Geotechnical Consultant Services Standing Offer

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is calling for abbreviated proposals from consulting firms to establish a Standing Offer (SO) to provide “as and when required” professional services specific to Department of National Defence (DND) requirements at various locations across the Pacific Region.   Information provided by the Proponents will be evaluated using the established criteria in the RFAP. The objective of this RFAP is to select the proponent with the highest total score. The SO will be for a period of two (2) years with a maximum estimated value of $ 1,500,000.00. If mutually agreeable between the Consultant and DCC, the SOA may be extended for up to three (3) additional year periods and may be increased twice in the order of $500,000.00 for each increment. Call-ups under the SO are expected to be valued between $ 10,000.00 and $ 100,000.00; the maximum value of a call-up under the SO is $ 350,000.00. Refer to the RFAP document 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). Firms that consider themselves qualified to provide these services are invited to submit their Abbreviated Proposals through the MERX Electronic Bidding System on or before the closing date and time indicated on the Electronic Bidding System. The selected consultant will be required to hold a Designated Organization Screening (DOS), 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. Proponents can obtain contract award results from the DCC Website at Contract Activity - Defence Construction Canada (dcc-cdc.gc.ca)  description : Project Manager Gestionnaire de projetunitOfMeasure : Hourly Ratedescription : Senior or Lead Geotechnical Engineer Ingénieur géotechnique sénior ou principalunitOfMeasure : Hourly Ratedescription : Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer Ingénieur intermediare en géotechniqueunitOfMeasure : Hourly Ratedescription : Senior Field Geotechnical Technologist/Technician Technologue/Technicien sénior en géotechnique sur le terrainunitOfMeasure : Hourly Ratedescription : Intermediate Field Geotechnical Technologist/Technician Technologue/Technicien intermediaire en géotechnique sur le terrainunitOfMeasure : Hourly Ratedescription : Total Classification Rate Taux horaire pondéré totalunitOfMeasure : Hourly Ratedescription : Maximum Upset Unit Travel Rate to Esquimalt as per GC5.9.1.2.1 Coût unitaire de déplacement maximum vers Esquimalt selon GC5.9.1.2.1unitOfMeasure : Dollardescription : Maximum Upset Unit Travel Rate to Chilliwack as per GC5.9.1.2.1 Coût unitaire de déplacement maximum vers Chilliwack selon GC5.9.1.2.1unitOfMeasure : Dollardescription : Maximum Upset Unit Travel Rate to Comox as per GC5.9.1.2.1 Coût unitaire de déplacement maximum vers Comox selon GC5.9.1.2.1unitOfMeasure : Dollardescription : Total Weighted Maximum Upset Unit Travel Rate Coût unitaire de déplacement maximum pondéré totalunitOfMeasure : DollarBidding and Documents are available on http://www.merx.com. Fees may apply; See https://www.merx.com/public/pricing for more information.