Janitorial Services

NRCan- - Janitorial Services. REQUIREMENT By means of the RFP, NRCan is seeking proposals from bidders for janitorial services at NRCan buildings in Val-D’Or, at 1 Peter Ferderber Road, Val-d'Or, Quebec. The buildings are JV01: Main Building and JV02: Workshop. There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website. There is an optional site visit associated with this requirement. Consult Part 2 – Bidder Instructions. CONDITIONS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) There shall be no direct payment by NRCan for costs incurred for the presentation and submission of proposals in response to this RFP. ESTIMATED CONTRACT PERIOD The estimated period of the contract will be from contract award date to 31 March 2020 inclusive plus up to two (2) additional one (1) year option periods.  SOLICITATION/BID CLOSING DATE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS The deadline for submissions of bids in response to this RFP is 3 April 2019 @ 02:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT). NRCan will not assume responsibility for proposals directed to any other location. Proposals not received in the Bid Receiving Unit by the closing time, will be return to the Bidder unopened. ENQUIRIES All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority (marc.gagne3@canada.ca) no later than March 28th at 10 AM. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. RIGHTS OF NRCAN NRCan reserves the right to:

Seek clarification or obtain verification of statements made in a proposal; Reject any or all proposals received in response to this RFP; Enter into negotiations with one or more Bidders on any or all aspects of its proposal; Accept any proposal in whole or in part without prior negotiation; Cancel and/or re-issue this RFP at any time; Verify any or all information provided by the Bidder with respect to this RFP including references; Retain all proposals submitted in response to this RFP; Declare a proposal non-compliant if NRCan determines during the evaluation phase, that the Bidder does not have the legal status, facilities and technical, financial and managerial capabilities to fulfill the requirements stated herein; Discontinue the evaluation of any proposals, which are determined, at any stage of the evaluation process, to be non-compliant.