CCIW Burlington - Upgrade labs & AH

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: CCIW Burlington - Upgrade Labs & AHU Systems R.0735578.001 EQ754-160181

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is issuing an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for a requirement at the Canadian Centre for Inland Waters for a laboratory, air handling unit and heating system upgrade.

MANDATORY SITE VISIT There will be a Mandatory site visit on Tuesday September 1, 2015 at 11:00am. Interested bidders are to meet at Environment Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario.

The site visit for this project is MANDATORY. The representative of the bidder will be required to sign the Site Visit Attendance Sheet at the site visit. Bids submitted by Bidders who have not signed the attendance sheet will not be accepted.

It is mandatory that the bidder attend the mandatory site visit at the designated date and time to examine the scope of the work required and the existing conditions. Bidders are requested to register with the Contracting Officer, Ambreen Dhillon at ambreen.dhillon@pwgsc.gc.ca or 416-590-8253 to confirm their attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend, 24 hours prior to the site visit. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation..

Bidders should provide, with their bid or promptly thereafter, a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. If such a list has not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Failure to provide such a list within the required time frame will render the bid non-responsive. Bidders must always submit the list of directors before contract award.

Canada may, at any time, request that a Bidder provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals named in the aforementioned list within a specified delay. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the delay will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

A COMPLETE LIST OF EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CURRENTLY ON THE BIDDER'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (SEE APPENDIX 2 OF THE "ITT" DOCUMENT)

Drawings and Specifications are now available for viewing and downloading in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or in a standard paper version. Tenderers should note that Attachment 1 (ATT 1) contains the Drawings and Specifications Package (DSP) which consists of PDF files organized in an industry recognized directory structure.

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents. The standard Public Works and Government Services Canada documents may be viewed at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisiti on-clauses-and-conditions-manual

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature, are to be submitted to the Contracting Officers, Ambreen Dhillon e-mail: ambreen.dhillon@pwgsc.gc.ca Telephone: (416) 590-8253, or Facsimile: (416) 512-5862

Bid Receiving: Sealed tenders will be received at Public Works and Government Services Canada, 4900 Yonge Street, Bid Receiving, 12th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6A6. Delivery Date: 20/08/2015

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.