Installation and Servicing of Aids to Navigation on Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba

BACKGROUND:Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Aids to Navigation and Waterways establishes aids to navigation that assist vessels to navigate safely through our waterways. The program benefits pleasure craft, fishing and commercial vessels, and ensures the public's right to navigate. CCG Marine Aids to Navigation is mandated to keep waters accessible by providing aids to navigation, developing waterways, and protecting navigable waters.CCG maintains a Seasonal Aids to Navigation System, consisting of fifteen (15) lighted buoys and fifty two (52) unlighted buoys on Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba. Each year, the buoys are commissioned in May right after the ice recedes and are checked for correct position once a month until they are lifted and stored in October at the end of the navigation season, shortly before freeze up. LOCATION OF WORKLake Winnipegosis, ManitobaCONTRACT PERIOD The period of the Contract is one year – April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 with the option to renew the Contract for three (3) additional one year periods if mutually agreeable between the Contractor and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).Option periods if exercised will be from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 and from April 1, 2026 through to March 31, 2027.SECURITY REQUIREMENTSThere is no security requirement for this contract.