REPAIR OF THE WHARF (PHASE 2) LA ROMAINE

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

TITLE : REPAIR OF THE WHARF (PHASE 2) LA ROMAINE

CLIENT

Public works and Government services Canada

OVERVIEW

This project will take place at the commercial wharf of La Romaine (Gethsemane) on the Lower North Shore. This village is located approximately 460 km from Sept-Îles and is accessible by air and by the maritime shipping services provided by Groupe Desgagnés.

Work of this Contract mainly consist of H piles reinforcement located within the wharf and of sheet pile repair in the tidal zone. Some maintenance construction is also part of this contract.

The following list of work is not necessarily complete and does not relieve the Contractor from his responsibility to perform any other work, change or modification required to complete the work of this contract: .1 Reinforcement of 9 H piles located within the wharf (service space underneath the transfert slab) in the berthing sector by addition of bolts and/or welded steel shapes and steel plates; .2 The repair of steel sheet pile by means of welded steel plates in various configurations; .3 The replacement of 13 bolts on the wailing maintaining the sheet piles wall; .4 The repair of the existing access door on the face of the sheet pile wall of the wharf; .5 The repair of service ladders by adding ladder rung mainly located below the .6 The concrete repair of two mooring bases; .7 The repair of two expansion joints in the concrete slab of the wharf deck; .8 The wharf deck concrete slab repair by casting mass concrete ; .9 Refilling of the deck slab to be repaired foundation support by adding mass .10 Fixation of the steel plate on top of the wharf deck including steel cutting work, by addition of L shapes welded to the existing steel

MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE

1) The Bidder must enclose a bid security with its bid.

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD

1) SET-ASIDE FOR ABORIGINAL BUSSINESS CERTIFICATION Bidders must provide with their bid or promptly after the solicitation closing date the Aboriginal Business Certification included in the solicitation document.

2) INTEGRITY PROVISIONS: List of names: All bidders, regardless of their status under the Policy, must submit the following information when participating in a procurement process or real property transaction: - bidders that are corporate entities, including those bidding as joint ventures, must provide a complete list of the names of all current directors or, for a privately owned corporation, the names of the owners of the corporation; - bidders bidding as sole proprietors, including sole proprietors bidding as joint ventures, must provide a complete list of the names of all owners; or - bidders that are a partnership do not need to provide a list of names. If the list of names has not been received in a procurement process or real property transaction by the time the evaluation of bids or offers is completed, or has not been received in a procurement process or real property transaction where no bid/offer will be submitted, the contracting authority will inform the bidder of a time within which to provide the information. Providing the required names is a mandatory requirement for award of a contract or real property agreement. Failure to provide the list of names within the time specified will render a bid or offer non-responsive, or the bidder otherwise disqualified for award of a contract or real property agreement.

SET-ASIDE UNDER THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS

This procurement is set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business. For more information on Aboriginal business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business see Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.

Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement.

OPTIONAL SITE VISIT

N/A

CONSTRUCTION TIME The Contractor shall perform and complete the Work within eight (8) weeks from the date of notification of acceptance of the offer.

INQUIRIES

All inquiries and comments regarding this Invitation to tender are to be submitted ONLY to the Contracting Authority, Gabriel Piras, by e-mail at gabriel.piras@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca, or by fax at 418-648-2209.

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.