19-036 OCDSB - Sprinkler System and Standpipe Inspections

This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) is an invitation by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (the “District”) to prospective bidders to submit bids for the provision of sprinkler system and standpipe inspections, as further described in Section A of the  ITT Particulars (Appendix D) (the “Deliverables”).
 
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario serving students within a 2,760 square kilometre area known as the city of Ottawa. We are the seventh largest board by school population in the province of Ontario. Our students are based out of 143 schools - 113 elementary including two special education sites, 25 secondary including the Adult High School, and 5 secondary alternate sites.
 
MERX is the official and sole distributor of this Invitation to Tender and any addenda.  Copies of this Invitation to Tender are available at www.merx.com.  If a bidder obtains this document by means other than through MERX, the accuracy of the document and receipt of any addenda is the sole responsibility of the bidder.  The District relies on the electronic MERX advertisement to provide public notice of this business opportunity and is not obligated to notify past or present suppliers in any other manner.
 
It is the District’s intention to enter into the Agreement with only one (1) legal entity. The contract shall commence upon award and shall terminate 30 November 2019.  The District may extend this contract for a further two (2) one-year terms by mutual agreement with the Contractor two (2) months prior to the termination of the existing contract.
 
Bid submissions must be sealed, addressed and delivered to the following address:
 
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
David Elliott, Supervisor of Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management Division, Room B301
133 Greenbank Rd
Nepean ON  K2H 6L3
 
IMPORTANT:
The Administration Office at 133 Greenbank Road is a scent-free environment due to
employees with severe allergic reactions.  Please refrain from wearing scented products.