INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE ON THE NORTH SHORE OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC

INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE ON THE NORTH SHORE OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC FILE NUMBER 81001483 Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is asking interested parties to provide information for a potential lease of space that meets the following criteria: Section A: Lease Components A lease for approximately 10 years, starting on or around August 1, 2021; Around 190 contiguous usable square meters (m2u) for office premises and 59 m2u contiguous for a space comprising an animal health inspection room of 31.68 m2, a storage space of 14.11 m2 and an adjoining shower of 7.47 m2, as well as 15 outdoor parking spaces of standard size; The proposed premises must be available approximately 13 weeks before the date of entry into force of the lease indicated above so that they can be fitted out for their occupation: The hours of operation required during the lease will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday. However, it must be possible in case of need to use the premises 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the building systems (energy, plumbing and heating, ventilation and air conditioning) must be functional). In the event that the animal health inspection room is not located on the ground floor, a freight elevator is required. Preference will be given to premises that allow the inspection room and offices to be on the same floor. Any loading dock or goods entrance not located at ground level must be equipped with a loading platform. The area for the 15 outdoor parking spaces must be independent of any other parking space and its perimeter must be able to be completely fenced. Five (5) additional parking spaces for visitors and customers must be available. The proposed premises must be located in the North Shore of Montreal, within the perimeter indicated below: East and West: an area of 1,500 meters on each side of Highway 15 North: limit of (and including) the city of St-Jérôme South: limit of (and including) the city of Blainville On or before the lease commencement date, the proposed space will have to comply with all requirements contained in PWGSC’s Standards for Leased Accommodation, a copy of which may be obtained from the contact listed in Section F; Note: PWGSC may wish to visit or inspect the proposed space upon reasonable notice and a threat and risk assessment may be undertaken in order to assess potential threats to the security of the proposed space and to the public. Section B: Responses Interested parties are requested to submit their response to this EOI in writing to the following address: Public Works and Government Services Canada 800, de la Gauchetière St. W., Suite 7300 Montreal, Quebec, H1A 1L6 or by email to the contact listed below in Section F. Please indicate File No. 81001483 on all correspondence. Section C: Responses Requested by As this may be the only invitation to submit an Expression of Interest for this potential lease project, owners or their agents should provide their response by March 11th, 2020. Any response received after this date may not be considered. Section D: Information Provided by Interested Parties or Agents of Interested Parties Information provided by interested parties or agents of interested parties should include the file number, the location and municipal address of the building, current zoning, specific location of space within the building, measured area of space, architectural drawings identifying the proposed space with washrooms, exits and other design elements, private/public parking facilities, and details addressing the criteria listed above in Section A. Mandatories submitting a response to this EOI must provide PWGSC with a letter authorizing them to do so. Section E: Security Requirement If this EOI results in a future tender process, the building owners of the proposed spaces will have to hold a valid security clearance at the reliability level, approved and granted by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD) of PWGSC prior to the beginning of the lease. All parties interested in this potential lease project are advised to obtain this security clearance level in advance. Information regarding security clearance can be obtained on the website of the CISD/ PWGSC at http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca. Please contact the person listed in Section F to initiate the security clearance process. Section F: Additional Information For more information, please contact Serge Sauvageau, Senior Leasing Officer, by phone at 514-349-1708 or by email to: serge.sauvageau@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca. Section G: List of Available Space This EOI is issued in order to invite interested parties to demonstrate their interest in providing the requirements described herein. This information may be included in a list of available space and used for potential future solicitations. Section H: Not a Solicitation Process Note that this is not a tender process, nor a request for proposal, but only an inquiry as to the availability of space to lease. PWGSC will not necessarily invite offers, or lease any space, and may not post any future ads related to this request. The information provided through this EOI may be included in a source list of available space and PWGSC may issue an invitation to tender for other leasing requirements based on this information, or based on any other information which may come to its attention prior to an issuance of an invitation to tender; or it may invite offers by way of public tender. PWGSC reserves the right to proceed with an Invitation to Offer to Lease by inviting only parties deemed to most effectively meet specific operational, security and public safety requirements.