Repair masonry of Cooler's Bastion

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: TITLE: REPAIR OF THE CASEMATE COOLER'S BASTION (CASEMATE 24) AND DALHOUSIE'S COUNTERSCARP AT THE CITADELLE OF QUEBEC.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The work to be done as indicated in the current contract consists primarily, but is not limited to: the repair of the casemate Cooler's bastion (casemate 24) and the Dalhousie counterscarp wall at the Citadelle of Quebec, Quebec.

OPTIONAL BIDDERS CONFERENCE An optional bidders conference will take place at 1:30pm local time on March 24, 2015. Interested bidders must be present at the Durnfort door of the gate of the main entrance of the Citadelle of Québec, QC. Interested bidders are invited to confirm their attendance 24 hours prior to the meeting to jonathan.perron@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE The Bidder shall enclose bid security with its bid.

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD - INTEGRITY PROVISIONS: 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 provide the names within the time-frame specified 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 mentioned above within a specified time frame. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the time frame provided, or failure to cooperate to the verification process will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

PERIOD OF WORK Work shall be performed in full within the following phases: Phase A: April 13, 2015 to November 27, 2015; Phase B: April 18, 2016 to August 26, 2016.

BUDGET The budget, for this project, is estimated between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000 (Taxes extra).

INQUIRIES All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority : Jonathan Perron, Supply Specialist at jonathan.perron@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

TENDER DOCUMENTS Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders site. Drawings and specifications are now available for viewing and downloading in PDF format. Bidders should take note that attachment 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 same site. 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.

Drawings and specifications may be view at the following locations : Association de la Construction du Québec (ACQ), Association patronale des entrepreneurs du Québec (APECQ) at Chemin de la Savane, Montréal.

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.