Kentville Boiler Replacement

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Kentville Boiler Replacement

EB144-220768/A Grant (PWA), Stewart Telephone No. - (782) 640-2592 Fax No. - (902) 496-5016

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has a requirement for a boiler replacement at the Kentville AAFC Research Facility located in Kentville, Nona Scotia.

The Contractor must perform and complete the Work within 58 weeks of Award Notification.

Optional Site Visit: Due to the nature of the work, the project manager wishes to provide an optional site visit. Further details including the date and time of the optional site visit will be provided in amendment 001 at a later date.

INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractural nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Stewart Grant, Stewart.Grant@pwgsc.gc.ca, facsimile:(782) 640-2592 . Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

The estimated cost of this procurement is over $5M.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the COVID-19 situation, all public tender openings are suspended until further notice. Bid results will be recorded on the bid results line; the phone number is indicated in the Invitation to Tender. Bidders can continue to hand-deliver their tenders, however, please monitor Buyandsell.gc.ca closely as changes to bid closing dates and bid delivery locations may be necessary.

Proposals must be submitted only to the Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Bid Receiving Unit specified by the date and time indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation: Bid Receiving: Public Works & Government Services Canada 1713 Bedford Row Halifax, NS B3J 1T3

ePost Connect: TPSGC.RAReceptionSoumissionsNE-ARBidReceivingNS.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca Note: Proposals will not be accepted if e-mailed directly to this email address. This email address is to be used to open an ePost Connect conversation, as detailed in General Instructions, or to send proposals through an ePost Connect message if the proponent is using its own licensing agreement for ePost Connect

This PWGSC Office provides procurement services in English.

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Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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