TREE PRUNING

Invitation The National Capital Commission (NCC) is calling for Proposals from Contractors to provide tree pruning, tree removal and/or the installation of tree support systems services on an “as and when requested basis” in its urban lands, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Québec. Bidders may bid on one or many of the 8 categories – refer to table 1. A maximum of two (2) Standing Offer Agreements (SOA) per category may be awarded as a result of this request for standing offer. The resulting SOA will be for a period of three (3) years from the date of award. Hourly rates quoted will remain fixed for all three (3) years. Location Various locations in the National Capital Region (Québec and Ontario), within approximately 50kms of Parliament Hill, downtown Ottawa Introduction The NCC is the owner of an extensive urban forest located in the National Capital Region (NCR). The focus of this SOA request is on tree pruning. The inclusion of removals within the scope of work is strictly to cover a situation where treatment options have been limited and removal must be undertaken. This may arise due to evidence gathered through canopy inspection, damage as a result of a pruning or cabling treatment, or a change in site conditions. The Contractor’s key personnel and their back-ups must be two different persons and are to be named in the Proposal, and members of the Contractor’s team must remain in their designated roles for the duration of the SOA. Both the NCC Project Manager and the NCC Contracting Authority must be promptly informed if any of the personnel named in the Proposal submission have left the Contractor’s employment. In this regard, the Contractor shall submit a resume of all proposed replacement personnel to the NCC Project Manager and the NCC Contracting Authority. If the Contractor assigns replacement personnel who are considered in any respect unsatisfactory they shall be removed and replaced by the Contractor upon five (5) days notice of dissatisfaction from the NCC Project Manager and the Contracting Authority. Failure to honour this requirement may result in termination of the call-up purchase order and termination of the Standing Offer Agreement. The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.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. There is no site visit scheduled for this RFSO call. Proposals & price envelopes are to be forwarded to the attention of National Capital Commission Procurement Services 40 Elgin Street, room 202 (mailroom) on the 2ND floor from 8am to 4 pm Ottawa, ON K1P 1C7 Reference NCC tender file # AL1611 Bid closing date is DEC 8, 2015 at 3pm Ottawa time. Late bids will not be accepted.There is no public opening for this RFSO call.The procurement process of this RFSO is subject to NAFTA and WTO.