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 20197-198 / Professional claims analysis services (2018-2021).
The Request for Proposal Documents for Contract No 20197-198 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 Tuesday, June 12th, 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 as required in 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, on an ad hoc basis and at the Owner’s discretion, services for the analysis of claims filed by a contractor in relation to a construction contract as well as for the monitoring of construction contracts awarded by the Owner. The Consultant may also be required to provide other services at the Owner’s request.
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 INTERIM CORPORATE SECRETARY
John Papagiannis, Lawyer
