Advance Procurement Notice
MARLANT SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT CONTAMINATED SITES PROGRAM
CFB HALIFAX, NS
(with Security Requirements)
Purpose of this Advance Procurement Notice
This is not a bid solicitation nor a request for proposals.
This is an advance notice for a potential standing offer agreement with anticipated security requirements to provide interested consultants an opportunity to begin the sponsorship process for obtaining (if required) the anticipated security clearance(s) . Note that there is no guarantee that this solicitation will proceed or that any security clearance(s) will be granted under the sponsorship process in a timely fashion or otherwise.
Description of the Program and Services
The objective of this Standing Offer Agreement (SOA) is to provide the necessary ‘as and when required’ environmental services to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) Safety and Environment in support of the MARLANT Contaminated Sites Program. The services will be provided at Department of National Defence (DND) properties within MARLANT’s Area of Responsibility, but will be focused within the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. MARLANT properties include land and water lots.
Overall SOA value is estimated at $3,300,000.00 over four years.
The intention is to award the SOA for two years with two additional one-year option extensions if mutually agreed. The initial contract will be awarded to two firms for an approximate value of $375,000.00 per year each firm – a total value of $1,500,000.00 over the two years. Option extension years are estimated at $450,000.00 per year each firm.
The SOA scope of work is to provide, but may not be limited to, the following services:
- Contaminated Sites Environmental Services (land and water lots) – Historical Reviews and Gap Analyses; Phased Environmental Assessments; Qualitative / Quantitative Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments; Development and Cost Estimating of Risk Management Strategies, including Remedial Action Plans and Risk Management Plans, Evaluation of Remedial/Risk Management Technologies; Management of Large Environmental Datasets, including the use of GIS; Monitoring Programs for Various Media, including Ground Cover Inspections; Hydrogeology/Hydrology Assessments; Peer Reviews; and Environmental Liability Determinations.
- Specialized Services – Spill Response; Minor Remediation or Risk Management Strategy Implementation and On-Site Services during Remediation; Indoor Air Quality Sampling; Geophysical Surveys; Climate Adaptation/Resilience Assessments; Public Consultations; Hazardous Materials Sampling related to Contaminated Sites; Explosive Ordnance (EO) / Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Avoidance Services provided by an EO / UXO Specialist; Sediment Sampling in Deep Water Lots; and Contaminated Site Audits/Site Closure Reporting.
It is anticipated that the following solicitation will proceed as noted in the table below. This is conditional on the contract receiving approval to proceed from DND.
Contract Number: HX250009_83549
Title: MARL SE Contaminated Sites Program SOA
Approximate Estimate: $3,300,000 over 4 years (2 firms)
Anticipated Posting: January 2025
Description: Standing Offer Agreement (SOA) is to provide the necessary ‘as and when required’ environmental services to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) Safety and Environment in support of the MARLANT Contaminated Sites Program.
Contract Award and Anticipated Security Requirements
To be eligible for contract award, a proponent or bidder will be required to, among other things, actively hold or obtain all required security clearance(s) prior to the date of the award, as further detailed in the solicitation documents.
The anticipated security clearance level for this contract is Designated Organization Screening (DOS).
Industrial Security Program Sponsorship
Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is providing consultants or contractors early access to the security clearance application process through sponsorship under its Industrial Security Program (ISP). Accordingly, consultants or contractors that intend to submit a proposal or a bid on one or more of these projects and that do not actively hold the above identified security clearance(s) should begin forthwith the security clearance application process by applying through DCC’s ISP.
Under this program, DCC may, at its entire discretion, provide preliminary assistance to all the potential bidders or proponents with their respective security clearance sponsorship process.
To begin the security clearance sponsorship process, please submit a sponsorship request application to DCC by following the steps identified on DCC’s website at: https://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/industry/security-requirements.
In their sponsorship request application to DCC, consultants or contractors are asked to quote the following information, among other things:
- Advance Procurement Notice (APN) number (Project number on the MERX notice);
- Contract number HX250009_83549; and
- Level of clearance requested to be sponsored for.
Sponsorship Process
Upon receipt, DCC will review the sponsorship request application and will communicate directly with the consultants or contractors to provide assistance for the completion of the sponsorship request packages.
Once DCC has determined, at its entire discretion, that a consultant or contractor:
- has started the sponsorship process prior to the solicitation (Contract number listed on their request for sponsorship) being advertised on MERX,
- has met all the material requirements of the sponsorship request package, and
- has submitted a proposal or a bid
DCC will send the documents to the Public Services and Procurement Canada’s (PSPC) Contract Security Program (CSP).
Following receipt of the sponsorship request package, the CSP will communicate directly with the proponent or bidder regarding any further steps or actions to be undertaken or the status of the sponsorship request package processing. At such time, the proponent or bidder will need to promptly cooperate with CSP to ensure that the process is completed as soon as possible.
Questions
Any questions pertaining to the sponsoring process through the ISP can be addressed to:
Telephone Number: (613) 998-8974; or
Email address: ISP.Sponsorship@dcc-cdc.gc.ca
Any questions relating to this Advance Procurement Notice can be addressed to:
Donna MacDonald
Coordinator, Contract Services
Defence Construction Canada
782-409-1845
Donna.MacDonald@dcc-cdc.gc.ca
Disclaimer
DCC is only providing assistance, at its entire discretion, for the above stated sponsorship process and does not provide any representations or guarantees that a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application forwarded by DCC to the CSP will be successful or result in the granting of the requested security clearance(s) by the CSP. At all times, the processing of a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application is subject to the respective terms, conditions, and timelines of DCC’s ISP sponsorship process and the CSP security clearance granting process. By applying to either of the aforementioned processes, the proponent or bidder agrees to bear any fees and risks associated with: (i) the completeness or accuracy, or lack thereof, of its application or related documents submitted under or in connection with either said processes, and (ii) the timeliness, or lack thereof, of any processing or granting of security clearance(s) under or in connection with either said processes. Notwithstanding anything else stated above, DCC shall in no event be liable to the bidder or proponent for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages arising out or in connection with the above stated sponsorship process.
