INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) 523055

INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR LEASE BETWEEN SHAWINIGAN AND CAP-DE-LA-MADELEINE FILE NUMBER 523055 Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is asking interested parties to provide information for a potential lease of space that meets the following criteria: Section A: Lease Components

a lease term of approximately 3 years, commencing on or about September 1, 2016, plus an option to extend the lease for 2 additional periods of 1 year each; approximately 125 usable square metres (um2) of contiguous warehouse space; the proposed space should satisfy or be capable of satisfying the following criteria:

Access to a loading dock equipped with dock seals and a dock leveler. The dock station must be equipped with a lifting door of at least 2 438 mm wide, with automatic door opener and locking device. The loading dock floor must be at the same level as the storage space.

The proposed space must be located in a municipality along the provincial road 157 between Shawinigan and Cap-de-la-Madeleine and within the following boundaries (the geographical boundaries include sites on either side of the road):North: the city of Shawinigan (inclusively) at the junction of roads 153 and 157; South: the borough of Cap-de-la-Madeleine (inclusively) at the junction of road 157 and highway 40; East and West: All municipalities located along provincial road 157.

on or before the lease commencement date, the proposed space will have to comply with all requirements contained in PSPC’s Standards for Leased Accommodation, a copy of which may be obtained from the contact listed in Section F;Note: PSPC may wish to visit or inspect the proposed space upon reasonable notice and a threat and risk assessment may be undertaken in order to assess potential threats to the security of the proposed space and to the public.

Section B: Responses Interested parties are requested to submit their response to this EOI in writing to the following address: Public Services and Procurement Canada Attention: Mr. Serge Sauvageau Place Bonaventure, South-East Portal, Suite 7300 800 de La Gauchetière Street West Montreal, Quebec, H5A 1L6 or by facsimile to 514-496-3761 or by email to the contact listed below in Section F. Please indicate File No. 523055 on all correspondence. Section C: Responses Requested by As this may be the only invitation to submit an Expression of Interest for this potential lease project, owners or their mandataries should provide their response by March 31st, 2016. Any response received after this date may not be considered. Section D: Information Provided by Interested Parties or Mandataries of Interested Parties Information provided by interested parties or mandataries of interested parties should include the file number, the location and municipal address of the building, current zoning, specific location of space within the building, measured area of space, architectural drawings identifying the proposed space with washrooms, exits and other design elements, private/public parking facilities, and details addressing the criteria listed above in Section A. Mandataries submitting a response to this EOI must provide PSPC with a letter authorizing them to do so. Section E: Security Requirement If this EOI results in a future tender process, the building owners of the proposed spaces will have to hold a valid security clearance at the Reliability level, approved and granted by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD) of PSPC prior to award. Parties interested in this potential lease project are advised to obtain this security clearance level in advance. Information regarding security clearance can be obtained on the website of the CISD/PSPC at http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca. Please contact the person listed in Section F to initiate the security clearance process. Section F: Additional Information For more information, please contact Serge Sauvageau, by phone at 514-496-3690 or by email to Serge.Sauvageau@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca. Section G: List of Available Space This EOI is issued in order to invite interested parties to demonstrate their interest in providing the requirements described herein. This information may be included in a list of available space and used for potential future solicitations. Section H: Not a Solicitation Process Note that this is not a tender process, nor a request for proposal, but only an inquiry as to the availability of space to lease. PSPC will not necessarily invite offers, or lease any space, and may not post any future ads related to this request. The information provided through this EOI may be included in a source list of available space and PSPC may issue an invitation to tender for other leasing requirements based on this information, or based on any other information which may come to its attention prior to an issuance of an invitation to tender; or it may invite offers by way of public tender. PSPC reserves the right to proceed with an Invitation to Offer to Lease by inviting only parties deemed to most effectively meet specific operational, security and public safety requirements.