Janitorial #4 - Clean Various Support Buildings, CFB Gagetown

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: W0105-14E037/A Donovan, Janine PWB Telephone No. - (506) 636-5347 Fax No. - (506) 636-4376

Janitorial #4 - Clean Various Support Buildings, CFB Gagetown

Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for the furnishing of all cleaning materials, labour, tools, equipment, supervision, travel and profit, required to provide janitorial services for routine cleaning in various buildings at CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, New Brunswick. All work is to be completed in accordance with the Specification Number L-G2-9900/1627 forming part of the bid document. The Service Contract is from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015, with options to renew for two additional one year periods.

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for site visit to be held on February 4, 2014 at 10:30 am. Bidders are to meet at the Main Entrance of Building B-18, CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, New Brunswick. Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than three(3) days before the scheduled visit to confirm attendance and provide the names of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be required to sign an attendance form. Bidders should confirm in their bids that they have attended the site visit. 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. New measures related to Code of Conduct and certifications included in the solicitation documents requires attention.

The estimated cost (based on the Contract plus the two option years) for this opportunity is within the following cost category: $1,000,001 to $1,500,000. Bid and contract security is required for this tender.

Inquiries: All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Janine Donovan, telephone - (506) 636-5347, facsimile - (506) 636-4376, e-mail - janine.donovan@pwgsc.gc.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond. Enquiries are to be made in accordance with the Bid Solicitation Document, Part 2- Bidder's Instructions, Article 3. Enquiries - Bid Solicitation.

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS). Addenda, when issued, will be available on GETS. Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference, and form part of the tender and contract documents. The standard documents are issued by Public Works and Government Services and may be viewed at buyandsell.gc.ca. This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.