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Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

EHA01-170509/A ENOR Hill, Cris Telephone No 873-469-4891 Fax No. 819-956-3600 Window Cleaning Services ************************************************************************************* Requirement To provide Window Cleaning Services including all labour, supervision, transportation, tools, material, and equipment; for Public Works and Government Services Canada (PW GSC), located at L ?Esplanade Laurier, 300 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in accordance with the termsand conditions contained in the solicitation and Annex A.

The period of any resulting Contract will be for a period of 1 year (estimated commencement date March 1, 2017), with Canada retaining an irrevocable option to extend the contract for a period of 4 additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods.

Mandatory Site Visit It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for a site visit to be held on November 23, 2016 at 9:00am at 300 Laurier Ave West, L ?Esplanade Laurier.

Bidders will be required to sign an attendance form. Bidders who do not attend or send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bids will be rejected as non- compliant.Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

A maximum of two (2) representatives per bidder will be permitted to examine the sites.

Security Requirement At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met 1. The Contractor must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).

2. The Contractor personnel requiring access to sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the CISD/PSPC.

3. Subcontracts, which contain security requirements, are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of the CISD/PSPC.

4. The Contractor must comply with the provisions of the: a) Security Requirements Check List and Security Guide (if applicable), attached at Annex C; b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Evaluation Procedures Bids will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement of the bid solicitation including the financial evaluation criteria.

4.1.1 Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirement at Bid Closing

(1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;

(2) (Mandatory) Security Clearance of Reliability Status, at bid closing, in accordance with Part 6, Security Requirements and Annex C;

(3) (Mandatory)Employee Information for Security at bid closing in accordance with Part, 6.2 (4) (Mandatory) Submission of Firm Price/Rates in Canadian funds.

Only proposals found to meet ALL the mandatory requirements will be deemed acceptable proposals and will be further evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria. Proposals not meeting ALL of the mandatory requirements will be deemed non-responsive and will be given NO further consideration

Basis of selection A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.

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.