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The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (the “Corporation”) is a body corporate legally incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act by certificate of incorporation dated November 3, 1978. Its existence was continued under the Canada Business Corporations Act by certificate of compliance dated August 21, 1998. The Corporation is a Crown corporation agent of HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN RIGHT OF CANADA pursuant to The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. Regulations. For more information on the Corporation’s history, please refer to heading “About” on the Corporation’s website.
The Corporation reports to Parliament through its appropriate Minister, who has been designated by order in council as the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, namely the Honourable Sean Fraser.
The Corporation is responsible for providing users with a safe and efficient transit across the infrastructures thereby operated and managed , namely the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the Estacade, the federal section of the Bonaventure Expressway, the federal section of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and the Melocheville tunnel. The Corporation is also responsible for managing the infrastructures that are no longer open to users and are in the process of being deconstructed, namely the original Champlain Bridge and the Île des Sœurs Bypass Bridge.
The Corporation’s mission is to ensure user mobility, safety, and infrastructure longevity using a systemic management approach based on sustainable development: Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Values. Furthermore, at the request of Infrastructure Canada, the Corporation provides technical and financial advice for potential infrastructure rehabilitation projects in the Province of Quebec. The Corporation may also be called upon to undertake planning activities for some of these projects, to provide technical and financial advice for infrastructure management and, if required, to manage certain structures or certain portions of structures, subject to obtaining the necessary federal government approvals. Moreover, at Infrastructure Canada’s request, the Corporation provides technical support in managing the Project Agreement pertaining to the Samuel-De Champlain Bridge during the operation, maintenance and rehabilitation periods.
The Corporation currently has 26 internal organizational policies applicable to all its employees, covering such areas as real estate, environment and sustainable development, finance, access to information, asset management, information technologies, health and safety, communications, delegation of authority and human resources. Said policies are updated on a regular basis. The corporation also implements new policies as required.
Management of federal infrastructures such as bridges, highways and tunnels in the Greater Montreal area.
This program includes the operation and maintenance of the following: the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the lands forming part of the original Champlain Bridge corridor, the Estacade, the federal section of the Bonaventure Expressway, the federal section of the Honoré Mercier Bridge, as well as the Melocheville Tunnel, by carrying out regular and major maintenance work, and by proper management of surrounding properties. The program also includes the deconstruction of both the original Champlain Bridge and the Île des Sœurs Bypass Bridge.
Description: The Engineering Division is responsible for the performance and management of the professional engineering services for the studies and design of major maintenance work on the following infrastructures: the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the lands forming part of the original Champlain Bridge corridor, the Île des Sœurs Bypass Bridge, the Estacade, the federal section of the Bonaventure Expressway, the federal section of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and the Melocheville Tunnel.
Document types: Call for tender documents, request for proposal documents, technical drawings, tenders, human resources forming the project teams, as well as technical reports, laboratory reports and environmental reports.
Format: JCCBI ING 003, JCCBI CON 004
Major maintenance contracts (consulting services)
Description: The Engineering Division is responsible for the performance and management of the professional engineering services for the studies and design of major maintenance work.
Document types: This record may contain an estimate of the cost of the work, the call for tender documents, the tenders received, the tender analysis, the documents relating to the award of the contracts, the correspondence and the contract documents.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Record number: JCCBI PPU 150
Description: The Construction Division is responsible for managing the construction, deconstruction, laboratory, supervision and rehabilitation contracts for the following infrastructures: the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the original Champlain Bridge, the Île des Sœurs Bypass Bridge, the Estacade, the federal section of the Bonaventure Expressway, the federal section of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and the Melocheville Tunnel.
Document types: Call for tender documents, tenders, contracts, technical drawings, technical reports and laboratory reports.
Format: JCCBI CON 004
Major maintenance contracts (construction, deconstruction and rehabilitation)
Description: The Construction Division is responsible for managing the construction, deconstruction, laboratory, supervision and rehabilitation contracts for the infrastructures.
Document types: This record may contain an estimate of the cost of the work, the call for tender documents, the tenders received, the tender analysis, the documents relating to the award of the contracts, the correspondence and the contract documents.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Record number: JCCBI PPU 150
Description: The Operations and Maintenance Division is responsible for the regular maintenance work on the network and for managing various maintenance and operations contracts in connection with the following infrastructures: the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the lands forming part of the original Champlain Bridge corridor, the Île des Sœurs Bypass Bridge, the Estacade, the federal section of the Bonaventure Expressway, the federal section of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and the Melocheville Tunnel.
Document types: Call for tender documents, tenders, contracts.
Format: JCCBI OPE 005
Regular maintenance and operations contracts
Description: The Operations and Maintenance Division is responsible for the regular maintenance work on the network and for managing various maintenance and operations contracts in connection with the infrastructures, such as lawn maintenance, road sweeping, snow removal and spreading of de-icing salts, local paving repairs, replacement of safety guardrails, cleaning of the expansion joints and structures, as well as operational work, such as road marking, vehicle towing and recovery, lane signals and lights, remote monitoring, police services and other.
Document types: This record may contain an estimate of the cost of the work, the call for tender documents, the tenders received, the tender analysis, the documents relating to the award of the contracts, the correspondence and the contract documents.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Record number: JCCBI PPU 155
Description: To support the activities for the operation of the infrastructures it manages, the Corporation oversees the management of its assets through the Diagnostics and Planning Division, the Environment and Sustainable Development Division as well as the Asset Information and Innovation Division.
Document types: This record may contain request for proposal documents, partnership agreements, research and development agreements, technical studies and reports, ten-year and five-year work planning, sustainable development strategy and asset management strategy.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Format: pending TBS’s approval
Description: The Procurement Division is responsible for the calls for tenders, requests for proposals and price requests issued by the Corporation. It is also responsible for acquiring and leasing material goods in the course of the Corporation’s activities.
Document types: This record may contain call for tender documents, request for proposal documents, tenders, contracts, purchase orders and correspondence.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Format: JCCBI ADM 001
Purchase orders and tenders
Description: Procurement activities linked to price searches for various purchases.
Document types: This record may contain the requests for items and goods, the tenders received, the tender analysis and the documents relating to the award of the orders.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Record number: JCCBI PPU 145
Contracts for the purchase and rental of equipment and various materials
Description: Calls for tenders and award of contracts for the supply of materials and equipment.
Document types: This record may contain an estimate of the total cost of the equipment, the call for tender documents, the tenders received, the tender analysis and the documents relating to the award of the contracts.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Record number: JCCBI PPU 025
Description: Accounts payable management and processing.
Document types: This record may contain invoices, billing address and bank account information, as well as electronic transfer authorizations.
Disclosure summary: no disclosure
Record number: JCCBI PPU 140
Internal services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Acquisition Services ; Communications Services; Financial Management Services; Human Resources Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Legal Services; Management and Oversight Services; Material Services; Real Property Services and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.
Acquisition Services involve activities undertaken to acquire a good or service to fulfil a properly completed request (including a complete and accurate definition of requirements and certification that funds are available) until entering into or amending a contract.
Communications Services involve activities undertaken to ensure that Government of Canada communications are effectively managed, well coordinated and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. The communications management function ensures that the public – internal or external – receives government information, and that the views and concerns of the public are taken into account in the planning, management and evaluation of policies, programs, services and initiatives.
Financial Management Services involve activities undertaken to ensure the prudent use of public resources, including planning, budgeting, accounting, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems.
Human Resources Management Services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction, allocating resources among services and processes, as well as activities relating to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and/or plans.
Classification of Positions Class of Record
Employment Equity and Diversity Class of Record
Performance Management Reviews Class of Record
Training and Development Class of Record
Official Languages Class of Record
Human Resources Planning Class of Record
Awards (Pride and Recognition) Class of Record
Recruitment and Staffing Class of Record
Labour Relations Class of Record
Information Technology Services involve activities undertaken to achieve efficient and effective use of information technology to support government priorities and program delivery, to increase productivity, and to enhance services to the public.
Information Management Services involve activities undertaken to achieve efficient and effective information management to support program and service delivery; foster informed decision making; facilitate accountability, transparency, and collaboration; and preserve and ensure access to information and records for the benefit of present and future generations.
Legal services involve activities undertaken to enable government departments and agencies to pursue policy, program and service delivery priorities and objectives within a legally sound framework.
Management and Oversight Services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction, and allocating resources among services and processes, as well as those activities related to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and/or plans.
Cooperation and Liaison Class of Record
Executive Services Class of Record
Material Services involve activities undertaken to ensure that material can be managed by departments in a sustainable and financially responsible manner that supports the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs.
Real Property Services involve activities undertaken to ensure real property is managed in a sustainable and financially responsible manner, throughout its life cycle, to support the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs.
Travel and Other Administrative Services include Government of Canada travel services, as well as those other internal services that do not smoothly fit with any of the internal services categories.
Administrative Services Class of Record
Boards, Committees and Council Class of Record
Business Continuity Planning Class of Record
Disclosure to Investigative Bodies Class of Record
Proactive Disclosure Class of Record
The classes of personal information describe personal information that is not used for administrative purposes (a decision-making process that directly affects the individual to whom the information belongs) or is not intended to be retrievable through personal identifiers. In the course of its activities, the Corporation may receive unsolicited opinions, complaints or any other type of correspondence. This information is then stored in various files, according to the subject, and cannot be retrieved using personal identifiers. This information can be retrieved by obtaining details on the subject, the institutional programs and activities concerned and the date on which they were received.
For general information about making a request for access to information or personal information, see Make an access to information or personal information request.
It is not currently possible to make an online request for information using the Access to Information and Personal Information Online Request Service. However, the Corporation has initiated the necessary procedures to join said online request service.
To make a request for information under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act by mail, mail your letter or completed Access to Information Request Form (Access to Information Act) or Personal Information Request Form (Privacy Act), along with any necessary documents (such as consent or the $5 application fee for a request under the Access to Information Act), to the following address:
The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated
C/O Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
1225 St-Charles Street West, Suite 500
Longueuil, Quebec J4K 0B9
In accordance with the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, an area on the premises will be made available to review original materials on site if that is the applicant’s preference (and it is practical to do so), or if it is not practical to create copies of the material.
Please note: As the Corporation does not have an account with the Receiver General for Canada, each request made to The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated under the Access to Information Act must be accompanied by a cheque or money order for $5.00 made payable to The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated.
The Government of Canada encourages the release of information through requests outside of the ATIP process. To make an informal request, contact:
The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated
C/O Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
1225 St-Charles Street West, Suite 500
Longueuil, Quebec J4K 0B9
Phone: 450-651-8771
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.jacquescartierchamplain.ca
You may also wish to search summaries of completed access to information requests for which The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated has already provided responses, as this information may be more easily obtained.
The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated conducts privacy impact assessments (PIAs) to ensure that privacy implications will be appropriately identified, assessed and resolved before a new or substantially modified program or activity involving personal information is implemented. There is currently no PIA summary available.
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