Immigration Holding Centre

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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has a requirement for the provision of an Immigration Holding Centre in the Greater Toronto Area(IHC) to be fully operational and in service by January 1, 2018 The Contractor must provide the IHC, housekeeping services, maintenance services and food services in accordance with the requirements detailedin Annex A, Statement of Work.

The period of the Contract will be from Date of Contract Award to December 31, 2027 with options to extend for two (2) one-year periods and a three-month transition period. The occupancy date will be agreed upon betweenthe Contractor and Canada but must be no laterthan January 1, 2018 (Occupancy Date).

The IHC must accommodate a minimum of 188 people and must have the ability to adjust to accommodate another 50 people as required from time to time. Over the yearsApril 1, 2011 to March 31, 2013, the average number of people accommodated at the IHCwas approximately 122 people per day but this number is expected to increase toan average of approximately 132-135 people per day. The numbers are an estimate only and not to be relied upon.

Any proposed IHC must meet all requirements detailed in Annex A and at any planning meetings following contract award to the satisfaction of the Project Authority prior to Occupancy Date.

There is also a provision within thisdocument (see Annex H) for separately demised office space within the IHC to be leased to Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) for occupancy and useby the Immigration Refugee Board (IRB). It is not a mandatory requirement that bidders provide space to PWGSC for use by IRB; however, it isdesirable to have both CBSA and IRBdepartmentslocated in the same building.

The proposed IHC must be located in the Greater Toronto Area, Province of Ontario, within the area bounded by Derry Road and Rexdale Blvd. to the north, Eglinton Avenue to the south, Tomken Road to the westand Martin Grove Road to the east. The address of the proposed IHC may be located on either side of these specified roads. If the IHC is located on the specified boundarylines, then the building entry and exist must be accessible via any one of the four specified boundary roads.

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and OtherRequirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi- iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html)website.

There is an optionalsite visitand an optional bidders’ conference to be held at 385 Rexdale Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario on February 29, 2016. The site visit will begin at 9:00 a.m. Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority to confirm attendance and providethe name(s) of the person(s) who will attend.

The Bidder must provide Financial Capability to the Contracting Authority by the bid closing date.

Annex A,Statement of Work is a Protected B document that will only be madeavailable to those holding the following security clearances: a) Bidders holding a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS) with approved Document Safeguarding at the level of ProtectedB issued by the CISD; and b) Bidder’s representatives holdingvalid Reliability Statusgranted by the CISD.

Once PWGSC confirms that the Bidder and Bidder’s representative both hold the above-mentioned security clearances, PWGSC will release the Annex A, Statement of Work through the Bidder’s preferred documentdelivery method: i) viain-person pick-up by the named Bidder’s representative at the PWGSC office at 33 City Centre Drive - Suite 480C, Mississauga, Ontario; or ii) via Canada Post courier delivery to the Bidder’s company address holding the required valid CISD security clearance with the package addressed to the named Bidder’s representative.

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.