Stage Rental for Canada Day Celebrations on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, ON

The National Capital Commission (NCC) is seeking the services of a supplier for a stage capable of fulfilling the requirements for staging fast paced state of the art audio, lighting and video shows with a high number of performers for Canada Day Celebrations on Parliament Hill.

The successful proponent will be awarded a two (2) year contract, with two (2) one (1) year options to extend upon mutual consent

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 613-239-5191,. Except for the approval of alternative materials as described in the General Instructions to Bidders, enquiries should be received no later than seven (7) business 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.

To be considered, your proposal documents must be received prior to 3 p.m. Ottawa time on September 30, 2013 at the National Capital Commission, 3rd Floor Service Centre, 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1C7, reference tender file #NG236.

Faxed, email or late submissions will not be accepted.

There will be no public opening for this tender.

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

NOTE: Following the adoption of the Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No.1, (Bill C-60), S.C., 2013, c.33, (the ’’Act’’) implementing the 2013 Federal Budget, the National Capital Commission’s event and activity mandate will be transferred to the Department of Canadian Heritage. As provided for under section 219 of the Act, and to the extent that they relate to the activity and event mandate, the NCC’s assets will be transferred to and the NCC’s obligations will be assumed by Her Majesty in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, effective September 30, 2013.

The contract resulting from this RFP/ITT falls within the framework of the services that are being transferred to Canadian Heritage”

The procurement process of this request for proposal is subject to Chapter 10 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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.