Summary:

Through this Request for Pre-Qualification, the District of Lake Country (the “District”) invites organizations that are experienced in the provision of; design, programming and associated services for SCADA and control systems for municipal water / wastewater infrastructure; to provide non-binding Submissions for the provision of such services to the District on an ‘as and when’ needed basis for various capital and operational instrumentation and SCADA projects that the District may require over the next 3-years.  The types of projects and assignments that such services may need to support will vary but examples of anticipated projects are detailed herein.  

Further details on the District’s water/wastewater infrastructure plus SCADA and control systems, and this RFQUAL process are provided herein.  Key summary details are as follows:

• As an outcome from this RFQUAL, the District will shortlist up to 2 Respondents that will then become ‘Pre-Qualified Organizations’.
• The Pre-Qualified Organizations will be ranked in order of 1^st and 2^nd (with the 1^st-Ranked Organization being the highest-ranked, and the 2^nd-Ranked Organization being the lowest-ranked) according to their total weighted scores from the RFQUAL Evaluation.
• For all future SCADA instrumentation and control service assignments required by the District, including any SCADA/control system-related projects or assignments which may not be specifically identified in this RFQUAL (collectively referred to herein as the “Assignments”), the District may at its sole option either:
  • Provide a right of first refusal to the Pre-Qualified Organizations, in order from 1^st-Ranked to 2^nd Ranked*, for the Direct Award of a contract of any value for the Assignment; or
  • Invite the Pre-Qualified Organizations to participate in a ‘by-invitation’ only 2^nd-stage RFP process for the specific Assignment; or
  • Conduct a public-Request for Proposals process open to both Pre-Qualified Organizations and non-Pre-Qualified organizations, where the specifics of the Assignment warrant a further public process at the sole discretion of the District.

*Right of first refusal will first be offered to the 1^st-Ranked Organization.  If the 1^st-Ranked Organization does not have capacity to take-on the Assignment or the parties cannot come to a mutual agreement regarding the Assignment, then the District may then at its sole option offer a right of refusal to the 2^nd-Ranked Organization. 

• The Pre-Qualification of organizations from this RFQUAL will be valid for a period of 3 years from the Closing Date of this RFQUAL, in accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).    No further notices to solicit Submissions for inclusion in the Pre-Qualified list will be issued during this three-year period. 

Further details are provided in the attached Request for Pre-Qualification document.