ELECTRICAL WORK SERVICES

Invitation to tender 01B46-17-063 ELECTRICAL WORK SERVICES Sealed tenders for the project indicated above, addressed to the attention of the Contract Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Corporate Management BranchAssets Management, Eastern Service Centre TENDER RECEIVING UNIT2001 Robert-Bourassa, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2 Scope of Work: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is seeking to award a standing offer to one (1) Electrical Contracting firm that will supply skilled labour, electric motor repair services, and consumable materials required to overhaul and maintain electrical power distribution systems, control systems and electrical machines located in the laboratory building, power plant, out buildings and greenhouse structures at the Harrow Research and Development Centre in Ontario. All work will be carried out by the successful Contractor’s staff, and performed on an as and when requested basis, as per the time and materials defined under the standing offer. The period of the Standing Offer is for one (1) calendar year with the possibility to extend it for four (4) additional one (1) year periods. Site Visit: It is recommended that firms intending to submit a proposal for this project visit the work site. A site visit will be held on Tuesday November 14th, 2017 at 9:30am (EST) at the Harrow Research and Development centre located at 2585 County Road 20, Harrow, Ontario, N0R 1G0. Participants to the visit will be requested to sign an attendance form. Participants shall present themselves ten minutes before the visit scheduled start time. Attendance to this visit is NOT MANDATORY but Firms that do not attend will not be given an alternative appointment, although they will not be precluded from submitting an offer. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation and will be posted on BuyandSell.gc.ca Tender Period Closing Date and Time: Monday December 11th, 2017 at 2:00 PM (EDT). Information requests and inquiries related to this tender process are to be directed, in writing, ONLY to the AAFC Contract Officer identified below. Bidders who contact anyone other than the AAFC Contract Officer to obtain such information during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified. It is MANDATORY for the Firms intending to submit tenders on this project to obtain the related specifications, plans and drawings, and all other tender documents through the BuyandSell service provider. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell service provider. AAFC reserves the right to accept any Proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals received. AAFC Contract Officer: Beatriz Mora Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Corporate Management BranchAssets Management, Eastern Service Centre 2001, Robert-Bourassa Street, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2Email: beatriz.mora@canada.ca