EW699-130732/A - Roaster Deconstruction, Giant Mine, Yellowknife NT (EW699-130732/A)

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements:

Roaster Deconstruction, Giant Mine, Yellowknife NT

EW699-130732/A Twomey, Margaret Telephone No. - (403) 292-4450

Fax No. - (403) 292-5786

Letter of Interest and Qualification

On behalf of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is initiating a process to pre-qualify design-deconstruct proponents for the deconstruction of all structures within a "Project Work Area" at Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (Giant Mine Site).

For the purposes of this document, the "Project Work Area" is defined as the Roaster Complex and the immediately surrounding area that will accommodate deconstruction activities.

The Roaster Complex is considered to represent a risk to human health and safety if left unabated; and as such, is to be deconstructed as part of a Giant Mine site stability plan.

The Roaster Complex contains significant quantities of hazardous materials, the most notably being arsenic/arsenic trioxide (a bi-product of the ore roasting during the gold extraction process).

The Project requires the design and execution for multiple disciplines, in stages or phases carefully coordinated to ensure protection of the workers, public and the environment.

Extremely hazardous building materials and environments will require specialized equipment and decontamination processes during deconstruction.

Deconstruction waste will require packaging, handling and storage until permanent on site disposal locations are designed and constructed under a separate Giant Mine Site project.

This Letter of Interest and Qualification (LOIQ) document provides necessary information and submission requirements for Proponent qualification.

Interested proponents must submit all necessary information for pre-qualification in accordance with the requirements stipulated in this LOIQ document. Only those proponents considered by PWGSC to meet the pre-qualification requirements as defined in this document will be eligible to submit a proposal for this project in the Phase Two Request for Proposal (RFP) process.

Project Description and History

The objective of the project is to deconstruct the Roaster Complex and temporarily store the waste material on site until such time as it can be appropriately disposed through the main Giant Mine remediation program.

Other site stabilization and care and maintenance activities will be conducted concurrently with this project and all project activities must not disrupt these other activities.

The Roaster Complex includes, but is not limited to the following main structures:

Mill Pipe Shop/AC Roaster Building

Cottrell Precipitation Building Roaster Stack and Roaster Stack Fan House Calcine Plant Dorrco Roaster Silo Load-Out and Weight Scale Bag House Exterior Flue Network

The scope of work of this project generally is described as, but not necessarily limited to:

Prepare detailed health and safety plan, decontamination and deconstruction plans Collection and removal of arsenic trioxide dust located in exterior flues and building interiors Containerization and onsite storage of arsenic trioxide dusts Construction of a storage facility Abatement and containerization of hazardous building materials and building contents Onsite storage of asbestos wastes Offsite disposal of non arsenic and non asbestos containing hazardous wastes Cleaning of non-hazardous wastes to remove arsenic residue Onsite stockpiling and/or containerization of non-hazardous wastes Disconnection of building utilities Deconstruction of building structures to slab-on-grade (unless otherwise specified) Onsite storage of non-hazardous deconstruction wastes

This Roaster complex

requirement is a Two Phase process.

Proponents must qualify in this Phase One (LOIQ) to be eligible to participate in Phase Two (RFP).

Phase One closing:

October 10, 2012

Phase Two closing:

December 7, 2012

(for qualified proponents from Phase One)

Anticipated award:

January 2013

Under the Code of Conduct and Certification provisions,

Bidders must submit the following as part of their bid.

a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder;

a properly completed and signed Consent Form, for each individual named in the aforementioned list

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.