Window Cleaning Services

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: ENOR - Window cleaning Sir John A Macdonal (144 Wellington Street) and Wellington Building (180 Wellington Street) EJ196-152359/A Hill, Cris Tel No.: 819-956-1343

This Request for Proposal is cancelled in its entirety due to ongoing construction work. ***************************************************************** ******************************************************** Summary To provide Window Cleaning Services including all labour, supervision, transportation, tools, material, and equipment;For Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), located at Sir John A McDonald (old Bank of Montreal) & Wellington Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the solicitation. The period of any resulting Contract will be for a period of 1 year (estimated commencement date Sept 1, 2015), with Canada retaining an irrevocable option to extend the contract for a period of 4 additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods

Mandatory Site Visit

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 (Cris Hill) no later than 3:00 PM, July 28, 2015.

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 3:00 PM, July 28, 2015, or will be denied access to the sites.

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site visit to be held on August 4, 2015 at 8:30am at 144 Wellington Street.

It is mandatory that bidders wear safety boots, hard hat and safety glasses for the site visit. Bidders who do not comply will not be permitted to attend the site visit.

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

1. The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to secure work site(s) must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, EACH hold a valid SITE ACCESS Clearance, granted or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada.

2. The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable), attached at Annex B

ENOR - Window cleaning Sir John A Macdonal (144 Wellington Street) and Wellington Building (180 Wellington Street) EJ196-152359/A Hill, Cris Tel No.: 819-956-1343 ***************************************************************** ******************************************************** Evaluation Procedures

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

4.1.1 Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirement

(1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;

(Mandatory) Security Clearance of Site Access Status, at bid closing, in accordance with Part 6, Security Requirements;

(3) (Mandatory) Employee Information for Security at bid closing in accordance with Part 6, 6.2

(4) (Mandatory) Submission of Firm Price/Rates in Canadian funds.

(5) (Mandatory) Declaration Form Annex F

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

4.2 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.

Contractors will not be reimbursed for the cost of responding to this Invitation to Tender. 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.