Window Cleaning Services

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EJ196-191198/A ENOR Hill, Cris Telephone No - 613-296-3573 Window Cleaning Services Justice & Confederation Buildings ********************************************************************************************************************* 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 Justice Building (249 Wellington Street & Confederation Building (229 Wellington Street) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the solicitation. This Contract is valid during the period of (estimated commencement date) April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 with four (4) options to extend the contract each for an additional consecutive twelve (12) month period. Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor 60 days before the contract expiry date. The option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority, and will be evidenced, for administrative purposes only, through a contract amendment.

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 January 3, 2019. 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 January 3, 2019 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 January 9, 2019 at 8:00AM starting at 229 Wellington - Confederation Building. Bidders should communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than January 3, 2019 before the scheduled visit to confirm attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will attend. 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. It is mandatory that bidders provide and wear safety boots for the site visit. Bidders who do not comply will not be permitted to attend the site visit. A maximum of two (2) representatives per bidder will be permitted to examine the sites

Security Requirement at Bid Closing 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 (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

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

The Company Security Officer must ensure through the Contract Security Program that the Contractor and individuals hold a valid Security clearance at the required level.

Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirements

Bids will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement of the bid solicitation including the financial evaluation criteria. Technical and Financial Evaluation - mandatory requirement (1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance; (2) (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. 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.