Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Installation and development of a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) telecommunications station
Anticosti, Quebec

*** This notice does not constitute a request for quotations and does not present any commitment as to future purchases or contracts. Tenderers must ensure that they comply with the conditions described in the call for tenders at the time of its publication. ***


1. PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE
Inform and know the potential of the regional Aboriginal construction industry, in order to carry out a project to install and develop a CCG telecommunications station in Anticosti, this will be posted by the beginning of June 2022 on the platform. This notice sets out the various particularities of the project that must be considered by contractors.
This project will not be reserved exclusively for Aboriginal entrepreneurs. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal contractors will be invited to submit their bid.

SUMMARY OF WORK

The project consists mainly of installing and developing a telecommunications station on a new site in Anticosti including:

- The transport and installation of two (2) shelters, three (3) sheds as well as the catwalks and stairs all provided by the CCG which were acquired through a separate call for tenders.
- The supply, transport and installation of four (4) generators
- The supply, transport and installation of a 50,000 L diesel storage system and all related components
- The supply, transport and installation of a guyed tower and its cable tray
- The supply, transport and installation of all electrical components, heating, fire extinguishing, grounding, remote control

Prior to the work in Anticosti, the contractor must carry out an initial assembly and operational tests on a CCG site in Lauzon. The construction of the shelters and all the tests will be carried out under the supervision of the consultant. Subsequently, all the equipment will be dismantled and prepared for transport.
Finally, after the complete commissioning of the equipment installed and fitted out at the new CCG site in Anticosti, the contractor will have to mobilize a team to decommission the existing site at Heath Point, still on Anticosti. The work consists mainly of the decommissioning of the generators and the diesel storage system as well as the dismantling and on-site storage of the existing guyed tower at Heath Point.


2. SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PROJECT

As mentioned in the previous section, apart from the fact that the majority of the work will be carried out on Anticosti Island, which requires good planning in terms of logistics, transportation and accommodation, part of the project will also be carried out beforehand in Lauzon. Indeed, there is no question of leaving anything to chance, all the equipment will have to be assembled and tested before being dismantled and transported to Anticosti. This project will also call on a multitude of specialties in the field of construction, the bidders will have to call on several subcontractors (petroleum equipment, generators, guyed tower, etc.)


3. PERIOD OF WORK

The work will be carried out from the summer of 2023, i.e. from the opening of the Transanticostian road in early June until October. Once the new site in Anticosti is fully commissioned, SPAC will authorize the contractor to move to Heath Point for the dismantling of the existing guyed tower as well as the decommissioning of the generators and the diesel storage system.

4. EVALUATION PROCEDURE

As mentioned in section 1, this call for tenders will not be reserved for Indigenous contractors, they will be able to bid on the same basis as non-Indigenous contractors, however all bidders will have to meet mandatory criteria specific to the project, including specialized subcontracting services.

5. REGISTER FOR THE SUPPLIER REGISTRATION DATA SYSTEM (DIF)

You must register in DIF to obtain your Procurement Business Number (ABN) which is a mandatory requirement to do business with the federal government.

Visit the DIF Website to begin your registration.
https://srisupplier.contractscanada.gc.ca/

6. FUTURE CALL FOR TENDERS

Tender documents, including plans and specifications, will be made available for download on the https://achatsetventes.gc.ca website.  The objective for the call for tenders to be posted at the beginning of June 2022.

7. FEEDBACK
Contractors who have comments regarding this notice may do so by email to [email protected].

Public Works and Government Services Canada will review, but are not related to, all such comments

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.