City of Hamilton Corporate Services Department Procurement Section Phone: 905 546 2773 Fax: 905 546 2327 Email: procurement@hamilton.ca

Tender for Renovations and Addition to Fire Station 11 in the City of Hamilton

C13-44-12

Closing Date: 07/27/2012 3:00:59 PM ET

Details:

Dina Urciuoli, BSc, CPPB

            Procurement Specialist

            Telephone: (905) 546-2424, extension 5930

            Email: Dina.Urciuoli@hamilton.ca

REQUEST FOR TENDERS NOTICE

Contract Number: C13-44-12

Closes:  3:00:59 pm, Hamilton time

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Sealed Bids for the above must be addressed to the Procurement Manager, City of Hamilton, Procurement Section, Standard Life Building, 120 King Street West, 9^th Floor, Suite 900, Hamilton, ON, L8P 4V2 will be received at only the Procurement Section by the date and time stated above. 

SCOPE OF WORK

A complete staged renovation and a two storey addition to Fire Station 11 at 24 Ray Street South in the City of Hamilton.  The fire station shall remain operable throughout construction. 

Bidders are advised that the City of Hamilton is bound by the collective agreement between the Carpenters’ Employer Bargaining Agency (“EBA”) and the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (“Union”) in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) Sector (“Carpenters’ ICI Collective Agreement”),  which requires the bidder to be bound by the Carpenters’ ICI Collective Agreement, and employ only Union members to perform the work covered by the Carpenters’ ICI Collective Agreement, or contract or subcontract the work covered by the Carpenters’ ICI Collective Agreement only to contractors or subcontractors who are bound by the Carpenters’ ICI Collective Agreement.  

For this Project, at the time of award of the Contract, a bidder shall be bound by the Carpenters’ ICI Collective Agreement.

The City reserves the right to request confirmation of same prior to the award of the Contract.  Failure of the bidder to provide proof of such confirmation within two Business Days of request by the City will result in the rejection of any Bid received.

MANDATORY SITE MEETING:

There is a mandatory site meeting scheduled.  Failure of a bidder to attend this site meeting will result in the rejection of any Bid submission by that bidder.

Location:      Fire Station 11

                        24 Ray Street South, Hamilton, ON L8P 3V2

                        (see location link below)

Date:              Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Time:             10:00 a.m., Hamilton time

TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTS

Online:           biddingo.com/hamilton

Fee:                $45.99 non-refundable, tax included + applicable Biddingo fees

Hardcopy (in person):

Fee:                $61.32 non-refundable, tax included

Method:          cash, debit, credit card, money order, bank draft or company cheque made payable to the City of Hamilton.  Personal cheques must be certified.

Location:        City of Hamilton, Procurement Section, Standard Life Building,

                        120 King Street West, 9^th Floor, Suite 900, Hamilton, ON, L8P 4V2

Time:              8:30 am to 4:30 pm

If using a courier service to pick up and pay for documents on your behalf, ensure you provide them with the applicable fee payment and return courier waybill. 

To help with the processing of couriered documents, email the following information to:

Documents will not be released by collect courier shipment, and the City will not be responsible for any lost fee.

A complete set of Request for Tenders documents will be available for viewing at the Procurement Section at the location stated above.

Bids shall be publicly opened at the Procurement Section Office following the closing date and time of the Request for Tenders.

Procurement Manager

City of Hamilton

MAP LOCATION FIRE STATION 11

24 Ray Street South, Hamilton, ON L8P 3V2

Bidders must copy and paste the following URL address into a new web browser:

http://map.hamilton.ca/maphamilton/mapit/MapIT_HGIS/MapIT.aspx?SearchType=byAddressID&strAddressID=218494&Label=