Crandell Mountain Campground Tree & Building Removal – Waterton Lakes National Park

Requirement: The work primarily consists of hazardous tree removal and brushing for the entire footprint of the new campground area. Select hazard trees will be removed from within the wildlife corridor. Contaminated buildings and other buildings remaining from the burnt campground will be removed around the site. See specifications and drawings for further details on the requirement of this project. To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated at a value between $500,001 > $ 1,000,000, Taxes extra. Optional Site Visit: There will be an optional site visit on September 5, 2019 at 10:00 AM MDT. Interested bidders are to meet at the closed gate at the beginning of Red Rock Parkway located just off of the park entrance road in Waterton Lakes National Park. Crandell Mountain Campground is located 6 kilometers past the locked gate on Red Rock Parkway. The parkway is closed to all vehicular traffic and access is permitted to the public travelling only on foot or bicycle. Vehicular access to the campground will only be allowed on September 5th. Vehicular access through the locked gate will be permitted only on the date of the site visit and travel along the parkway will be as a group convoy. 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. Period of Contract: The Contractor shall perform and complete all onsite Work by December 31, 2019 Enquiries All inquiries 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.