REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
THE JACQUES CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INCORPORATED, a body corporate having its Head Office and its chief place of business 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 62569/Honoré Mercier Bridge, Testing Laboratory Services (2018-2020)
The Request for Proposal Documents for Contract No 62569 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.
The deadline for the receipt of proposals is March 20th, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.
Please fill the “Technical Offer” (Section 4) and “Financial Offer” (Section 5) forms as outlined in the “Instructions to Consultants” (Section 2).
Please return five (5) copies of your technical offer and three (3) copies 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 Agent
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.
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 Owner, however, will not penalize the proponent whose proposal is received after the closing date and time if the delay is attributable solely to the Owner.
This Contract generally consists in providing, upon request, the testing laboratory services to carry out the quality control of concreting, concrete repair, placement and repair of steel components, non-destructive tests on steel, stripping, painting, earthworks and foundations (hereinafter referred to as “Construction Work” or “Construction Contracts”), to be carried out in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 on the federal portion of Honoré Mercier Bridge located on the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, which contracts are listed in Appendix B “Description of the Major Construction Projects (2018-2022)”. A key drawing of the Honoré Mercier Bridge is also provided in Appendix A “Key Drawing – Honoré Mercier Bridge”.
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.
THE CORPORATE SECRETARY
John Papagiannis, Lawyer
