Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System – Guelph Research and Development Centre

Invitation to Tenders 01B46-20-099 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System – Guelph Research and Development Centre 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 email address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below: aafc.escprocurement-cseapprovisionnement.aac@canada.ca BIDS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The bids must be submitted by email. The only acceptable email address for responses to bid solicitations is aafc.escprocurement-cseapprovisionnement.aac@canada.ca . Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address will not be accepted. The maximum email file size that AAFC is capable of receiving is 15 MB. The bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size. Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments. Scope of Work: A contract will be awarded for the supply, install and commissioning of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system and associated electrical components. The UPS system will be hardwired to existing electrical panels which power the laboratory equipment and building systems of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Guelph Research and Development Centre located at 93 Stone Road West in Guelph, Ontario. Non-mandatory Site Visit: It is recommended that firms intending to submit a proposal for this project visit the work site. A non-mandatory site visit will be held February 3, 2021, between 9:30 AM and 12:00 noon (EST), February 5, 2021 or February 11, 2021 at the Guelph Research and Development Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, site visits will be by appointment only. Interested bidders must make an appointment by contacting, at least 2 days in advance with: Terry Jarry terry.jarry@canada.ca 226-217-8124 Alanna Zabel alanna.zabel@canada.ca 226-217-8131 The visits will be scheduled for only one (1) company at a time and with a maximum of two (2) representatives per company. 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: February 26, 2021, at 02:00 pm (EST). 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’s platform. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell service provider platform. AAFC reserves the right to accept any proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals received. Inquiries Jean-Francçois Lemay Senior Procurement Officer Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Email : jean-francois.lemay@canada.ca