Structural rehabilitation of the fire tower, Gatineau Park, Québec

Project Description Structural rehabilitation of the fire tower, Gatineau Park, Québec The work consist to install construction enclosures, to establish site access including trail modifications as required, to remove and replace existing concrete slab at base of ladder and extend legs of ladder to bear on new concrete slab, to un-tighten nuts at sagging horizontal steel members of the fire tower, to remove sag, and to re-tighten nuts, to supply and install new structural steel frame for guy wire anchorage at the top of the tower, to supply and install new structural steel elements, to encase existing concrete footings, to replace existing guy wires including all hardware, to remove and replace shingles of roof of timber hut, to remove construction enclosures and to restore site to original conditions including the trails  A NON MANDATORY site visit will be held on Monday, June 19, 2017 at 10am EDT. For the Job Showing, meet at the north extremity of parking lot of Champlain Parkway. Truck or 4 wheel vehicles are required to travel the 12.1 km long Trail No.1 to get to the tower site. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/8JNR8frGkLx All costs incurred by the Bidder to attend the site visit will be at their expense. The NCC will not reimburse any Bidder for expenses related to the site visit. Addendum 3: Due to a bike event in Gatineau Park on June 27, 2017, the second NON MANDATORY site visit is rescheduled to Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10am EDT. For the Job Showing, meet at the north extremity of parking lot of Champlain Parkway. Truck or 4 wheel vehicles are required to travel the 12.1 km long Trail No.1 to get to the tower site. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/8JNR8frGkLx ENQUIRIES DURING THE SOLICITATION PERIOD:  Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing to the following: Sr. Contract Officer, Allan Lapensée e-mail address – allan.lapensee@ncc-ccn.ca as early as possible within the solicitation period. Except for the approval of alternative materials as described in GI15 of the General Instructions to Bidders, enquiries should be received no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided RETURN TENDERS TO: National Capital Commission, 40 Elgin Street, Security Office on the 2nd floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1C7 TENDER CLOSING DATE AND TIME: JULY 6, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., EDT (ADDENDUM 4) There is a public opening scheduled shortly after the bid closing time at 40 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON on the 2nd floor.The procurement process of this tender is subject to Chapter 5 on the Agreement on Internal Trade. 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.