NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
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 tender for Contract No. 62724 / Bonaventure Expressway – Section 10, elevated lanes, repair to slabs, beams and mini pier caps between axis 44 and abutment B (2024-2025), (hereafter referred to as “Contract”).
In general, this Contract involves carrying out, over a two (2) year construction period, work on the refurbishment of the Clement Bridge, the AB and 3 viaducts, roadway and sewage system reconstruction of lanes A and B, and various activities related to the overhead signage structures and electrotechnical operating systems of Section 13 of the Bonaventure Expressway.
The Special Sections of the Tender Documents (Section 0 Notice to Contractors, Section 3 Special Administrative Conditions and Sections 4 Special Technical Conditions) for the Contract are available through “Merx” Private Tenders, at https://www.merx.com/pjcci, at the following costs, which are payable by credit card directly to Merx:
- for those who do not hold a subscription giving access to the Owner’s call for tenders on Merx: $70.00 per call for tenders for downloading the Tender Documents including the automatic delivery of addendums by email.
- for those who hold a subscription giving access to the Owner’s call for tenders on Merx: free downloading of the Tender Documents including the automatic delivery of addendums by email.
The Standard Sections of the Tender Documents (Sections 1, 2 and 5 to 11) are reproduced on the website of The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (https://jacquescartierchamplain.ca/en/) under the tab Calls for tenders / Tender documents – Standard sections. The version of the standard sections of the Tender Documents that is applicable to this Contract is the version (V20181214). These documents are incorporated by reference into and form an integral part of the Tender Documents as if they were formally reproduced therein.
This Contract is covered by Chapter 5 Government Procurement of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and by Chapter 19 Government Procurement of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
Procurement strategy: lowest compliant bid.
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Tender Documents can be downloaded by clicking on the following links:
https://pjcci.sharefile.com/public/share/web-sf07d12ad7f394a5b868c556936cb18f6
The tenderers can visit the work site in the areas that are normally accessible to the public.
The submission of a tender constitutes an assertion that the Tenderer has read all Tender Documents and agrees to the conditions therein set forth.
The tenders must be completed on the Tender Form provided by the Owner and must be signed. To be eligible, the tender must comply with the Tender Documents and must be accompanied by the tender security therein specified.
The Tenderer is required to submit the Tender Form only; the other documents are provided to indicate to the successful tenderer what the contractual conditions are.
The tenders, sealed and inserted into an envelope on which the return label provided with the Tender Form and marked “TENDER FOR CONTRACT NO. 62721” shall be affixed, and which are with respect to:
BONAVENTURE EXPRESSWAY, SECTION 13,
REPAIR OF THE CLEMENT BRIDGE, AB AND 3 OVERPASSES,
AND LANES A AND B ON NUNS’ ISLAND
(2024-2025)
will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday March 6, 2024, Eastern Standard/Daylight Time, at the Owner’s offices at the following address, which is the only address for the receipt of tenders:
THE JACQUES CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INCORPORATED
1225, ST. CHARLES STREET WEST, SUITE 500
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC
J4K 0B9
Attention: Procurement Advisor
No tender received after the deadline date and time set for the receipt of tenders will be accepted. The time and date of receipt of the tenders will be deemed to be the date and time indicated by the stamp affixed by the Owner on the tender envelope. The Owner will not penalize the tenderer whose tender is received after the closing date and time if the delay is attributable solely to the Owner.
The tenderer may submit its tender in either of Canada’s two (2) official languages.
The Owner does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, notably if the Owner determines that it is not in the public interest to award the Contract.
Longueuil, January 24, 2024 Emmanuel Cambresy
Director, Procurement
