Montréal - St-Antoine Dredging

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: MONTRÉAL - ST-ANTOINE DREDGING

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The work consists in maintenance dredging the St.Lawrence Waterway (Québec). The Work in Lac St-Pierre are square meter based and the Work from Montréal to Cap-Santé are hourly based as described in Statement of Work No. R.062140.001, which form part of this Invitation to Tender, by supplying all the qualified labour, expertise, materials, tools, transportation, equipment, accessories and other supplies or knowledge that may be required for the performance of the work.

MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE 1.1 Bidders shall complete the Unit Price Table; 1.2 The Bidder shall enclose bid security with its bid; 1.3 Bidders shall identify the equipment that will be used to perform the work; 1.3.1 for canadian made equipment, bidder shall provide the registry number; 1.3.2 for non-canadian made equipement, bidder shall provide certificate of qualification issued by Industry Canada ; 1.4 Bidder shall provide a description of the dredge(s) and dump scows; 1.5 The superintendant must have at least twelve (12) months' experience in dredging operations since January 1st, 2006; 1.6 Bibber shall provide the positionning system description.

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD CODE OF CONDUCT CERTIFICATIONS - CONSENT T0 A CRIMINAL RECORD VERIFICATION:

Bidders must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. If the required names have not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Failure to comply will render the bid non-responsive.

Canada may, at any time, request that a Bidder provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals aforementioned within the time specified. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the time period provided will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

PERIOD OF WORK The Work of the first period (Montréal - St-Antoine) shall be performed between June 10 and July 26 2013. The Work of the second period (Lac St-Pierre) shall be performed between October 7 and November 7 2013.

BUDGET The budget, for this project, is between 500 001 $ and 1 000 000 $

INQUIRIES All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority : Jean Rochette, Supply Specialist at jean.rochette@tpsgc.gc.ca.

TENDER DOCUMENTS Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the MERX service provider (http://www.merx.com). Drawings and specifications are now available for viewing and downloading in PDF format or in hard copy. Bidders should take note that attachment 1 (ATT 1) contains the full set of drawings and specifications, which consist of PDF files organized in an industry-standard directory structure. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the MERX service provider. 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 calling authority of their intention to bid.

BID RECEIVING Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at the address mentioned below.

LANGUAGES This PWGSC office provides acquisition services to the public in both official languages. Ce bureau de TPSGC fournit des services d'achat au public dans les deux langues officielles.

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.