DAMS/WATER RETAINING STRUCTURES ENGINEERING SERVICES

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFERS - ONTARIO REGION -DAMS/WATER RETAINING STRUCTURES ENGINEERING SERVICES

SCOPE OF WORK

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is inviting civil engineering consulting firms with strong multidisciplinary engineering experience and expertise in Dams and Water-Retaining Structures (locks, earth embankments, dykes and canals) to submit proposals for Standing Offers. The range of services required by the selected consultant team(s) will include but not be limited to: Dam safety reviews, structural assessment, geotechnical investigation/studies, materials testing, hydraulics/hydrology investigations /studies/modeling, monitoring, seismic assessment, flood and inundation assessments, planning assistance, topographic surveys, production of engineering reports, operation manuals and emergency preparedness and response plans; development of designs, drawings and specifications for new projects and repair/rehabilitation of existing projects; contract/project management support including tendering, contract/construction inspection, technical advice and direction. The work may be limited to studies in support of in-house design projects, or may include projects from initial studies to full design and contract management of minor and major projects. Many of the dams and water-retaining structures are cultural resources with heritage aspects that must be considered.

RFSO DETAILS

The Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) may result in the authorization of up to four (4) Standing Offers for the Ontario region. Proponents are asked to submit a single proposal in response to the RFSO. Each resultant Standing Offer will be for a period of three (3) years. Canada anticipates the total value of these standing offers to be approximately $10,000,000.00.

The RFSO will be a single submission process. Proposals will be evaluated for both technical content and price. The proposal rankings will be based on 90 % for technical evaluation and 10 % for price. Standing Offer particulars are described in the RFSO.

Firms should be able to demonstrate successful delivery of these services for a broad variety of projects over the last ten (10) years. In general, the firm and its personnel will be evaluated on the basis of their demonstrated understanding of the scope of services, their approach and methodology to providing those services, the quality of their relevant experience in this area, as well as the cost of the provision of the services.

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents. The Standard documents are issued by Public Works and Government Services Canada and may be viewed on buyandsell.gc.ca. Tender documents can be obtained from GETS by visiting their web site at http://buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Amendments, when issued, will be available from GETS. In all cases bidders must indicate in the space provided on the Proposal Form the identification number(s) of the amendment(s), if any, that they have taken into consideration for their bid.

Sealed proposals will be received at Public Works and Government Services Canada, 4900 Yonge Street, 12th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6A6.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Karen Lau, Telephone No.:416-512-5297, Fax No.: 416-512-5862, E-mail: karen.lau@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca.

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages.

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.