Fire Guard Reclamation – Kootenay National Park

5P420-19-0099/A Fire Guard Reclamation – Kootenay National Park REQUIREMENT Parks Canada Agency requires a contractor to use heavy machinery to reclaim fire guards created during the 2017 Verdant and 2018 Wardle Wildland fires in Kootenay National Park. To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated at a value between $100,001 > $ 250,000, Taxes extra. Period of Contract / DELIVERY DATE Contractor shall perform and complete the Work no later than September 15, 2019. OPTIONAL SITE VISIT There will be an optional site visit on June 27, 2019 at 10am MDT. Interested bidders are to meet at the Kootenay Crossing Warden station on highway 93 South. Located 43km North of Radium Hot springs or 62km South of Castle Junction (TCH and Hwy 93S junction). Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority before the optional site visit to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders may be requested to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders who do not attend or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment but they will not be precluded from submitting a bid. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation. 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 five (5) business 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.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.