Hazardous Waste Disposal Services

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Hazardous Waste Disposal Services, PWGSC, National

This requirement is to establish multiple Supply Arrangements to provide all labour, materials, equipment, tools and supervision necessary for the identification, labelling, packaging, reparation of profile documentation sheets, loading, transportation and disposal/destruction of user-generated hazardous waste products for various Federal Government Departments and Agencies within Canada. These Supply Arrangements are meant for the procurement of professional and commercial services under those approval authorities.

Suppliers must be licensed and permitted to provide hazardous waste disposal services within one or more provinces or territories.

The Supply Arrangements have no defined end-date and will remain valid until such time as PWGSC no longer considers it to be advantageous to use them. They will replace the Supply Arrangements currently in place under EW479-150546 Hazardous Waste Disposal.

Two streams of Supply Arrangements may be issued pursuant to this solicitation, as follows

1) Any supplier, including Aboriginal suppliers, wishing to submit an arrangement not pursuant to the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). For the purpose of the RFSA, this stream istitled ?General? or ?General Suppliers? or ?General stream.? General Suppliers must be able to provide the services either across Canada (nationally) or in at least one region of Canada.

Requirements in the general stream have three tiers with separate instructions

a) For requirements estimated below $25,000.00 (applicable taxes included)

The requirement is subject to the Government Contracts Regulations (GCRs).

b) For requirements estimated at $25,000.00 to below the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) threshold (applicable taxes included):

If, and only if, the requirement covered by the bid solicitation of any resulting supply arrangement is administered by PWGSC, the requirement will be subject to a preference for Canadian goods and/or services or will be limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Otherwise, the requirement is subject to the Government Contracts Regulations (GCRs) in a similar fashion to 2.1.i.a.

c) For requirements estimated at the NAFTA threshold to the departmental contracting limit of $400,000.00 (applicable taxes included):

The requirement may be subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

2) Any supplier, including Aboriginal suppliers, wishing to submit an arrangement pursuant to the PSAB. For the purpose of the RFSA, this stream is titled ?PSAB,? ?PSAB Suppliers? or ?PSAB stream.? PSAB Suppliers must be able to provide the services either across Canada (nationally) or in at least one region of Canada.

Requirements in the PSAB stream have two tiers with separate instructions

a) For requirements estimated below $25,000.00(applicable taxes included)

The requirement is subject to the Government Contracts Regulations (GCRs).

b) For requirements estimated at $25,000.00 to the departmental contracting limit of $400,000.00 (applicable taxes included):

The requirement covered by the bid solicitation of any resulting supply arrangement will be subject to the set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB).

• For more information on Aboriginal business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business, see Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual. • This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses. • Further to Article 1802 of the AIT, AIT does not apply to this procurement.

The proposed requirement is subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s) (CLCAs). One or more CLCAs may apply to the bid solicitation of any resulting supply arrangement, dependant ondelivery location(s). It is not mandatory for suppliers to identify CLCA socio-economic benefits provisions to qualify for a Supply Arrangement.

Code of Conduct: "IMPORTANT NOTICE: New measures related to Code of Conduct and certifications included in the solicitation documents requires attention."

Inquiries are to be directed to: Mario Giguère, PWGSC Senior Procurement Officer at Fax #: 780-497-3510 or by email to mario.giguere@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. 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.