Facilities Maintenance Services, Dwyer Hill Training Centre

DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION CANADA (DCC) – is calling for proposals from firms to provide facilities maintenance and support services to the Department of National Defence (DND) for the Dwyer Hill Training Centre, Ashton, ON. The Contractor will be required to provide maintenance and support services for all identified buildings and their associated infrastructure within the defined property limits in a manner and to a standard that will not cause the buildings to deteriorate beyond normal wear and tear throughout the Contract term. Following contract award, the Contractor will be required to progressively mobilize and be ready to commence providing the Services by April 1, 2026. The initial Period of Service will be five (5) years.  If mutually agreeable between the Contractor and DCC, the Period of Service may be extended for up to two (2) additional three (3) year periods, for a possible total of eleven (11) years. Information provided by the Proponents will be evaluated using the established criteria in the RFP. Firms that consider themselves qualified to provide these services are invited to submit their proposals through the MERX Electronic Bidding System on or before the closing date and time indicated on the Electronic Bidding System.   A non-mandatory site visit will be held for this opportunity at the following date and location: Date: September 20, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM EDT Location: 3153 Dwyer Hill Road, Ashton, Ontario Proponents are advised that attendees of the non-mandatory site visit must register their intent to be present at the site visit no later than September 17 at 14:00 PM EDT via email to priscille.vumi@dcc-cdc.gc.ca. Failure to register in advance will result in individuals not being granted access to the site. Refer to Amendment No. 1 for additional information. This solicitation is being conducted in accordance with the requirements set out in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Chapter Nineteen of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA). The selected consultant will be required to hold a valid Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET, and obtain approved Document Safeguarding Capability at the level of SECRET, issued by the Contract Security Program (CSP) within Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).  Details concerning the Security Requirements for this project are identified in the RFAP documents. Questions regarding this solicitation are to be directed ONLY to the point of contact identified in this advertisement.  Proponents who address their questions to anyone other than the point of contact during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified. Please note that the preliminary results for this solicitation will be available on MERX. Proponents can obtain contract award results from the DCC website at https://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/industry/contract-activity.  Bidding and Documents are available on http://www.merx.com. Fees may apply; See https://www.merx.com/public/pricing for more information.