PEN – Electrical Upgrade to CART facility

PEN – Electrical Upgrade to CART Facility The National Research Council of Canada at 717 White Lake Road in Kaleden BC is upgrading the electrical service to the CART area due to aging infrastructure and the area has outgrown its current electrical capacity. The original electrical feeder was installed in 2000. Since this time the area has been repurposed, and as such the electrical demands on the system have outgrown the electrical capacity. The upgrade will include new infrastructure, such as underground high voltage feeders extending from the CHIME facility to CART, a unit substation, and other feeds to related equipment fed from the new unit substation at CART. The majority of the underground infrastructure for the project was installed in the fall of 2018, which consisted of conduit and pull pits. The next step in the process is to have the rest of the project completed and commissioned, some of which will consist of the following items. Extending the previously installed conduits, installing the concrete pad for the unit substation, accurately surveying all excavated conduits and unit substation pad, installing the HV cable, installing the existing, and new feeder cables, installing equipment, testing and commissioning the system. 1. GENERAL: Questions regarding any aspect of the project are to be addressed to and answered only by the Departmental Representative (or his designate) or the Contracting Authority. Any information received other than from the Departmental Representative (or his designate) or the Contracting Authority will be disregarded when awarding the contract and during construction. Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Buyandsell.gc.ca TMA services provider. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Buyandsell.gc.ca TMA service provider. Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender calling authority of their intention to bid. Tender packages are not available for distribution on the actual day of tender closing. 2. MANDATORY SITE VISIT: It is mandatory that the bidder attends one of the site visits at the designated date and time. At least one representative from proponents that intend to bid must attend. The site visits will be held on February 26th and February 27th , 2019 at 10:00 . Meet Kory Phillips at PEN Building, 717 White Lake Road, Penticton, BC. Bidders who, for any reason, cannot attend at the specified date and time will not be given an alternative appointment to view the site and their tenders, therefore, will be considered as non-responsive. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. As proof of attendance, at the site visit, the Contracting Authority will have an Attendance Form which MUST be signed by the bidder’s representative. It is the responsibility of all bidders to ensure they have signed the Mandatory Site Visit Attendance form prior to leaving the site. Proposals submitted by bidders who have not attended the site visit or failed to sign the Attendance Form will be deemed non-responsive. 3. TENDER CLOSING DATE: Tender closing date is March 29th, 2019 at 14:00. 4. TENDER RESULTS Following the Tender closing, the tender results will be sent by facsimile to all Contractors who submitted a tender 5. SECURITY REQUIREMENT FOR CANADIAN CONTRACTORS 5.1 MANDATORY SECURITY REQUIREMENT: .1 All personnel that will be involved with the project must be security screened to RELIABILITY status level as defined in the security policy of Canada. 6.0 WSBC (Work Safe BC) .1 All Bidders must provide a valid WSBC certificate with their Tender or prior to contract award. 7.0 Office of the Procurement Ombudsman .1 Dispute Resolution Services The parties understand that the Procurement Ombudsman appointed pursuant to Subsection 22.1(1) of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act will, on request or consent of the parties to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process to resolve any dispute between the parties respecting the interpretation or application of a term and condition of this contract and their consent to bear the cost of such process, provide to the parties a proposal for an alternative dispute resolution process to resolve their dispute. The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman may be contacted by telephone at 1-866-734-5169 or by e-mail at boa.opo@boa-opo.gc.ca. Contract Administration The parties understand that the Procurement Ombudsman appointed pursuant to Subsection 22.1(1) of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act will review a complaint filed by [the supplier or the contractor or the name of the entity awarded this contract] respecting administration of this contract if the requirements of Subsection 22.2(1) of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act and Sections 15 and 16 of the Procurement Ombudsman Regulations have been met, and the interpretation and application of the terms and conditions and the scope of the work of this contract are not in dispute. The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman may be contacted by telephone at 1-866-734-5169 or by e-mail at boa.opo@boa-opo.gc.ca. .3 The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) was established by the Government of Canada to provide an independent avenue for suppliers to raise complaints regarding the award of contracts under $25,000 for goods and under $100,000 for services. You have the option of raising issues or concerns regarding the solicitation, or the award resulting from it, with the OPO by contacting them by telephone at 1-866-734-5169 or by e-mail at boa.opo@boa-opo.gc.ca. You can also obtain more information on the OPO services available to you at their website at www.opo-boa.gc.ca. The Departmental Representative or his designate for this project is: Kory Phillips Telephone: 250 497-2361 Contracting Authority for this project is: Alain Leroux alain.leroux@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Telephone: 613 991-9980