Architectural Services for the Westboro Beach pavilions and park

Description: The National Capital Commission (NCC) will retain the Services of a Prime Architect, the Consultant, to provide professional services for the rehabilitation of the Strutt pavilions and the construction of a new building to the Zero Carbon Building standard.  The project intent is to create a more vibrant, active node meant to improve the quality of life of Capital residents and visitors, as envisioned in the Ottawa River South Shore Riverfront Park Plan. The new building is to be designed and constructed to meet certification requirements for Canadian Green Building Council Zero Carbon Building Design + Performance. Closing Date: To be considered, your proposal must be received no later than 3 p.m. EDT on July 30, 2021 by email at Bids-soumissions@ncc-ccn.ca with a reference to tender file #MA035. Inquiries: ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO : Micheline Al-Koutsi, Senior Contract Officer, micheline.al-koutsi@ncc-ccn.ca. To ensure the integrity of this RFP process, all enquiries and other communications regarding the RFP must be directed only to Micheline Al-Koutsi, Senior Contract Officer at micheline.al-koutsi@ncc-ccn.ca. Interested proponents must not contact any other employee of the NCC, or other persons involved in this solicitation to discuss questions regarding the RFP. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a proponent. All enquiries must be submitted in writing by e-mail to the Contracting Authority no later than 14 calendar days before the RFP closing date and time in order to be considered by the NCC. Throughout the RFP bidding process, the NCC shall endeavour to provide responses to inquiries (by the issuance of addenda) deemed relevant by the NCC and received in writing by the Contracting Authority. Only information provided in addenda shall be an integral part of the RFP and any resulting contract. All addenda will be posted on buyandsell.gc.ca. RETURN PROPOSALS TO: National Capital Commission by email at Bids-soumissions@ncc-ccn.ca. Note: The bid email has a maximum capacity of 30 megabytes. Proponent may divide the technical submission into several emails (ie. email 1A, 1B, 1C, etc.) to stay within the 30 megabytes limit per email. Faxed and hard copy (submitted in person or via mail/courier) bids will not be accepted for the subject bid solicitation. There is no public opening scheduled. BASIS OF SELECTION: Meet mandatory requirements, pass rated requirements, and, best value score between technical (70%) and price (30%). The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca. Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified. The procurement process of this solicitation is subject to the trade agreements listed above.