Costume Maintenance, Fortress of Louisbourg NHSC

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 5P300-15-5180/ATITLE: Costume Maintenance, Fortress of Louisbourg NHSCDESCRIPTION OF WORK:To complete the winter maintenance of the reproduction costume collection. At the close of each visitor season, all of the reproduction costumes that were worn by interpreters at the Fortress of Louisbourg, must be sorted, cleaned, repaired and stored in preparation for the following season.All work done by the contractor must be done on site, at the Fortress of Louisbourg NHS, Louisbourg, NS. The work location is at the Fortress of Louisbourg.The work to be done includes: sorting costumes for laundry or dry-cleaning; preparing costumes for dry-cleaning; laundering and pressing costumes; assessing a variety of reproduction garments and determining necessary repairs, then completing these repairs; storing the costumes in an organized manner in preparation for the following visitor season; and noting any garments that are missing from the collectionCLOSING DATE AND TIME:November 25, 2015 at 1400 hrs (EST)Faxed submission will be accepted.NOTE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders . Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents.CONTRACT PERIOD:The work will begin on November 30, 2015 and will be for a period of 1 to 5 years.INQUIRIES:All inquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Annie Roy, telephone: 613-938-5752, e-mail: annie.roy@pc.gc.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) business days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.This PCA office provides procurement services to the public in either official language of Canada.The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.RECEPTION OF STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES:Statement of capabilities will be received, in English or French, by fax (1-866-246-6893) or by mail at the following address:PARKS CANADA AGENCYContracting Operations111 Water Street EastCornwall, ONK6H 6S3