Canada - Falling Services

Description

The Province, as represented by the Minister of Forests, through BC Wildfire Services, invites Responses from Respondents to provide Falling Services, which include Qualified Fallers (i.e., Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3) and Falling Coordinators in the Wildfire Response context and Wildfire Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (“MPRR”) context related to both wildfire management and all natural hazards, as further described in section 3 of this RSA.  While the Falling Services will be provided primarily within British Columbia, successful Respondents may also be asked, but not required, to provide Falling Services in other Canadian jurisdictions. There are several significant changes to this RSA and resulting Standing Arrangement from previous years. As such, Respondents should carefully review both the RSA and the Standing Arrangement (attached as Appendix A), including all the schedules. If there are any inconsistencies between Appendix A and the RSA, the Standing Arrangement in Appendix A will prevail.The Province intends to enter into Standing Arrangements with all Respondents who meet all mandatory criteria and minimum scores. The anticipated term of each Standing Arrangement is from period from the date of execution to March 31, 2026. Each Standing Arrangement will contain an option to extend whereby the Ministry reserves the right, at its sole option, to extend the Standing Arrangement for up to three additional one-year periods, on the same terms and conditions. The Rates may be adjusted in accordance with the change to the BC Consumer Price Index for the year immediately preceding, as set out in section 1.2 of Schedule B the Standing Arrangement.Further details as to the scope of this opportunity and the requirements can be found in Sections 3, 4, 5 and Appendix A of this RSA.

Opportunity closing date

22 April 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed