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 may not be accepted.
The only acceptable facsimile for responses to bid solicitations is 1-877-558-2349.
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 consulting firms with Bridge, Structural and Civil Engineering expertise to submit proposals for this Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) for Atlantic Canada. The selected consultants shall provide a range of services as identified in the Required Services section of this document. These services will be for National Parks in Atlantic Canada including Terra Nova, Gros Morne, Cape Breton Highlands, Kejimkujik, Kouchibouguac, Fundy, and Prince-Edward-Island (PEI). The Parks Canada project management office will be located in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the duration of this Standing Offer.
The Proponent shall be authorized to provide engineering services and must include a structural engineer, licensed, or eligible to be licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to provide the necessary professional services to the full extent that may be required by provincial or territorial law in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.
Firms should be able to demonstrate successful delivery of these services for a broad variety of projects over the last five (5) years. 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.
PERIOD OF CONTRACT / DELIVERY DATE
It is PCA’s intention to authorize up to three (3) Standing Offers, each for a period of two (2) years from the date of issuance, with three (3) one year options to extend the Standing Offers.
SECURITY REQUIREMENT
There is no Security Requirement for this RFSO. The security requirement will be determined at the time in the scope of services at the time of a call-up. Call-ups will identify one of the following security options:
A. There is no security requirement applicable to the call-up
OR
B. All individuals who will be accessing Parks Canada information and assets in order to perform work under this contract will be required to undergo a Reliability Status security screening as required by the Government of Canada.
ENQUIRIES
All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority.
Enquiries regarding this bid must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than ten (10) business/calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. 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.
