INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE SALE OF VACANT LAND IN MONTREAL

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is asking interested parties to provide information lands for the sale that meet the following criteria: Section A: Components

Vacant land measuring approximately 1800 to 2200 square metres (m2) for the construction of an office building. Any existing building would have to be completely demolished by the owner, at the owner’s expense prior to the sale of the vacant land, if applicable. The proposed vacant land should meet or be able to meet the following criteria:

The municipal zoning allows the construction of a building with a density of 5 and floor space index of 100%; The vacant land must be constructible underground, subject to servitudes of public use; The vacant land must meet federal environmental requirements for the construction of an office building, certified by one or more recent environmental assessments; Title to the property is good and valid and deemed satisfactory by the Department of Justice. An opinion on title to the property may be produced in order to attest thereto; Archaeological assessments (if required by law) have been completed; The vacant land must be fully served by municipal water and sewer utilities and by electric or natural gas utilities; and The vacant lot must be rectangular, square or polygonal in shape, with a minimum 35-metre facade facing the street; The proposed vacant land must be in the city of Montreal and within the geographical boundaries as follows (the geographical boundaries include the locations on either side of the street):

North: Sherbrooke Street South: Commune and Saint-Antoine streets East: Saint-Denis Street West: Guy Street and Bonaventure Expressway Note: After providing reasonable notice, PSPC may wish to visit or inspect the proposed vacant land. Section B: Responses Interested parties are requested to submit their response to this EOI to the following address: Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Place Bonaventure, 800 de La Gauchetière Street West South-West Portal, Suite 7300, Montréal, QC, H5A 1L6 or by email to the contact listed below in Section E. Please indicate File No. 90448 on all correspondence. Section C: Responses Required by As this may be the only invitation to submit an EOI for File 90448 concerning the potential purchase of vacant land, interested parties (owners or their agents) should provide responses by April 11th, 2018. Any response received after this date may not be considered. Section D: Information Provided by Interested Parties (Owners or Their Agents) Information provided by interested parties (owners or their agents) should include the file number, the location and street address of the vacant land, the lot number of the vacant land, the surface area of the vacant land, the current municipal zoning applicable to the vacant land, the number of parking spaces allowed on the vacant land (or underground), an opinion on title to the property prepared and certified by a notary or attorney (if available), environmental and archaeological assessments of the vacant land, a recent certificate of location prepared by a land surveyor showing the current stata of the vacant land, as well as a statement to the effect that the vacant land meets the criteria indicated in Section A above. Any response submitted to PSPC by an agent must be accompanied by an authorization letter from the owner of the vacant land. Section E: Additional Information For more information, please contact Carole Ricard, Real Estate Advisor, by telephone at 514-463-1936 or by email at carole.ricard@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca. Section F: List of Available Space This EOI is issued in order to invite interested parties to express their interest in satisfying the requirements described herein. This information may be included in a list of available vacant lands and used for potential future needs.  Section G: 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 vacant lands for sale. PSPC will not necessarily invite offers, 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 vacant lands and PSPC may issue an invitation to tender for other 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. PSPC reserves the right to proceed with an Invitation to Offer and to invite only parties deemed to most effectively meet specific operational, security and public safety requirements.