Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) - Commercial Diving Services

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Rotational Sourcing Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) - Commercial Diving Services

F6813-180049/B Connolly, Carolyn Telephone No. - (709) 690-3778 Fax No. - (709) 772-4603

NOTE: This tender document forms part of the on-going opportunity for qualification

"A Notice will be posted once a year on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) to allow new Suppliers to become qualified. Existing qualified Suppliers, who have been issued a supply arrangement, will not be required to submit a new arrangement."

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IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Services and Procurement Canada’s initiative 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.

The purpose of this Request for Supply Arrangement is to establish a list of pre-qualified Commercial Diving Contractors in the Atlantic Region that Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environmental Response, Canadian Coast Guard will use to solicit bids and issue individual contracts under the terms and conditions of the Supply Arrangement for Pollution Abatement.

This Supply Arrangement (SA) requirement is on an "as is and when" required basis for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Environmental Response (ER), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) in the Atlantic North Region (Newfoundland and Labrador) and Atlantic South Region (Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick) and will involve individual contracts issued under the SA with a specific work requirement which will be initiated as projects and situations occur. The Supply Arrangement will be in place for one year from date of award, with two additional option years which may or may not be exercised.

IMPORTANT: In order to submit a bid, offerors must read/understand and be able to meet all the specifications listed in the attached Specification document, which forms part of Annex "A". In a technical bid document, bidders must demonstrate how they can meet the required services.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO BIDDERS

It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all amendments issued prior to tender closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted tender.

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-acquisition-clauses-and-conditions-manual/all.

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders. Amendments, when issued, will be available on GETS.

Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender authority of their intention to bid.

Bids will be received in English or French

Carolyn Connolly Supply Specialist Public Services and Procurement Canada The John Cabot Building 10 Barter's Hill, St. John's, NL A1C 5T2

or

Electronic submissions may be sent to

PWGSC Bid Receiving Unit in Newfoundland and Labrador: TPSGC.RAReceptionSoumissionsTNL-ARBidReceivingNL.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

NOTE: Bids/Offers will be not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email is to initiate an ePost Connect conversation, as detailed in the Standard Instructions.

or

Facsimile submissions may be faxed to

(709) 772-4603 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.