Standing Offer – Invasive Plant Management Services

5P420-26-0033/A Standing Offer – Invasive Plant Management Services OFFERS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OFFICIAL. PARKS CANADA IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING OFFERS VIA SAP ARIBA, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR OFFERS VIA FAX OR EMAIL AS INDICATED IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT. OFFERS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The only acceptable email address for responses to the solicitation of offers is BidsWest-SoumissionsOuest@pc.gc.ca. Offers submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address other than BidsWest-SoumissionsOuest@pc.gc.ca will not be accepted. The only acceptable facsimile for responses to the solicitation of offers is 1-866-246-6893. The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Offeror is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed offer due to file size. The Offeror 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 Offeror 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 offer documents will not be accepted. Offer documents must be sent as email attachments. RECIPROCAL PROCUREMENT – LIMITED SUPPLIER ELIGIBILITY This procurement is subject to the Policy on Reciprocal Procurement. Only Canadian Suppliers and Suppliers of an Applicable Trading Partner are eligible for this request for Standing Offers. REQUIREMENT The request for standing offer (RFSO) covers two procurement streams: a. Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Businesses (PSIB) Stream. Canada has set aside this procurement under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. This set aside is a measure with respect to Indigenous peoples under Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and a measure with respect to Aboriginal peoples or a set-asides for small and minority business under the international trade agreements. b. General Stream. General stream suppliers supply on a regional basis, except where Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements (CLCA) apply. Parks Canada Agency (PCA) Prairie National Parks and Historic Sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan require invasive plant management, using integrated pest management principals, of priority invasive plants. The Standing Offer regions are as follows: Region 1: Southern Saskatchewan Region (including Grasslands National Park and Fort Walsh National Historic Site) Region 2: Central Saskatchewan Region (including Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site) Region 3: Northern Saskatchewan Region (including Prince Albert National Park, Batoche National Historic Site, Fort Battleford National Historic Site) Region 4: Elk Island National Park PERIOD OF CONTRACT The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer will be from the date of Standing Offer to March 31, 2028 inclusive with the irrevocable option for Canada to extend the term of the Standing Offer by up to four (4) additional one (1) year periods. SET-ASIDE UNDER THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FOR INDIGENOUS BUSINESS This procurement is set aside under the federal government’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) as detailed in Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual entitled “Requirements for the Set-Aside Program for Indigenous Business”. In order to be considered under the PSIB stream, a offeror must certify that it qualifies as an Indigenous business as defined under PSIB and that it will comply with all requirements of PSIB. If no offeror meets the qualifications as an Indigenous business defined under PSIB and all its requirements, PCA reserves the right to cancel the request for standing offer and re-issue with an open competitive process. 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 seven (7) calendar 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://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.