Species
    1 contract won· latest March 6, 2026
    CAD $46K
    total awarded

Malvina Cleaning and Services Inc. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

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