Rideau River Eastern Pathway Flood Damage

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT: Scope of Work Works under this contract covers selective shoreline rehabilitation. This contract includes shoreline work, erosion control methods, reparations to existing armour stone retaining walls (and the addition of new walls), removals of invasive plant material and grading. To mitigate negative environmental effects on the terrestrial environment, equipment used at site for project construction should be limited to those with rubber tires (not tracks). Sedentary wildlife remaining at the site during construction should be humanely trapped and relocated; this may require permits. The work of this Contract includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Mobilization 2. Supply and installation silt curtain 3. Clearing and grubbing of existing vegetation 4. Pathway cleaning, debris removal, safety pruning 5. Relocation of existing boulders 6. Earth excavation and hauling off site 7. Removal of existing asphalt surface 8. Excavation of granular subbase (armour stone wall & asphalt) 9. Supply, mix and installation of angular rip rap 10. Supply and installation of armour stone wall including re-use of stones 11. Supply and installation of Granular ‘A’ 12. Supply and installation of two solid 150mm diameter PVC drains and grated caps 13. Supply and installation of HL3 Asphalt Pathway 14. Centre line painting 15. Supply and installation of topsoil and finish grading 16. Supply and installation of 75mm compost including tilling 17. Supply and installation of coir erosion control mat 18. Supply and installation of shrubs 19. Supply and installation of perennials 20. Supply and installation of grasses 21. Supply and installation of ‘Indigo Graminis’ seed mix 22. Supply and installation of 75mm natural shredded cedar mulch 23. Painting of steel handrail including preparatory work 24. Two year plant material and maintenance warranty SITE VISIT : A NON MANDATORY site visit will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 10:30am Ottawa Time. The meeting place will be the NCC Vincent Massey Park parking lot off of Heron Rd, Ottawa, ON. Refer to Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/GtkWJ3NscmB2 . 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. The bidder assumes all responsibility for obtaining sufficient information and hereby certifies that he/she has visited the above site and is fully content and satisfied that he/she has obtained full knowledge of all matters affecting the proper execution and completion of the work described in the specifications and drawings relating to the tender. Addendum 1. Another non-mandatory site visit has been scheduled. A NON MANDATORY site visit will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 10:30am Ottawa Time. The meeting place will be the NCC Vincent Massey Park parking lot off of Heron Rd, Ottawa, ON. Refer to Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/GtkWJ3NscmB2 . 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. The bidder assumes all responsibility for obtaining sufficient information and hereby certifies that he/she has visited the above site and is fully content and satisfied that he/she has obtained full knowledge of all matters affecting the proper execution and completion of the work described in the specifications and drawings relating to the tender ADDRESS ENQUIRIES TO: 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) business 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. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to Bidders, the Sr. Contract Officer shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether or not to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this tender sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Sr. Contract Officer named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a tender. BID DEADLINE: October 16, 2018 at 3pm Ottawa time RETURN TENDERS TO: National Capital Commission, Procurement Services, 40 Elgin Street, Security Office on the 2nd floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1C7, Reference NCC tender file # AL1779 PUBLIC TENDER OPENING :  A public tender opening will be held shortly after bid closing at 40 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON beside the security office on the 2nd floor. PROCUREMENT METHOD: Lowest compliant bidder. 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.