THE JACQUES CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INCORPORATED, a body corporate having its Head Office in the City of Longueuil, province of Quebec, Canada, established by the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act and herein acting and exercising its powers as an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada (hereafter referred to as “Owner”) invites you to submit a proposal for Contract No 62701 / Honoré-Mercier Bridge, sections 1 and 2, consultant services for the preliminary project regarding the works for the reinforcement and painting of steel structure and the milling and paving of running surfaces (2021-2023) (hereafter referred to as “Contract”).
This Contract generally consists in providing, in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, the professional engineering services to carry out a summary preliminary project study and a detailed preliminary project study regarding the reinforcement of the steel structure of four (4) spans, namely between Axes 26 and 30, the painting of Span 27-28, the leveling and paving of section 1 of the Honoré Mercier Bridge, and the rehabilitation of the pavement of the Seaway dike road between the Sainte Catherine Lock and the Honoré Mercier Bridge.
The documents are available for download via the following link: https://pjcci.sharefile.com/d-s4c9a56fed262403582fb02736707ac89.
The Request for Proposal Documents for the Contract are available through “Merx” Private Tenders, at http//www.merx.com/pjcci, at the following costs, which are payable directly to Merx, by credit card:
▪ for those who do not hold a subscription giving access to the Owner’s requests for proposals on Merx: $25.00 per request for proposals for downloading the Request for Proposal Documents. For addenda, the fees are $4.95 per month for the duration of the request for proposals, $2.00 per request for proposals and $0.12 per page for automatic email delivery.
▪ for those who hold a subscription giving access to the Owner’s requests for proposals on Merx: free downloading of the Request for Proposal Documents. For addenda, the fees are$2.00 per request for proposals and $0.12 per page for automatic email delivery.
The submission of a proposal constitutes an assertion that the proponent has read all Request for Proposal Documents and agrees to the conditions therein set forth.
This Contract is covered by Chapter 5 Procurement of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and by Chapter 19 Government procurement of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
Procurement strategy: proposal that represents the best overall value.
Please fill the Section 4 Technical Offer and Section 5 Financial Offer forms as outlined in Section 2 Instructions to consultants.
Please return one (1) copy of your technical offer and of your financial offer in two (2) separate envelopes, which shall be sealed and marked “TECHNICAL OFFER” and “FINANCIAL OFFER”, and on which the labels provided by the Owner for that purpose shall be affixed, at the address below, which is the only address for the receipt of proposals.
THE JACQUES CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INCORPORATED
1225, ST. CHARLES STREET WEST, SUITE 500
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC J4K 0B9
Attention: Procurement Advisor
Office hours: Monday to Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The deadline for the receipt of proposals is September 23, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.
No proposals received after the above closing date and time will be accepted. The time and date of receipt of the proposals will be deemed to be the date and time indicated by the stamp affixed by the Owner on the transmission envelope.
The proponent may submit its proposal in either of Canada’s two (2) official languages.
The Owner does not bind itself to accept any proposal, notably if the Owner determines that it is not in the public interest to award the Contract.
