Supply and Delivery of Natural Gas

The City is seeking Proposals from Proponents capable of the supply and delivery of natural gas (“Service”) to be provided to the City of Greater Sudbury, as described in Section 6 – Scope of Services.

The Services will involve, but not be limited to:

• AECO index natural gas pricing for the specified quantities and terms and all related balancing services for its natural gas portfolio located in Enbridge territory.
• The City has an existing Bundled T-Contract established with Union Gas/Enbridge, for a total of 187 accounts, representing an approximate annual usage of 244550 GJ/year or 670 GJ/day.
• Ability to offer blend and extend options.
• Load following approach with specified tolerance.

ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY shall be received by the City’s electronic tendering site, bids&tenders, no later than 1:30:00 p.m. (13:30:00 hours) local time on October 5, 2022 (the “Closing Date and Time”). The Closing Date and Time shall be determined by the bids&tenders web clock. 
 
All communications should be done through bids&tenders as per Section 5.1.2.
 
Verbal communications will not be binding on the City.  Proponents shall review the Bid Solicitation and shall promptly report and request clarification of any discrepancy, deficiency, ambiguity, error, inconsistency or omission contained therein through https://greatersudbury.bidsandtenders.ca
 

1. 1. Proposal Submission Process

Proposal submissions shall be submitted in accordance with instructions contained within this Bid Solicitation Document. 

All responses are to be submitted to the City via bids&tenders:
https://greatersudbury.bidsandtenders.ca/Module/Tenders/en.
 

• The Proponent shall follow the steps within bids&tenders when submitting a Proposal.
•  Hard copy Proposals will NOT be accepted.  
• Late proposals shall not be accepted by bids&tenders or the City.

Proponents must have a bids&tenders vendor account and be registered as a plan taker for this Bid Solicitation.  This will enable the Proponent to download the Bid Solicitation Documents, to receive Addendum email notifications, download Addenda and to submit their Bid electronically through bids&tenders.

Proponents are cautioned that the timing of their Proposal Submission is based on when the Bid is RECEIVED by bids&tenders, not when a Proposal is submitted by a Proponent, as Proposal transmission can be delayed in an “Internet Traffic Jam” due to file transfer size, transmission speed, etc. 

For the above reasons, the City recommends that Proponents allow sufficient time to upload their Proposal and attachment(s) (if applicable) and to resolve any issues that may arise.  The Closing Date and time shall be determined by the bids&tenders web clock.

Bids&tenders will send a confirmation email to the Proponent advising that their Proposal was received successfully.  If you do not receive a confirmation email or have bids&tenders system issues, you can:

• visit https://bidsandtenders.zendesk.com
• email support@bidsandtenders.ca
• call 1-800-594-4798 (with 2 hour call back)

 

Bidding and Documents are available on http://www.merx.com. Fees may apply; See https://www.merx.com/public/pricing for more information.