Forest management work at Valcartier, Farnham and St-Bruno, Quebec

THIS PROCUREMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON INTERNAL TRADE (AIT)

REQUIREMENT

By means of this RFP, NRCan is seeking proposals from Bidders for a variety of forestry operations and related work, such as timber harvesting, silvicultural treatments, forest road work and other types of forest work.

ESTIMATED CONTRACT PERIOD

The resulting contract will be based on the principle of exchange of services. This contract will have an approximate time frame of twelve (12) months from the contract award date plus option to extend for a maximum of three (3) additional periods of twelve (12) months. However, the last option year may exceed the twelve (12) month period.

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.

MANDATORY SITE VISIT

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site organized by NRCan. The site visit to be held on September 15th at 7:30 AM at Valcartier Garnison.

Control poste of shooting ranges and training areas Building # 596 National Defence CP/P.O. Box 1000 Succ/Station Forces Courcelette, Canada G0A 4Z0

Bidders are recommended to communicate with the Contracting Authority via email no later than Thursday September 10th at 2 PM to confirm attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders who do not attend or send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bids will be rejected as non-compliant. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

SOLICITATION/BID CLOSING DATE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The deadline for submissions of bids in response to this RFP is 07 October 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). Any and all bids received after this date and time will be returned unopened to the Bidder. As per Treasury Board Contracting Policy the onus is on the Bidder to ensure that all solicitation documents reach the stipulated destination before the closing date and time of the RFP.

Proposals must be directed to

Bid Receiving Unit - Mailroom Natural Resources Canada Loading Dock 588 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y7 ATTENTION: Serge Tshimanga RFP: NRCan-500017327

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 concerning this RFP must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the bidding period. Enquiries must be received no less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the bid closing date to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be able to be answered prior to the bid closing date.

RIGHTS OF NRCAN

NRCan reserves the right to

• Seek clarification and detailed information 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.