CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDING ME46
CFB KINGSTON, ON
(with Security Requirements)
Purpose of this Advance Procurement Notice
This is not a bid solicitation nor a request for proposals.
This is an advance notice for a potential contract with anticipated security requirements to provide interested contractors an opportunity to begin the sponsorship process for obtaining (if required) the anticipated security clearance(s). Note that there is no guarantee that this solicitation will proceed or that any security clearance(s) will be granted under the sponsorship process in a timely fashion or otherwise.
Description of the Project and Services
This project involves the construction of a multi-purpose facility located in Kingston Ontario. The two-story building will have an area footprint of approximately 8,350 m² and will feature office space, vehicle maintenance bays, training classrooms and storage areas to enhance training and mission planning for the 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment (21 EW Regt). The facility will be built to meet the Canada Green Building Council's Zero Carbon Building Performance-Standard. In addition to high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, the facility will also feature on-site solar power generation to offset the building’s electrical demand.
A General Contractor is required to construct the facility from a complete set of drawings and specifications. The anticipated scope of construction includes completion of final utility site-works parking areas and landscaping, building construction, commissioning and testing, as well as IT & furniture installation required for Owner occupancy.
The estimated total construction value is approximately $50,000,000.
It is anticipated that this solicitation will be initiated in June 2025. The work is anticipated to begin in Fall 2025. This is conditional on receiving approval to proceed by the Department of National Defence (DND).
Contract Award and Anticipated Security Requirements
To be eligible for contract award, a bidder will be required to, among other things, actively hold or obtain all required security clearance(s) prior to the date of the award, as further detailed in the solicitation documents.
The required security clearance anticipated for this contract is:
- a valid and active Designated Organization Screening (DOS) granted or approved by the Contract Security Program (CSP), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
Industrial Security Program Sponsorship
Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is providing contractors early access to the security clearance application process through sponsorship under its Industrial Security Program (ISP). Accordingly, contractors that intend to submit a bid on this project and that do not actively hold the above identified security clearance(s) should begin forthwith the security clearance application process by applying through DCC’s ISP.
Under this program, DCC may, at its entire discretion, provide preliminary assistance to all the potential bidders with their respective security clearance sponsorship process.
To begin the security clearance sponsorship process, please submit a sponsorship request application to DCC by following the steps identified on DCC’s website at: https://www.dcc-cdc.gc.ca/industry/security-requirements.
In their sponsorship request application to DCC, contractors are asked to quote the following information, among other things:
- Advance Procurement Notice (APN) number (Project number on the MERX notice);
- Contract number HQ1076D1_83693; and
- Level of clearance requested to be sponsored for.
Sponsorship Process
Upon receipt, DCC will review the sponsorship request application and will communicate directly with the contractors to provide assistance for the completion of the sponsorship request packages.
Once DCC has determined, at its entire discretion, that a contractor:
a) has started the sponsorship process prior to the solicitation (Contract number(s) listed on their request for sponsorship) being advertised on MERX;
b) has met all the material requirements of the sponsorship request package; and
c) has submitted a bid.
DCC will send the documents to the Public Services and Procurement Canada’s (PSPC) Contract Security Program (CSP).
Following receipt of the sponsorship request package, the CSP will communicate directly with the bidder regarding any further steps or actions to be undertaken or the status of the sponsorship request package processing. At such time, the bidder will need to promptly cooperate with CSP to ensure that the process is completed as soon as possible.
Questions
Any questions pertaining to the sponsoring process through the ISP can be addressed to:
Telephone Number: (613) 998-8974; or
Email address: ISP.Sponsorship@dcc-cdc.gc.ca
Any questions relating to this Advance Procurement Notice can be addressed to:
Robin Entwistle
Team Leader, Contract Services
Defence Construction Canada
613-449-4964
KNContracting@dcc-cdc.gc.ca
Disclaimer
DCC is only providing assistance, at its entire discretion, for the above stated sponsorship process and does not provide any representations or guarantees that a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application forwarded by DCC to the CSP will be successful or result in the granting of the requested security clearance(s) by the CSP. At all times, the processing of a sponsorship request package or a security clearance application is subject to the respective terms, conditions, and timelines of DCC’s ISP sponsorship process and the CSP security clearance granting process. By applying to either of the aforementioned processes, the bidder agrees to bear any fees and risks associated with: (i) the completeness or accuracy, or lack thereof, of its application or related documents submitted under or in connection with either said processes, and (ii) the timeliness, or lack thereof, of any processing or granting of security clearance(s) under or in connection with either said processes. Notwithstanding anything else stated above, DCC shall in no event be liable to the bidder for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages arising out or in connection with the above stated sponsorship process.
