S/o Minor Dredging - Central NL

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: S/o Minor Dredging - Central NL

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S/O Minor Dredging - Central NL

Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC) requires a Standing Offer for the provision of Minor Marine Dredging services throughout Central Newfoundland. Central Newfoundland for this requirement is defined as East of and including Jackson's Arm and McCallum, west of but not including Clarenville and Long Harbour (Fortune Bay). The work covered under this Standing Offer consists of the furnishing of all plant, labour, equipment, hardware and material to carry out minor marine dredging and disposal of Class "B" material.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Bidders must refer to Section 01 35 29, Item 1.9 Project/Site Conditions of specifications before performing any site inspection or preliminary work on site.

The term for the standing offer is for two years, on an "as and when required basis". A standing offer is an agreement and not a contract. The Crown reserves the right to award more than one standing offer for this requirement.

Bidders must refer to Standard Instructions - 2006 (2013-06-01) for the Code of Conduct and Certification provisions applicable to this requirement.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO SUPPLIERS: Effective June 1, 2013, Government of Canada is moving its Government Electronic Tendering Service from MERX to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Federal government tenders (tender notices and bid solicitation documents) will be published and available free of charge on a Government of Canada Web site on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders will be the sole authoritative source for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade agreements or subject to departmental policies that require public advertising of tenders. Get more details in the Frequently Asked Questions section of Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Bidders are responsible for obtaining copies of tender forms and special instructions which are now available directly from the web site www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender authority of their intention to bid.

Addenda, when issued, will be available on the Government of Canada web site www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all addenda issued prior to tender closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted tender.

Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of, the tender and contract documents. The standard Public Works and Government Services Canada documents may be viewed at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisiti on-clauses-and-conditions-manual/all.

Bids will be received in English, or French at: Public Works and Government Services Canada, Bid Receiving Unit, 10 Barter's Hill, P.O. Box 4600, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5T2

The estimated value for this opportunity is within the range of: $250,001.00 to $500,000.00.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.