MA067 Long Term Integrated Interprovincial Crossings Plan for the National Capital Region Technical Update

DESCRIPTION: In 2019, the NCC received government direction to develop a Long-Term Integrated Interprovincial Crossings Plan, which was approved by the NCC Board of Directors in early 2022 (https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/our-plans/long-term-integrated-interprovincial-crossings-plan). The Plan sets out a vision for the interprovincial movement of people and goods in the National Capital Region today and towards 2050. It includes key directions, strategies, and initiatives to help the region achieve common goals and objectives. Baseline and future scenarios were developed to compare how different transportation initiatives and investments will impact interprovincial travel patterns and behaviour in the National Capital Region (NCR), and how those scenarios help achieve the vision. The Plan and its scenarios were developed using the most up-to-date regional travel data and long-range travel demand models (TRANS models) available at the time (2011). New regional residential travel data was collected in late 2022 and is expected to be available in mid-2023. In addition, new interprovincial commercial vehicle data and a new regional TRANS model are expected to be available in 2024. The NCC is now seeking the services of an experienced and qualified firm to assist with producing a Technical Update Addendum to the Plan based on these more recent regional travel data sets and travel demand models. The primary focus of this assignment will include a significant amount of data review and traffic modelling from a regional perspective with the assumption that the current Plan’s vision and objectives, all remain valid and do not need to change. TERM: The term of the resulting Contract will be from date of award until January 31, 2025. BID DEADLINE: No later than 3 p.m. DST on May 23, 2023 by email at Bids-soumissions@ncc-ccn.ca with a reference to tender file #MA067. INQUIRIES: To ensure the integrity of this procurement process, all enquiries and other communications must be directed only to Micheline Al-Koutsi, Senior Contract Officer by email at micheline.al-koutsi@ncc-ccn.ca no later than seven (7) calendar days before bid closing in order to be considered by the NCC. Throughout the bid solicitation period, the NCC shall endeavour to provide responses to inquiries (by the issuance of addenda) deemed relevant by the NCC and received in writing by the Contracting Authority. Only information provided in addenda shall be an integral part of the Contract. All addenda will be posted on canadabuys.canada.ca. Interested proponents must not contact any other employee of the NCC, or other persons involved in this solicitation to discuss questions regarding the tender process. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a proponent. Note: The bid email has a maximum capacity of 30 megabytes. Faxed and hard copy (submitted in person or via mail/courier) bids will not be accepted for the subject bid solicitation. There is no public opening scheduled. BASIS OF SELECTION: The contract will be awarded to the bidder with the highest combined rating of Technical Merit (70%) and Price (30%). • To be declared responsive, a bid must: • comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; • meet all technical evaluation criteria; and • score a minimum of 60% on the technical proposal (total point rated score of 42 points). The maximum technical points available are 70 points. The official Government Electronic Tendering Service website is canadabuys.canada.ca. Please ensure that you download your document from this site, in order to obtain all information related to the tender. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have received all the posted tender information to ensure tender compliance and not be disqualified. TRADE AGREEMENTS: The procurement process of this contract is subject to trade agreements listed below.