Residential Expertise for the Sustainable Building Environment

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: Residential Expertise for the Sustainable Building Environment

23229-129462/A Wheeler-Fournier, P. A. Telephone No. - (819) 956-1352 ( ) Fax No. - (819) 997-2229

MULTIPLE REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL STANDING OFFERS FOR THE SERVICES OF RESIDENTIAL EXPERTISE FOR THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

The main objective is to establish an approved list of building experts to provide professional services, to the Housing, Buildings and Communities and other groups of CANMET Energy Ottawa (CE-O), in supporting activities related to the residential stock.

Offerors are requested to submit a bid to address the requirements outlined in the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO). Any resulting Standing Offer will be for a period of three (3) years commencing from the date of authorization to use the Standing Offer. Canada may authorize the use of the Standing Offer beyond its initial period, for a maximum of four (4) possible additional one (1) year period(s).

Mandatory Technical Criteria

The Offeror must comply with the following Mandatory Technical Requirements and provide the necessary documentation to support compliance.

Any offer which fails to meet any of the following Mandatory Technical Requirements will be declared non-responsive. Each requirement should be addressed separately.

Except where expressly provided otherwise, the experience described in the bid must be the experience of one or more of the following:

1. the Offeror itself (which includes the experience of any companies that formed the Offeror by way of a merger but does not include any experience acquired through a purchase of assets or an assignment of contract); or 2. the Offeror's affiliates (i.e. parent, subsidiary or sister corporations, maximum of 2), provided the Offeor identifies and demonstrates the transfer of know-how, the use of toolsets and the use of key personnel from the affiliate for the applicable criterion; or 3. the Offeor's subcontractors (maximum of 2), provided the Offeror includes a copy of the teaming agreements and identifies the roles and responsibilities of all parties under the agreement and how their work will be integrated.

The experience of the Offeror's suppliers will not be considered.

In the event that the Offeror fails to submit any of the information pursuant to M1, M2 and M3 below, the Standing Offer Authority may request it thereafter in writing, including after the closing date of the bid solicitation. It is mandatory that the Offeror provide the missing information within three (3) business days of the written request or within such longer period as specified by the Standing Offer Authority in the notice to the Offeror.

M1 The Offeror must clearly identify in its offer the Area (s) of Expertise for which it is submitting an offer.

M2 The Offeror must not propose the same individual for more than six (6) Areas of Expertise.

M3 The Offeror must demonstrate, for each of the proposed resources(s), that they have a minimum of three (3) years of experience within the last ten (10) years, (measured back from date of RFSO closing) related to each Area of Expertise (AE) for which they are submitting an offer.

Mandatory Financial Criteria

At RFSO closing, the Offeror must comply with the following Mandatory Financial Requirements and provide the necessary documentation to support compliance.

Any offer which fails to meet any of the following Mandatory Financial Requirements will be declared non-responsive. Each requirement should be addressed separately.

MF1 The Offer must submit one and only one firm all-inclusive hourly rate for each Area of Expertise being offered, for the initial three (3) year Standing Offer period, applicable taxes extra.

Offerors meeting all of the above mandatory requirements will then be evaluated against point rated evaluation criteria.

For each Area of Expertise, it will be recommended to authorize the use of three lowest priced responsive offers, shared in accordance with the "ESTIMATED UTILIZATION", clause of the RFSO, subject to the Offeror's compliance with the Conditions Precedent to the Authorization to Use a Standing Offer.

PLEASE REFER TO THE REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFER DOCUMENT, AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH BUY AND SELL, FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON THIS REQUIREMENT. Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.