01B46-19-020 - Request for an offer to purchase – 2019 Harvesting of hay cuts at AAFC Normandin (01B46-19-020)

Invitation to tender 01B46-19-020

Request for an offer to purchase

– 2019

Harvesting

of hay cuts at AAFC Normandin

Sealed tenders for the project indicated above, addressed to the attention of the Contract Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Corporate Management Branch Assets Management, Eastern Service Centre

TENDER RECEIVING UNIT 2001 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, suite 671-TEN Montreal, QC, H3A 3N2

Scope of Work:

The Normandin Research Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) located at 1468 St-Cyrille Street, Normandin, Quebec, G8M 4K3, require obtaining offers to carry out the forage and cereals harvest at its farm for hay cuts of the 2019 season.

Site Visit:

It is recommended that Firms intending to submit a proposal for this project visit the work site. A site visit will be held on

May 29 and May 30, 2019 at 10:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time , at the Quebec Research and Development Center, Normandin Research Farm, 1468 St-Cyrille Street, Normandin, Quebec, G8M 4K3. Participants to the visit will be requested to sign an attendance form.

Attendance to this visit is NOT MANDATORY but Firms that do not attend will not be given an alternative appointment, although they will not be precluded from submitting an offer. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation and will be posted on BuyandSell.gc.ca

****NEW BID CLOSING DATE ON JUNE 5 at 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time).**** Was: Tender Period Closing Date and Time: June 4, 2019 at 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time).

Information requests and inquiries related to this tender process are to be directed, in writing, ONLY to the AAFC Contract Officer identified below. Bidders who contact anyone other than the AAFC Contract Officer to obtain such information during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified.

It is MANDATORY for the Firms intending to submit tenders on this project to obtain the related specifications, plans and drawings, and all other tender documents through the BuyandSell service provider. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the BuyandSell service provider.

AAFC reserves the right to accept any Proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals received.

AAFC Contract Officer:

Beatriz Mora

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Corporate Management Branch Assets Management, Eastern Service Centre

2001 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, suite 671-TEN, Montreal, QC, H3A 3N2 Email: beatriz.mora@canada.ca