Commercially Avail. Furniture and Equipment

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

Please note that the tender closing date has been changed from November 8, 2017 at 2:00pm Estern Daylight Time to November 8, 2017 at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time

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IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Services and Procurement Canadas pilot to submit bid submission files electronically using epost Connect. Interested bidders should refer to Part 2 of the solicitation document entitled Instructions to bidders/offerors/suppliers, as the case may be, for instructions on how to participate and submit their files electronically for this tender.

Project Description

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is renovating the heritage building located at 111 Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario.

PWGSC requires the services of a Contractor to supply, deliver and install all components listed in Annex A.1 Building Components Lists for the following Commercially Available (CA) Furnitureand Equipment Packages.

The requirement is detailed under Article 6.2 of the resulting contract clauses. The requirement has been sub-divided into the following packages:

CA03 - SEATING CA03.1 - SEPARATE SEATING CA04 - SOFT SEATING CA05 - TABLES CA06 - LIBRARY FURNITURE CA07 - PRINTING & POSTAL CA08 - APPLIANCES & LAUNDRY CA09 - HEALTH & SAFETY CA10 - HOUSEKEEPING & JANITORIAL CA11 - VISUAL AIDS & CREDENZA CA12 - LOCKERS, BENCHES & CARTS

Bidders have the option to bid on any or all package(s) in Annex A.1 Building Components Lists, any or all item(s), or a combination of packages(s) and item(s). The basis of evaluation consists of two (2) stages. In Stage 1, all responsive bids for packages will be evaluated first. If there are at least two responsive bids for a package, the responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price by package will be recommended for award of a contract.

If there is only one responsive bid or no responsive bids for an entire package, the Stage 2 evaluation will be performed. In Stage 2 responsive bids for each item will be evaluated individually. The responsive bid(s) with the lowest evaluated price by item will be recommended for award of a contract.

Security Requirements

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 1 - Security Requirements, and Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization securityscreening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

Trade Agreements

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; see Part 5 Certifications and Additional Information, Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

Delivery Date: June 2018

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

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.