Grounds Maintenance

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / CPTPP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Requirement To provide Snow Removal Service and Landscape Maintenance services including all labour, material, equipment, supervision and transportation in accordance with the Statement of Work for Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) at the various locations (2 buildings), 188 Boulevard Alexandre-Taché and 455 Boulevard de la Carrière, Gatineau, QC,Canada.

Period of contract The period of any resulting Contract will be for a period of one (1) year (estimated commencement date May 1, 2019), with Canada retaining an irrevocable option to extend the contract for a period of four (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 the site visit to be held at various buildings starting at 455 Boulevard de la Carrière, Gatineau, QC on February 27, 2019. The site visit will begin at 10:00am. For access to the 12th floor green roof at 455 DLC, a piece of photo ID (i.e., driver’s license) will be required.

Bidders should communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than February 26, 2019 to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in their bid that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend the mandatory site visit or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bid will be declared non-responsive. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.

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

Security Requirement 1. The Contractor/Offerer 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 Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

2. The Contractor/Offerer personnel requiring access to sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, 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/Offerer must comply with the provisions of the: a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable) b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Technical and Financial Evaluation - Mandatory Requirements (1) Mandatory Site Visit attendance;

(2) (Mandatory) Security Clearance of Reliability 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) Full Time Supervisors’ qualifications (landscape maintenance and snow removal) in accordance with Part 3, Section 1: Technicial Bid

(5) (Mandatory) Contractor’s Experience and Past Performance in accordance with Part 3, Section 1: Technical Bid.

(6) (Mandatory) Submission of Firm Price/Rates in Canadian funds in accordance with Part 3, Section II: Financial Bid Annex B;

Basis of selection A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.

Responsive bids will be evaluated based on the Lowest Responsive Bid Price, a combination of the overall lowest total bid of which 80% will be for the firm pricing (Pricing Schedule 1 and 2) and 20% of the "as and when" (Pricing Schedule 3, 4 & 5) will be recommended for award of a contract.

All enquiries are to be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority Bushra Mirza at email: 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.