Janitorial Services for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Laboratory,…

Requirement

To provide Janitorial Services for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Laboratory, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.

Solicitation Closes:

13:00, (Eastern Daylight Time), 2024-10-28

Set-aside under the Federal Government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB)

This procurement has been conditionally set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB). The procurement is open to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous businesses. However, if two or more Indigenous businesses submit a bid, then the procurement is set aside under PSIB. In order to be considered under PSIB, a supplier must certify that it qualifies as an Indigenous business as defined under PSIB and that it will comply with all requirements of PSIB

Level of Security Requirement:

The contractor must, at all times during the performance of the Contract, Standing Offer or Supply Arrangement, maintain a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS) issued by Public Services and Procurement Canada – Industrial Security Program.

The contractor and/or its employees must EACH maintain a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, issued by Public Services and Procurement Canada – Industrial Security Program and approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The contractor and/or its employees MUST NOT remove any CLASSIFIED information or assets from the identified work site(s).

The contractor and/or its employees MUST NOT use its IT systems to electronically process, produce or store PROTECTED and/or CLASSIFIED information or data.

Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Applicable Trade Agreements:

World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement. The Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

If the procurement is set aside the following applies:

This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for measures with respect to Aboriginal peoples or for set-asides for small and minority businesses.

Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement

Proposed period of contract:

The proposed period of contract shall be from date of Contract to March 31, 2026 with the option to extend the contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year period(s) under the same conditions

File Number: 2025-00093

Contracting Authority:        Jo’Anne Cassidy

E-Mail: joanne.cassidy@inspection.gc.ca

Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above.

RETURN BIDS TO:

Bid Receiving/Réception des sousmissions:

cfia.bidreceipt-receptiondesoumission.acia@inspection.gc.ca

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

• None