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Create free accountTrade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: Immigration Holding Centre
This is NOT a bid solicitation or an invitation to tender and no contract will result from this publication. This Letter of Interest is for information purposes only and is being issued to alert the vendor community of the intended requirement as well as to invite interested vendor to attend the optional Industry Day to learn about this requirement.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in Toronto, Ontario has a requirement for a contractor to provide the secured accommodation, meals and housekeeping services for this Immigration Holding Centre (IHC). The services are required for a minimum of five years and three months, with options to extend for three one-year periods.
The facility must be located within the Greater Toronto Area, province of Ontario, within the area bounded by Derry Road to the north, Eglinton Avenue to the south, Tomken Road to the west and Martin Grove Road to the east.
The facility must be able to accommodate a minimum of 160 people at all times with the ability to accommodate up to an additional 50 people if required. The contractor must provide meals for each occupant in the facility.
The facility must meet Federal, Provincial and Municipal fire regulations, and must comply with the Ontario Building Code, Ontario Fire Code, and the Ontario Fire Safety Act - Regulation 223-84. The facility must also comply with Federal, Provincial and Municipal health, bylaws and standards as applicable.
Any facility proposed must be completed and ready for occupancy by the Occupancy Date as agreed to between the successful bidder and Canada, but the Occupancy Date must be no later than eighteen calendar months commencing from the Date of Contract Award. The facility configuration must be completed to the satisfaction of the CBSA Project Authority.
The contractor must provide housekeeping service for the entire facility. The contractor must maintain and repair the facility including the required contents of all rooms in the facility on an as-required basis within the required response time.
Architectural, mechanical and electrical specifications will only be released to vendors with the required security clearance.
1. The Contractor must, at all times during the performance of the Contract, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), with approved: Document Safeguarding at the level of PROTECTED B, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada.
2. The Contractor personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
Until the security screening of the Contractor personnel required by this Contract has been completed satisfactorily by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada, the Contractor personnel MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS to PROTECTED information or assets, and MAY NOT ENTER sites where such information or assets are kept, without an escort.
3. Processing of PROTECTED materiel electronically at the Contractor's site is NOT permitted under this Contract/Standing Offer.
4. Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.
(a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable); (b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).
Optional Industry Day
An Industry Day will be held at the Canada Border Services Agency, Entrance 92 at 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario on March 18, 2014, and the event will begin at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Upon arrival at Entrance 92, attendees must go up the escalator to the second floor and wait in the lobby to be escorted to the meeting room.
The scope of the requirement and the security requirement will be reviewed during the Industry Day and questions will be answered. It is recommended that interested suppliers, who have not obtained the necessary security clearance levels, attend the Industry Day to initiate the security clearance process.
Suppliers are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority before the Industry Day to confirm attendance. Suppliers should provide in writing, to the Contracting Authority, the names of the person(s) who will be attending and a list of issues they wish to table at least 2 business days before the scheduled conference.
Suppliers who do not attend will not be precluded from submitting a bid in response to any future solicitation for this requirement.
Canada will not be under any obligation to advise any respondent of this Letter of Interest of the issuance of any subsequent solicitation documents for this requirement, and it is the responsibility of all vendors to monitor the Buyandsell.gc.ca for the posting of any subsequent solicitation documents.
Questions about this Letter of Interest may be directed to the Contracting Authority:
Peggy Juan Telephone: (905) 615-2467 Facsimile: (905) 615-2060 E-mail : peggy.juan@pwgsc.gc.ca 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.
Not stated in the notice: procurement type, procurement method, selection criteria, region of delivery, region of opportunity, expected contract period, end user
No amendments observed.
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