Western Canada Asset Condition Assessment 2023 – Real Property & Assets Directorate

BIDS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OFFICIAL. PARKS CANADA IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING BIDS VIA SAP ARIBA, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR BID VIA FAX OR EMAIL AS INDICATED IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT. BIDS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The only acceptable email address for responses to bid solicitations is contact@example.gov. Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address other than contact@example.gov will not be accepted. The only acceptable facsimile for responses to bid solicitations is +1 (555) 000-0000. The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size. The Bidder should be cognisant of the size of the email as a whole, and not only the attachments. Please take into consideration that some attachments, when sent, may be resized during the email transfer. If the email size is too large, the Bidder should send the bid in multiple emails properly labeled with the solicitation number, project name, and indicate how many emails are included (ex. 1 of 2). Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments. REQUIREMENT Parks Canada requires architectural and engineering services to undertake asset assessments to improve PCA's understanding of maintenance requirements necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of PCA's assets, and produce funding estimates to support efforts to plan resource allocations. It is Parks Canada’s intention to award up to four (4) contracts from this solicitation process. One contract is intended to be awarded for each of the following four (4) Geographic Zones: Alberta, British Columbia, Prairies (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and North (Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories). Proponents may submit a bid for any or all Geographic Zones. However, a separate and complete bid is required for each Zone. Bids for parts of a Geographic Zones will not be accepted. Please refer to the solicitation documents for further details. PERIOD OF CONTRACT The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to March 4, 2024 inclusive. COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIMS AGREEMENT This procurement is subject to the following comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s): Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Final Agreement, Kluane First Nation Final Agreement, Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement, Carcross/Tagish First Nations Final Agreement, Inuvialuit Final Agreement and Kwanlin Dun First Nation Final Agreement. ENQUIRIES All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority. Enquiries regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than five (5) days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided. INFORMATION National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act. Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at http://www.canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. Parks Canada has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.