Rideau Canal Skateway – First Aid Services

DESCRIPTION

The National Capital Commission (NCC) is seeking first aid services for the operation and maintenance of the Rideau Canal Skateway. The Rideau Canal Skateway is more than just a skating rink. You will find concession stands and other services including skate and shed rentals, shelters, washrooms, and rest area. The Rideau Canal is one of Canada’s nine heritage canals and is owned by Parks Canada. The skateway portion is managed by the NCC during the winter months.

TERM: The term of the resulting Contract will be for a period of five (5) years commencing on October 2023 and ending on May 31st, 2028.

BID DEADLINE: No later than 3 p.m. EDT on September 5th, 2023 by email at Bids-soumissions@ncc-ccn.ca with a reference to tender file #AB002.

INQUIRIES: To ensure the integrity of this Contract, all enquiries and other communications must be directed only to Alyssa Brook, Senior Contract Officer by email at alyssa.brook@ncc-ccn.ca no later than August 29th, 2023 in order to be considered by the NCC.

Throughout the Invitation to tender/Contract process bidding process, the NCC shall endeavour to provide responses to inquiries (by the issuance of addenda) deemed relevant by the NCC and received in writing by the Contracting Authority. Only information provided in addenda shall be an integral part of the Contract and any resulting standing offer.

All addenda will be posted on canadabuys.canada.ca.

Interested proponents must not contact any other employee of the NCC, or other persons involved in this solicitation to discuss questions regarding the Contract process. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a proponent.

Note: The bid email has a maximum capacity of 30 megabytes.

Faxed and hard copy (submitted in person or via mail/courier) bids will not be accepted for the subject bid solicitation.

There is no public opening scheduled.

BASIS OF SELECTION: An offer must comply with all the requirements of the Contract to be declared responsive.

The Responsive offer with the lowest total evaluated price will be recommended for issuance of a contract.

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is canadabuys.canada.ca.

Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified.