The National Capital Commission (NCC) wishes to retain the services of consulting engineering firms to provide Professional Services in Environmental Engineering – Contaminated Sites (2022-2026) on an "as and when requested" basis under aStanding Offer Agreement (SOA). It is the NCC’s intention to award maximum of eight (8) SOAs which will be in effect for a period of four (4) years from the date of award or until total expenditure level is attained, whichever comes first. The projects to be addressed under the SOA will be at various locations within the National Capital Region, in the provinces of Ontario and Québec.GENERAL PROVISIONSThe Offeror acknowledges that a Standing Offer is not a contract. The Offeror offers to sell or provide and deliver to the NCC, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set out, the goods and/or services detailed herein and at the prices listed herein or on the pricing basis set out herein, AS AND WHEN REQUESTED by authorized NCC users such goods and/or services the authorized user orders, in accordance with the following provisions.It is understood and agreed that:a purchase order against a Standing Offer shall form a contract only for those goods or services, or both, which have been ordered, provided always that such a purchase order is made in accordance with the provisions of the Standing Offer;the issue and distribution of the authorization to use any resulting Standing Offer does not oblige the NCC to authorize or order all or any of the goods and/or services described in the Standing Offer;The NCC’s liability shall be limited to that which arises from purchase orders against any resulting Standing Offer made within the period specified herein;The NCC reserves the right to procure the specified goods and/or services by means of contracts, standing offers, or by other contracting methods.The Offeror agrees that prices quoted herein are firm and must be valid for acceptance for 90 days from the closing date of this Request for Standing Offer (RFSO). Enquiries regarding this RFSO must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority by e-mail at – s••••••••@•••••••.ca as early as possible within the solicitation period. Enquiries should be received no later than fourteen (14) 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. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to all Proponents, the Contracting Authority shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this proposal sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Contracting Authority named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a proposal.BID DEADLINE: March 22, 2022 at 3:00 pm EDTRETURN TO: National Capital Commission, Bid email B••••••••@•••••••.caRefer to NCC tender file no. SS005There is no public opening scheduled.The procurement process of this RFSO is subject to trade agreements listed abobe.The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca . Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.
