5P420-18-0386/A – Firewood Processing – Jasper National Park
Requirement:
Parks Canada requires processing (bucking and splitting) of stock piles of log decks into firewood for use in Jasper National Park campgrounds. For the past two (2) winters hazardous trees have been removed by external contractors, Parks Canada Agency (PCA) fire management and trail crews. All trees cut have been limbed and stacked in two (2) locations; Marmot pit (7 km south of town site), located on Wabasso Rd off Hwy 93 and Kerkeslin pit (26 km south of town site), off hwy 93 close to Kerkeslin campground. It is estimated that approximately 595 cords will be produced from these piles.
Optional Site Visit:
There will be a site visit on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 at 1:30 PM MDT at the Marmot Pit Site located 7km south of the Jasper Townsite on Wabasso Road off Highway 93.
Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority before the optional site visit to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders may be requested to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders who do not attend or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment but they will not be precluded from submitting a bid. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.
Enquiries:
All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the solicitation period.
Enquiries should be received no later than seven (7) days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.
Return Bids To:
Parks Canada Agency Bid Receiving Unit
National Contracting Services
220 – 4 Avenue S.E., suite 720
Calgary, AB T2G 4X3
Additional Information:
Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents.
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 requirement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
