Date: April 17th, 2020
Contract No 80157
Notice to consultants
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 80157 / Professional Services to Support the Implementation of OHS in Various Contracts (2020-2022)
The Request for Proposal Documents for Contract No 80157 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 May 22nd, 2020 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 three (3) copies of your technical offer including one (1) original, one (1) unbound copy and one (1) digital copy on USB key and also three (3) copies of your financial offer including one (1) original and one (1) unbound copy 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.
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 of providing on demand professional support services for the implementation of occupational health and safety related to construction work as well as to the operations, maintenance, inspection, engineering, environmental work and other activities of the Owner (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Owner’s Activities”) to be performed in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 on the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the Champlain Bridge, the Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure, the federal section of the Bonaventure Expressway, and of the Honoré Mercier Bridge, as well as the Melocheville Tunnel, and their approaches.
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 PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR
Christian Desmars