Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services at the Institute of Oceans Sciences – Sidney, BC

NOTE TO BIDDERS: This solicitation includes a mandatory site visit.

1. Background The Institute of Ocean Sciences is a Federal Government Fisheries Research Facility located on Pat Bay. The property has 112 acres of grounds and over 300k square feet of buildings consisting of offices, laboratories, workshops, boardrooms, cafeteria and open floor spaces. The complex itself consists of two buildings. The main complex, houses the majority of the offices, laboratories, including large common areas, the cafeteria and auditorium. The Workshop building is predominantly trades shops and their offices. The main complex has four floors, accessed by stairs and elevators. This building is uniquely designed so that each of the four floors has ground level access. The Institute employs approximately 500 persons. There is approximately 9,075 square meters of carpeted flooring throughout the Institute. The carpeting ranges from brand new installations to 20 years old, all of which are to be cleaned as part of this contract. We are requiring separate per unit pricing quotes for majority of our upholstered furniture cleaning and per square foot pricing for our fabric workstations. 2. Objective The Institute of Ocean Sciences requires the services of an Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration – Certified (IICRC-Certified) Contractor to provide comprehensive carpet and upholstery cleaning services that meet industry standards and environmental compliance. 3. Scope of Work The Contractor shall supply all labor, supervision, materials, equipment and transportation required to provide comprehensive carpet and upholstery cleaning services as per IICRC S100 that meet compliance with CRI and EcoLogo standard. The comprehensive carpet and upholstery cleaning services includes but is not limited to : - Interim Maintenance on 50% of all accessible carpeting and all matting. - Extraction cleaning of 100% of all accessible carpeting and all matting - Extraction cleaning of four (4) fabric chairs in the 24hr. Guard House - Fabric Protector- the application of a fabric protector