RFP - Facilities Maintenance and Support Services, DRDC Toronto

DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION CANADA (DCC) – is calling for proposals from firms to provide facilities maintenance and support services to Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) for installations located in Toronto.

The Contractor will be required to provide maintenance and support services for all identified buildings and their associated infrastructure within the defined property limits in a manner and to a standard that will not cause the buildings to deteriorate beyond normal wear and tear throughout the Contract term.

Following contract award, the Contractor will be required to progressively mobilize and be ready to commence providing the Services by the Service Commencement date in the Contract.

The initial Period of Service will be five (5) years.  If mutually agreeable between the Contractor and DCC, the Period of Service may be extended for up to two (2) additional two (2) year periods, for a possible total of nine (9) years.

Information provided by the Proponents will be evaluated using the established criteria in the RFP.

Firms that consider themselves qualified to provide these services are invited to submit their proposals through the MERX Electronic Bidding System on or before the closing date and time indicated on the Electronic Bidding System.

This solicitation is being conducted in accordance with the requirements set out in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Chapter Nineteen of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA).

The selected consultant will be required to hold a valid Facility Security Clearance (FSC) at the level of SECRET, issued by the Contract Security Program (CSP) within Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).  Details concerning the Security Requirements for this project are identified in the RFAP documents.

Questions regarding this solicitation are to be directed ONLY to the point of contact identified in this advertisement.  Proponents who address their questions to anyone other than the point of contact during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified.

Please note that the preliminary results for this solicitation will be available on MERX.

Proponents can obtain contract award results from the DCC website at https://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/industry/contract-activity.  Bidding and Documents are available on http://www.merx.com. Fees may apply; See https://www.merx.com/public/pricing for more information.