AMOP 2013

Request For Proposal (RFP)

The 2013 AMOP Seminar
Department of Environment Canada

Meeting Space / Catering Services / Accommodation

Please note that you must meet the Mandatory requirements in
this RFP.

Public Works and Government Services Canada has posted an RFP on
behalf of the Department of Environment Canada (EC) for Meeting
Space / Catering Services / Accommodations. I am providing you
with an overview of the requirement.

Title:

Provision for commercial accommodations, meeting space and
catering services in: Halifax (downtown), Nova Scotia for the
Department of Environment Canada (EC).

Background:

Environment Canada must be hosting a Technical Seminar on
Contamination and Response. The AMOP Technical Seminar on
Environmental Contamination and Response is an international
forum on preventing, assessing, containing, and cleaning up
spills of hazardous materials in every type of environment. It
also deals with solutions for remediating and rehabilitating
contaminated sites. AMOP is organized and sponsored by
Environment Canada.

Objective:

The purpose of this procurement is to secure meeting space and
catering services for exhibitors and travelers attending the
conference from June 01 to June 07, 2013. Accommodations
services are also required.

Guest Rooms:

A block of rooms totaling to 300 room nights for all
participants is estimated to be required from Saturday June 01,
to Friday, June 07, 2013. The following is a breakdown
requirement of the guest rooms required:

June 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

Rooms 5 5 75 85 85 40 5

Property:

On any of the following roads as they connect as follows, or
inside the boundary of: Cogswell St. to Robie St. to South St.
to Barrington St. to Hollis St. to Terminal Rd. to Lower Water
St. to Upper Water St. to Barrington St.

Hotel Standard:

The establishment must have a Canada Select Star rating of three
and a half (3.5) or a Canadian Automobile Association (CAA)
Diamond rating of three (3). (i) Canada Selecttm Star Ratings.
Canada Selecttm is a national accommodation-rating program. This
rating system uses common grading criteria and evaluation
techniques to establish a uniform method of comparing
establishments from 0 to 5 stars. (ii) Canadian Automobile
Association (CAA) Diamond Ratings. The Canadian Automobile
Association uses grading criteria to establish a uniform method
of comparing establishments from 0 to 5 diamonds.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.