BIDDING
Policy Statement
Projects must be competitively bid in order to achieve the lowest reasonable construction cost and to provide increased fair access to the economic opportunities created through the project.

Developers must solicit and receive at least three bids, at least two of which are from general contractors that have not previously contracted with the developer. Bids shall be solicited after the project has received DND Final Design Approval, i.e. plans and specifications are 95% complete, and following DND approval of the bid package. Developers are not required to select the contractor with the lowest bid, but must demonstrate there is sufficient justification if a contractor with a higher cost is selected.

Developers that are general contractors are not required to bid the general construction contract but must competitively bid all sub-trades.

Copies of each contractor bid and/or sub-trade bids must be submitted to DND for review and maintained in the project files.

The RFP of sites (land or buildings) is a competitive process requiring the applicant to submit construction costs based on designs and/or specifications provided by DND or their own architect. No further bidding will be required, as long as the applicant holds to the contract amount submitted in the response to the RFP.

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