Lawn and landscaping maintenance at the Lévis Forts National Historic Site

REQUIREMENT The Contractor must provide lawn and landscaping maintenance services. More specifically:

spring clean-up mowing and trimming of lawns maintenance of trails and paved areas trimming of lawn borders aeration of lawns collection of dead leaves mowing of overgrown lawns

Period of Contract The Period of the Contract is from April 1, 2020 to November 30, 2022 inclusive. Canada will have the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods under the same conditions. OPTIONAL SITE VISIT Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at the entrance to the fort on the chemin du Gouvernement on October 29, 2019. The site visit will begin at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) at that location. ENQUIRIES All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority. Enquiries regarding this bid must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided. INFORMATION National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act. 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. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.