Fort Nelson Camp Remediation

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: Solicitation No: EZ899-140019/A Contracting Authority: Liu, Patty Telephone No. - (604) 775-6227 Fax No. - (604) 775-6633

Title: Fort Nelson Camp Remediation

Location: Fort Nelson, BC

**PLEASE NOTE: MANDATORY SITE VISIT update to providing name(s) to Contracting Authority**

Note to Tenderers: 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.

Work Description: Work under this Contract covers remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon and metal soil contamination by excavation at Public Works and Government Services Canada's former highway construction and maintenance camp. The former camp, referred to as site P-08i, is located on approximately 8.6 hectares of land in the area of the existing Northern Rockies Regional Recreation Centre (NRRRC), located at 5500 Simpson Trail, Fort Nelson, BC.

APPENDIX A,B,C of the Specification: A copy of the Appendices is available by contacting Patty Liu at Patty.Liu@pwgsc.gc.ca.

Mandatory Site Visit: There will be a MANDATORY site visit on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:30am. Interested bidders are to meet at the Former Highway Camp, 5500 Simpson Trail, Fort Nelson, BC - meet at the NRRM sign within Area 1 (shown on drawings).

Interested bidders are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.

Interested bidders should wear personal protective equipment (such as: hardhat, high visibility vest, work boots) to the site visit.

**Interested bidders who intend on attending the site visit are to provide their name(s) and company name(s) to Patty Liu at Patty.Liu@pwgsc.gc.ca no later than 24 hours prior to the site visit.

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.

Delivery Date: The Contractor shall perform and complete the Work the project, including final submissions (e.g. as built documents, Certificate of Completion, and Statutory Declaration at Final Completion), by March 31, 2014, taking into consideration excavation Areas 1, 3, and 4 of the Project Site as outlined in the Drawings, which have the following completion dates: Area 1 - five (5) weeks from date of contract award. Areas 3 and 4 - eight (8) weeks from date of contract award.

Enquiries: Patty Liu, Supply Specialist Tel: (604) 775-6227 Fax: (604) 775-6633 Email: patty.liu@pwgsc.gc.ca

Value of Project: To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated to cost between 2,000,000.00 to 2,600,000.00.

Firms intending to submit tenders for this project should obtain tender (solicitation) documents through the MERX services provider. Addenda when issued will be available from the MERX services provider. Firms that elect to base their bid on tender (solicitation) documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the bid calling authority on their intention to bid. In all cases, bidders must indicate (when requested) on the tender form the identification number(s) of the addenda, if any, that they have taken into consideration for their bid submission.

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