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Reference Number 0000264595 Description of the Goods and/or Services: Joint Elimination Program and Electric Flash-Butt Welding. Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) undertakes rail infrastructure upgrade programs annually in order to provide a safe and reliable train service across northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec. One of ONTC's upgrade programs is to eliminate rail joints by welding a mixture of bolted rail lengths into continuous welded rail (CWR). This program will require the services of a qualified Electric Flash-Butt Welding contractor. ONTC will enter into a three (3) year contract with the Successful Respondent. ONTC may, in its sole discretion, extend this contract for an optional fourth (4th) year and optional fifth (5th) year ONTC wishes to remove all rail joints on its Temagami Subdivision, Ramore Subdivision, Devonshire Subdivision, and Kirkland Lake Subdivision (Optional). As this program will generate a large amount of surplus OTM and scrap rail ends, the following work will be added to the Joint Elimination Program: Removal of surplus OTM and scrap rail ends from ONTC property and provide credit to ONTC for such. Distribution of rails and OTM as required for the Joint Elimination Program. The Contractor will also be responsible for destressing the rail behind the flash-butt welding operation. This work must occur in conjunction with the flash-butt welding operation as to limit the risk of track buckles. ONTC will reject Proposals that are received after the Submission Deadline. General Rights of ONTC (1) ONTC may, in its sole discretion and at any time during the RFP process: (a) reject any or all of the Proposals; (b) accept any Proposal or any portions of any Proposals for any reason whatsoever; (c) reject any Proposals or any portions of Proposals for any reason whatsoever Official bid documents must be obtained from www.merx.com and bid submissions must be done through the Merx platform.