Refurbishment of the boilers - Correctional Service Canada, Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec

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: - Tender period is extended until April 11, 2013 at 14:00.

----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Statement of Work: The work includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the supply of labour, material, supervision and equipment necessary to carry out an in-depth cleaning of the boilers on the fire side, to carry out an in-depth cleaning of the tubes on the water side, to perform an inspection by camera after the cleaning, to carry out a hydrostatic test on the boilers, to repair the refractory brick and replace all the non-graded bolts and to make tight the access doors of the combustion chamber, for Correctional Service Canada, Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institute, Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec.

There will be an optional site visit on March 20, 2013 at 09:00 am. Interested bidders are to meet at Correctional Service Canada, Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institute, Manager's Office Maintenance Service, 244 Montée Gagnon, Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec. The person in charge for the visit is Mr. Chaumont. Bidders will have to fill out the Institutional Access CPIC Clearance Request form that is included in the tender documents and transmit it by fax to Mr Pierre-Yves Chaumont of CSC at the following number (450) 752-2034 or by email at the following address ChaumontPY@CSC-SCC.GC.CA. The forms must be received no later that 12:00PM (noon) on March 19th, 2013. If the completed forms are not sent to Mr Chaumont, access to the site will be refused to the bidder. Bidders will have to have the completed form in their possession for the site visit. The estimated cost for this opportunity is between $ 100,001.00 - $ 250,000.00

INQUIRIES: All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Danielle Couture, Supply Officer , fascimile (514) 496-3822 or by e-mail at danielle.couture@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

TENDER DOCUMENTS: Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the MERX service provider. 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.

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of, the tender and contract documents. The standard documents are issued by Public Works and Government Services Canada and may be viewed on the MERX electronic bulletin board as part of the information module.

Statements of Works and plans may be view at the following locations: ACQ at St-Léonard and APECQ at Chemin de la Savane, Montréal.

Drawings and Specifications are now available for viewing and downloading in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or in a standard paper version. Tenderers should note that Attachment 1 (ATT 1) contains the Drawings and Specifications Package (DSP) which consists of PDF files organized in an industry recognized directory structure.

BID RECEIVING: Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at: Public Works and Government Services Canada, Place Bonaventure, South-East Portal, 800 De la Gauchetiere Street West, suite 7300, Montreal Quebec, H5A 1L6. 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.