Invitation to tender 01B46-23-028 Janitorial Services: Kentville Research and Development Centre Tenders for the project indicated above, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below: a••••••••@•••.••.ca Scope of Work: Provide Facility Cleaning Services for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at the Kentville Research and Development Centre located in Kentville, Nova Scotia. The Contractor must supply all supervision, labour, consumable materials and cleaning equipment. Site Visit: It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at the Kentville Research and Development Centre, 32 Main Street, Kentville, NS B4N 1J5 on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The site visit will begin at 1pm (ADT). Bidders will be required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in their bid that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend the mandatory site visit or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bid will be declared nonresponsive. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation. Tender Period Closing Date and Time: October 18, 2023 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 Canadabuys service provider’s platform. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Canadabuys service provider platform. AAFC reserves the right to accept any Proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals received.
