JANITORIAL SERVICES - BLOCK 1

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama 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: SOLICITATION NO. EJ196-141108/A

JANITORIAL SERVICES - BLOCK 1- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Requirement To provide Janitorial Services including all labour, material and equipment for Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) for eight (8) buildings located at: Langevin Building, 80 Wellington Street; Blackburn Building, 85 Sparks Street; Postal Station "B", 59 Wellington Street; Hope Building, 63 Sparks Street; Saxe Building, 75 Sparks Street; O'Brien Building, 65 Sparks Street; Marshall Building, 14 Metcalfe Street and Canada Four Corners Building, 93 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The services must be provided in accordance with the Statement of Work.

Period of the Contract The period of any resulting Contract shall be for a period of two (2) years with three (3) options to extend the contract each for an additional consecutive twelve (12) month period.

At the time option year 2 and option year 3 are each exercised the rates in the Basis of Payment will be increased or decreased by multiplying the rates by the percentage change in "The Consumer Price Index", major components, selected sub-groups and special aggregates, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife, not seasonally adjusted" ("CPI" ) for the appropriate province for the 12 month period ending two months before the expiration date of the current period of the contract ("period"). The CPI which shall be used is published in Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 62-001-X, tables 9-1 to 9-12, for the appropriate province all-items CPI of the period as described above.

Consumer Price Index for Canada is published by Statistics Canada and is available at:

http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=62-001-X&ch ropg=1&lang=eng; or http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/cpi-ipc/cpi-ipc-eng.htm ; or http://cansim2.statcan.ca , Table 326-0020

Security Requirement 1. The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Facility Security Clearance (FSC) at the level of TOP SECRET, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

2. The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid personnel security screening at the level of SECRET or TOP SECRET, as required, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

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

4. The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the: (a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (b) Industrial Security Manual ( Latest Edition ).

Mandatory Security Clearance At time of bid closing the following conditions must be met:

(a) The Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance of TOP SECRET as indicated in Part 7- Resulting Contract Clauses;

(b) The Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses

(c) The Bidder's proposed two (2) Non Working On-Site Supervisors (Day and Evening) requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid TOP SECRET clearance;

(d) The Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information assets or sensitive work site(s) at the following buildings; Hope Building, Saxe Building, O'Brien Building, Marshall Building and Canada Four Corners Building must EACH hold a valid SECRET clearance; . (e) The Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information assets or sensitive work site(s) at the following buildings; Langevin Building, Blackburn Building and Postal Station "B" must EACH hold a Valid TOP SECRET clearance; . (f) The Bidder must provide the names of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites.

Mandatory Site Visit It is MANDATORY that the bidder attend the site visit at the designated date and time to examine the scope of the work required and the existing conditions. A maximum of two (2) representatives per bidder will be permitted to examine the sites.

The site visit will be held on January 23, 2014 at 9:30 am, in front of Langevin Building, 80 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Bidders who, for any reason, cannot attend at the specified date and time will not be given an alternative appointment to view the site and their proposals, therefore, will be considered as non-responsive. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.

As proof of attendance, at the site visit, the Contracting Authority will have an Attendance Form which MUST be signed by the bidder's representative. It is the responsibility of all bidders to ensure they have signed the Mandatory Site Visit Attendance Form prior to leaving the site. Proposals submitted by bidders who have not attended the site visit or failed to sign the Attendance Form will be deemed non-responsive.

MANDATORY ITEM: Due to the nature of this requirement and in order to gain access to the sites it is MANDATORY that all interested bidders, submit the Names (legal name) and birth dates of their representatives that will be attending the Mandatory Site Visit to the Contracting Authority Bushra Mirza at facsimile (819) 956-3600 or e-mail to bushra.mirza@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca no later than 2:00 PM January 16, 2014.

It is the responsibility of the Bidders to ensure that the Contracting Authority is in receipt of this information by the date shown. Bidders who fail to submit the required information by 2:00 PM January 16, 2014 will be denied access to the sites.

Mandatory Requirements Attendance at the mandatory site visit; Contractor's Experience and Past Performance in accordance with Part 3, Section I, Technical Bid; Non-working On-Site Supervisor's Expertise and Experience, two (2) required - Daytime/Evening in accordance with Part 3, Section I, Technical Bid; Submission of a Firm Price/Rate in Canadian funds for all the items listed in the RFP, Part 3, Section II, Financial Bid; Mandatory Security Clearance at the SECRET and TOP SECRET level as required as per Part 6 "Security Requirement", Clause 1.1, at bid closing.

All enquiries are to be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority Bushra Mirza at facsimile (819) 956-3600 or e-mail: bushra.mirza@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca 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.