Rock Berm Construction

**Corrected email address: DFO.tenders-soumissions.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FOR INDIGENOUS BUSINESS

Conditional Set-Aside under the Federal Government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB)

This is an open tender. However, it will be conditionally set-aside under the Government of Canada’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) if two or more bids have been received by Indigenous businesses who are certified under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) criteria and who may be listed in the Government of Canada’s Indigenous Business Directory (https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100033057/1610797769658 ).

If your Indigenous business is not yet registered in the Indigenous Business Directory, please do so at the link provided above. If bids from two or more Indigenous businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Indigenous businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Indigenous businesses that may have been submitted.

If the bids from the Indigenous businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two compliant bids from Indigenous businesses remain, bids from all of the non-Indigenous businesses that had submitted bids will then be considered by the contracting authority.

OPTIONAL SITE VISIT

It is recommended that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at 12740 Trites Road, Richmond, BC on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The site visit will begin at 11 am PDT. Bidders are requested to meet in the main parking lot outside the Steveston Harbour Authority office.

SCOPE OF WORK

Small Craft Harbours (SCH) branch of Department Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has a requirement for a the supply and installation of new filter rock, riprap and filter cloth for a new rock berm. The new rock berm is approximate 152 linear meter in length located along the northeastern edge of Steveston island (Shady island) with marine access only.

All in water work, undertakings and activities must be conducted during the least risk to fish work window unless otherwise specified by DFO: Fraser River Estuary (from mouth upstream to Oak Street Bridge and the George Massey Tunnel) between July 16 of any given year and February 28. The work must be completed by September 15th, 2024.