Request for Standing Offer for Quality Control Services, Various Locations, NL

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Request for Standing Offer for Quality Control Services, Various Locations, NL

Public Works and Government Services Canada have a requirement to establish Regional Individual Standing Offers (RISO) for Quality Control Services at various locations across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Work under this RISO will include, but not limited to, the following requirements: on-site sampling and testing of concrete, sampling and testing of concrete aggregates, review of concrete mix design, concrete trial mix preparations and testing, concrete compressive strength testing, soil and rock sampling and testing, nuclear densometer testing, and asphalt laboratory and field testing.

The term of the RISOs will be for two (2) years, on an "as and when requested basis". A standing offer is an agreement and not a contract. Canada reserves the right to award to more than one offeror.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Four (4) separate RISOs may be issued, one for each of the specific geographic regions -Eastern Region, Central Region, Western & Southern Labrador Region and Labrador Region.

Offerors can submit rates for any or all of the four specified geographic areas.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

As per the Integrity Provisions under Section 01 Standard Instructions 2006 (2014-09-25) offerors must provide a list of all owners and/or Directors and other associated information as required.

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. Offerors 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 Offeror 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 $100,001 to $250,000.

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.