JANITORIAL CLEANING

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: JANITORIAL CLEANING

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) on behalf of Canadian Food Inspection Agency has a requirement for the provision of all labour, equipment, tools and supervision required to provide Janitorial Service at Canadian Food Inspection Agency Dartmouth Laboratory, 1992 Agency Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1Y9.

Mandatory Site Visit It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site visit to be held on July 03, 2014 at 10 am and location will be at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Dartmouth Laboratory , 1992 Agency Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1Y9 . Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than three days before the scheduled visit to confirm attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be required to sign an attendance form. Bidders should confirm in their bids that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend or send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bids will be rejected as non-compliant. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

Proof of an Independent Safety Audit Bidder's are to provide documentation indicating that the bidder has successfully completed a recognized safety audit, and the company/person performing the audit are approved by a regulatory authority to conduct safety audit.

The Bidder must provide, within seven (7) days following a request from the Contracting Authority, a certificate or letter confirming the bidder's good standing account. Failure to comply with the request will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) contains Two MANDATORY requirement at solicitation closing date (1 and 2 below) and a Point Rated Technical Criteria ( See PART 4-EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND BASIS OF SELECTION of RFP).

1.0 Mandatory Contractor's Experience and Past Performance The bidder must provide evidence of its experience and past performance by referencing three (3) projects or contracts satisfactorily rendered for a minimum of two (2) years commercial institutional janitorial cleaning within the past five (5) years (dating back to January 1, 2009), wherein the range of janitorial services provided are comparable to those described in this Request for Proposal (RFP).

Please provide the information in the format shown below and submit a separate table for each project (see

Note *For the purposes of this assessment commercial institutional janitorial cleaning experience refers to special purpose buildings such as universities, research centers, laboratories, hospitals or pharmaceutical industry buildings that require specialized attention due to hazardous substances present, risk of contamination and daily cleaning around highly sensitive equipment.

A space that is a minimum of 50% of the size (5500 m²)

2.0 References The bidder must provide 2 letters of reference that may be contacted, with brief description of projects of similar scope and magnitude that have been carried out within the last 5 years. To be considered projects of similar scope and magnitude, please submit references to projects/contracts meeting the following criteria:

Work for client encompassed commercial institutional janitorial cleaning of special purpose buildings such as universities, research centers, laboratories, hospitals or pharmaceutical industry buildings that require specialized attention due to hazardous substances present, risk of contamination and daily cleaning around highly sensitive equipment

For each project that a reference is provided describe the particular hazards or sensitivities you encountered and describe the measures and procedures taken by your firm while cleaning these hazardous areas that contained highly sensitive equipment.

Point Rated Technical Criteria: The Bidder's Technical proposal will be evaluated and scored in accordance with the following evaluation criteria. Obtain a minimum of 60% points overall of the points for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating. It is suggested you address the following evaluation criteria in sufficient depth in your proposal.

Period of this Services contract will be two years and 8 months plus two option years, if required.

INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Chukwudi Chinye, telephone (902) 496-5476, facsimile: (902) 496-5016, and email- chukwudi.chinye@pwgsc.gc.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

This requirement is subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Agreement on Internal Trade, and World Trade Organization- Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP). 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.