West Sulphur Mountain Fire Guard, Banff National Park, Alberta

REQUIREMENT: Provide mechanical thinning services for the Clearing Operations (Includes harvesting, skidding to landings and processing to tree length, in-block roads, disposal of non-merchantable timber and hauling of merchantable timber) Merchantable timber will become the property of the contractor To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated at a value between $250,001 > $ 500,000, Taxes extra. CLOSING DATE AND TIME:  January 8, 2019 at 1400 hrs (MST) Faxed submissions will not be accepted. OPTIONAL SITE VISIT: There will be an Optional site visit on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 1:00 PM (MST).  Interested bidders are to meet at the Cave and Basin Parking lot by the main entrance of the Visitor’s building, at 311 Cave Avenue, Banff, AB. Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting Authority (Annie Roy - annie.roy2@canada.ca) no later than Tuesday, December 18, 2018 to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. NOTE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: 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. Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents. 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. PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT: The period of the Contract is from contract award date to May 31, 2019 inclusive. INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Annie Roy, telephone: 403-762-1459, e-mail: annie.roy2@canada.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) work days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond. This PCA office provides procurement services to the public in either official language of Canada.The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. BID RECEIVING: Sealed tenders must be sent to the following address: Parks Canada Agency Banff Field Unit Contracting Services C/O ANNIE ROY P.O. Box 900 216 Hawk Avenue Banff, AB, T1L 1K2 ** Please indicate the solicitation number on your envelop ** Faxed submissions will not be accepted.