Canada - Addition of a generator, replacement of oil-fired heating system with electric one

Description

NOTICE OF PUBLIC CALL FOR TENDERS
TITLE: ADDITION OF A GENERATOR, REPLACEMENT OF OIL-FIRED HEATING SYSTEM WITH AN ELECTRIC ONE
DOSSIER No.: 233620




Owner


Val-des-Cerfs School Service Center
Julie Prud'Homme
55 Court Street
Granby (Quebec) J2G 9N6 (street address)
Tel.: 450 372-0221 ext. 60259
projetsrm@cssvdc.gouv.qc.ca




Target school
École Saint-François-d 'Assise
11, rue de l'Église
Frelighsburg (Quebec) J0J 1C0




Professionals


Architecture
Architech Design
70 Wellington Street, Suite 302
Sherbrooke (QC) J1H5C7
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Bouthiette Parizeau Inc.
85 Saint-Charles Street West, Suite 102
Longueuil (QC) J4H 1C5
Structural Engineering
St-Georges Structures et Civil
175 Wellington South
Sherbrooke, (QC) J1H 5E1

François Dagenais Consultant (petroleum equipment)
652 de Normandie Street
Boucherville, QC J4B 8R1




Visit


The visit will take place on April 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Visitors must remain outside until the project manager arrives.




Work involved



Replacement of 2 oil-fired boilers with 2 electric boilers
Outdoor generator
Removal of asbestos from mechanical piping
Dismantling of petroleum equipment, underground tank.
Asphalting, civil, pipes, manholes, plumbing.





Timetable


Start of work: June 26, 2024
End of work: November 29, 2024




Option


No option




Equivalent


Requests for equivalence must be submitted no later than 10 days before the closing date for bids.




Information


Requests for information should be sent to the following address: projetsrm@cssvdc.gouv.qc.ca
Questions will be dealt with promptly and answers will be the subject of addenda in the form of questions/answers or amendments and additions to the Tender Documents.
The PUBLIC ORGANIZATION reserves the right not to consider a request from a supplier if it is not sent less than 3 working days before the date and time set for the receipt of bids.




Documents


Plans, specifications, contract documents and other information can only be obtained through the Electronic Tendering System (ETS) at www.seao.ca.




How to
submission
bids


Envelope
Tenders, in sealed envelopes addressed to the person in charge, will be received at the head office of the Centre de services scolaires du Val-des-Cerfs, 55 Court Street, Granby, Quebec, until 2:00 p.m., local time, May 16, 2024, to be publicly opened at the same place, on the same day and at the same time. Any bid received after this time will be automatically rejected.
Or
Electronic submission
Bids may be submitted electronically. If so, this may only be done via the electronic tendering system (SEAO), at the following address: https://www.seao.ca. An electronically transmitted Bid must be submitted (i.e. encrypted, transmitted, time-stamped and saved on the SEAO servers) before the date and time set for receipt of Bids.




Procedure
opening
bids


Considering the latest updates to the TBS, the PUBLIC ORGANIZATION is proceeding with a public bid opening, so that BIDDERS will be able to attend in person.
However, since this method is appreciated by suppliers, the PUBLIC ORGANIZATION will continue to post a video recording of the Bid opening on the SEAO as soon as possible after the opening. Tenderers will be informed of the recording on the SEAO in the same way as when an Addendum is issued.




Bid
submission







Letter
of commitment


Bids must be accompanied by a bid bond representing 10% of the total amount of the bid, excluding all applicable taxes, in the form of an irrevocable letter of guarantee or a bid bond issued by a financial institution that is an insurer holding a licence issued in accordance with the Loi sur les assurances (L.R.Q., c. A-32) authorizing it to practice surety insurance, a trust company licensed under the Act respecting trust companies and savings companies (R.S.Q., c. S-29-01), a financial services cooperative governed by the Act respecting financial services cooperatives (R.S.Q., c. C-67.3) or a bank within the meaning of the Bank Act (S.C., 1991, c. 46), failing which the bid will be automatically rejected. This bid security will be valid for a period of 45 days from the bid opening date.
The TENDERER must attach to his Tender a letter of undertaking signed by a surety guaranteeing the issue of a performance bond and a bond guaranteeing the CONTRACTOR's obligations for pledges, materials and services in accordance with the requirements set out in Part 4.00 of the Contract. To do so, he must use the sample letter of undertaking reproduced in Appendix 4.02 of the Tender Form.




Only contractors holding, where applicable, the license required under the Building Act (R.S.Q., c. B-1.1) will be considered for award of the contract. Tenderers are responsible for the choice of subcontractors, their solvency and the content of their bids.




All bids must be made in accordance with the provisions of the Règlement sur les contrats des travaux de construction des organismes publics (L.R.Q., c. C-65.1, r.5), adopted pursuant to the Act respecting contracting by public bodies.




The Owner reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any bid received.




Mario Beauvais, Projects Manager
Material Resources Department

Opportunity closing date

16 May 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed