Offer to Purchase - Forage and Grain Harvesting

Invitation to tender 01B46-25-024

Request for an offer to purchase – Forage and Grain Harvesting

Sealed tenders for the project indicated above will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below:

aafc.escprocurement-cseapprovisionnement.aac@agr.gc.ca

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 perform forage and grain harvesting on its farm for the 2025 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 June 05, 2025 at 9:30 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.

Interested bidders to visit the work site will have to take an appointment

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 canadabuys.canada.ca.

Tender Period Closing Date and Time: June 11, 2025 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 Canadabuys service provider. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Canadabuys 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:

Jacques Toussaint

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

Email: jacques.toussaint@agr.gc.ca

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

• None