Request For Proposal

RFP PS20201569 - CONSULTING SERVICES FOR SUNSET NURSERY AND OPERATIONS YARD, NEW OPERATIONS CENTRE BUILDING AND YARD REDEVELOPMENT

LAST UPDATED:

 

Addendum

February 17, 2021

Amendment

March 4, 2021

Questions & Answers

March 5, 2021

CONTACT

All enquiries regarding the RFP must be addressed to:
Donabella Bersabal, Contracting Specialist
Email: donabella.bersabal@vancouver.ca

All enquiries must be made in writing and are to be directed only to the above contact person. In-person or telephone enquiries are not permitted. Any communication from potential Proponents to City staff other than the contact person regarding the content of this RFP may lead to disqualification of the Proponent from this RFP process, at the City’s sole discretion.

PHONE NUMBER

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FAX NUMBER

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ENQUIRIES

donabella.bersabal@vancouver.ca

[Please specify proposal document number, proposal title and purchasing agent's name when sending email.]

Questions will be accepted, and answers posted, ONLY IF they are submitted in writing five working days prior to the bid closing date

Deadline for Enquiries:   February 23, 2021

 Deadline for Enquiries:   March 2, 2021

CLOSING DATE & TIME

3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Tuesday, March 2, 2021

3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Tuesday, March 9, 2021

All references to time in the RFP are references to the time in the City of Vancouver, as indicated in the electronic timestamp the Proposal receives upon delivery to the email address specified herein, which is in turn synchronized to Network Time Protocol (NTP) provided by the National Research Council of Canada adjusted to local Pacific Time Zone.

CLOSING LOCATION

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Proponents should submit their Proposals on or before the time and date specified in the bottom row of the table in Section 2.1 above (the “Closing Time”).

Each Proponent should submit its Proposal by email in accordance with the following:

Subject of the file to be: PS# - Title – Vendor name.

Document format for submissions:
-RFP Part C in PDF format – 1 combined PDF file,
-Pricing tab in Excel format, and;
-Any other attachments if necessary

Zip the files to reduce the size or email separately if needed.

Send your submissions to Bids@vancouver.ca do not deliver a physical copy to the City of Vancouver.

Submitting the files via Drop box, FTP, or similar programs, is not acceptable.

To be considered by the City, a Proposal must be submitted in the form set out in Part C (the “Form of Proposal”), completed and duly executed by the relevant Proponent.

Proposals received after the closing time may be returned unopened.

Faxed proposals will not be accepted.

Please visit our Bidding Procedures page for additional information.

General Description of Requirement

The RFP concerns the City’s interest in procuring an architect-led professional consulting team for design, construction documentation, and construction contract administration services for a number of new facilities in the City of Vancouver Sunset Nursery and Operations Yard located at 290 East 51st Avenue, Vancouver.

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Information Meeting

A mandatory information meeting (the “Information Meeting”) will be held to enable Proponents to seek clarification with respect to any aspect of the RFP in a group forum. The details are as follows:

Date: as specified in Section 2.1
Time: as specified in Section 2.1

Location: A Webex invite will be sent to those who send their registration form attached as Appendix A of this Part A before the deadline.

Potential Proponents must pre-register for the Information Meeting by completing and submitting the form contained in Appendix 1 to Part A by e-mail to donabella.bersabal@vancouver.ca on or before the time and date specified in Section 2.1 The Information Meeting is mandatory and Proposals submitted by Proponents that do not attend the Information Meeting may or may not be considered by the City, in the City’s sole discretion.

The City will in good faith attempt to give accurate oral responses to questions posed during the Information Meeting but Proponents are advised that they may only rely on the written information contained herein or in documents posted to the City’s website, as described in Section 5.1

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Downloading the Document

Proponents must not electronically alter any portion of downloaded documents with the exception of adding the information requested. To do so will invalidate your bid.

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Description

PS20201569 PDF 1,322 KB

 

CONSULTING SERVICES FOR SUNSET NURSERY AND OPERATIONS YARD, NEW OPERATIONS CENTRE BUILDING AND YARD REDEVELOPMENT

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Amendment

RE: Summary section on page A-iii is amended as follows:

RE: Closing date extension

Schedule A – Basic and Additional Services revision

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Addendum

RE: ADD CERTIFICATE OF EXISTING INSURANCE

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Questions and Answers

Q&A No. 1 PDF 172 KB

Q&A No. 2 PDF 197 KB

Q&A No. 3 PDF 159 KB

Q&A No. 4 PDF 146 KB

Q&A No. 5 PDF 513 KB

Q&A No. 5a PDF 146 KB

ISSUED FEBRUARY 9, 2021

ISSUED FEBRUARY 22, 2021

ISSUED FEBRUARY 24, 2021

ISSUED MARCH 4, 2021

ISSUED MARCH 4, 2021

ISSUED MARCH 5, 2021

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