Canada - EN25TGF004 - CHAN 3000 Bridge Installation

Description

Prince George Business Area is responsible for Forest Service Road access to Timber Sale Licenses. This contract will assist with BCTS meeting that goal. This standard term contract will provide bridge installation services to cross an unnamed fish bearing stream in the Anzac watershed, which is a fishery sensitive watershed.All work is located on the CHAN 3000 FSR, bridge site G1-185(54°51'34.66"N, 122°28'35.05"W). The CHAN 3000 is a branch of the Chuchinka-Anzac FSR, which is two-wheel drive access. Site G1-185 located approximately 100m up the CHAN 3000 and is currently four-wheel accessible.One bridge installation of a 21.336m all steel structure as per the general arrangement drawing, including signage grass seeding and approaches.Instream works and crossings must be done within the fish window (July 15th – August 15th). Brush clearing at the bridge site should done outside of the breeding window May (15th – July 25th), unless a survey shows no bird nests are present (refer to EMP). Crossings should be kept to a minimum and construction should follow the guidance from the environmental management plan, as discussed at the pre-construction meeting.Questions & AnswersAll contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.PrinceGeorgeTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca.  Deadline for receiving questions is 4:30 pm on March 4, 2024. If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by  March 5, 2024.    Tender submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the tender package.    If your bid deposit is in the form of cash, money order, certified cheque or bank draft, you will not be able to e-bid. See allowable submission delivery method(s) above. Also see Conditions of Tender for acceptable bid securities.The lowest priced or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.Be aware that BCTS has made changes to its EMS and SFM programs to meet the updated 2022 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. Changes impacting BCTS clients include new training requirements (Table 008-1, 008-1A, Tailgate Training, SFI Awareness documents, and new Indigenous rights awareness training, as well as changes to training frequency and a new continuing education component). In addition, note changes to EMS/SFM Environmental Field Procedures and Incident Reporting Procedures which occurred June 1, 2022. Supervisors and workers will need to be familiar with these changes prior to commencement of operations. These documents are posted on our external EMS/SFM website at BC Timber Sales - Business Area Environmental Management System (EMS) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) - Province of British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/forest-certification/ems-sfm).  More information on SFI available at www.forests.org.Unverified bid results will be posted to BC Bid after tender opening and once awarded the contract award results will be available on BC Bid.    Please see the following website forimportant BCTS Contracting advisory notices and guidance information:https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/contracting    Timber Sales ManagerPrince George Business AreaBC Timber Sales

Opportunity closing date

12 March 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed