Kitchen Equipment Replacement – Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario

The National Capital Commission (NCC) is seeking the services of a mechanical/electrical contractor to supply, install and remove one (1) commercial steamer and one (1) commercial kettle serving the property located at Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ontario, as described in the terms of reference

To be considered, your proposal must be received no later than 3 p.m. Ottawa time on August 16, 2013 at the National Capital Commission, 3rd Floor Service Centre, 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Canada, K1P 1C7, with a reference to tender file #NG231.

Exceptionally, tenders may be faxed to the Attention of Nicole Galipeau only at fax no. 613-239-5012 for this project only.

Email or late submissions will not be accepted.

MANDATORY SITE VISIT: Bidders are invited to attend at their cost a mandatory site visit on Tuesday August 6, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Rideau Hall – Princess Gate. Bidders shall confirm their attendance, names and date of birth of those who will be attending in order to gain site access. You must confirm your attendance at least 48 hours prior to the site visit with Ronald Drummond, preferably by email at ronald.drummond@ncc-ccn.ca or by phone at 613-239-5678 ext. 4006.

Enquiries regarding this tender must be submitted in writing as early as possible within the solicitation period to the Senior Contract Officer, Nicole Galipeau by email at nicole.galipeau@ncc-ccn.ca or by facsimile at 613-239-5007, and the telephone number is 613-239-5678 ext. 5191,. Except for the approval of alternative materials as described in the General Instructions to Bidders, enquiries should be received no later than four (4) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to Bidders, the Senior Contract Officer shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether or not to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this tender sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Senior Contract Officer named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a tender

Note that amounts quoted in this tender are in Canadian dollars. Payment is net is 30 days.

There is a public opening scheduled for August 16, 2013 in room 306 at 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa shortly after 3 p.m.

This procurement process is subject to Chapter 5 of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Tender documents can be obtained from BUY AND SELL.

The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is http://buyandsell.gc.ca . Please ensure that you download your documents 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.