EQ754-133603/A - Peterborough Municipality, ON - Dam Safety Reviews: Upper Kawartha / Lower Severn Region (EQ754-133603/A)

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EQ754-133603/A Correia Reid, Vincent Telephone No. - (416) 590-8259 Fax No. - (416) 512-5862

Solicitation No. EQ754-133603/A, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough Municipality, ON, Dam Safety Reviews : Upper Kawartha / Lower Severn Region

SCOPE OF WORK:

Dam Safety Review (DSR) of seven sites. The seven sites are in two distinct regions, the Upper Kawartha region and the Lower Severn region. The Upper Kawartha sites consist of Rosedale Dam & Lock 35, Little Bob River Dam, Victoria Road Dams, Burleigh Falls Dam & Lock 28 and Buckhorn Dam & Lock 31. The Lower Severn sites consist of Whites Portage Dam and Six Mile Lake Dams. The reviews are to be undertaken on the concrete dams, earthworks and locks, in accordance with the Directive for Dam Safety Program of Parks Canada Dams and Water-Retaining Structures, and the Dam Safety Guidelines (2007) of the Canadian Dam Association (CDA).

Given the broad scope of the dam safety reviews, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of Parks Canada agency, intends to retain

a firm of consulting engineers with hydro-technical, hydraulic, and specific dam safety review experience to successfully complete the work.

RFP DETAILS:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is a One-Phase process, Proponents responding to this RFP are requested to submit only one proposal. Proposals are to cover the achievements of the Proponent on projects, expertise and experience of the Lead Engineer, expertise and experience of key sub-consultant and/or specialists, understanding of the project, scope of services, approach and methodology, management of services and pricing. The Proponent whose responsive proposal achieves the highest total score is the first entity that the PWGSC Evaluation Board will recommend be approached in order to finalize details of an agreement for the provision of the required services.

The purpose is to select the highest ranked experienced firm of consultants, sub-consultants and specialists to provide full engineering services for the dams safety review.

ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE:

The preliminary cost estimate for the Consultant Contract for this project is from $750K to $1.5 M (HST exlcuded).

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Engineering firms interested in providing these services may order the Request for Proposal documents which are distributed through the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS).

Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into,

and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents.

The Standard documents are issued by Public Works and Government Services Canada and may be viewed on buyandsell.gc.ca. Tender documents can be obtained from GETS by visiting their web site at http://buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Amendments, when issued, will be available from GETS. In all cases bidders must indicate in the space provided on the Proposal Form the identification number(s) of the amendment(s), if any, that they have taken into consideration for their bid.

Proponents should note that Requests for Existing Drawings and Documentation in section PD 9 of the RFP must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority.

ENQUIRIES:

All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Vincent Correia Reid, Telephone No.:416-590-8259,

Fax No.: 416-512-5862, E-mail: vincent.correia-reid@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca.

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages. Delivery Date: 03/06/2013

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.