Environmental Site Assessment Services for Various Locations in Quebec

OBJECTIVES OF THE REQUIREMENT

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (the Department) requires the services of firms working in the field of contaminated sites and the environment to carry out a variety of projects at sites under the Department’s responsibility in Quebec.

DFO is seeking to award up to five (5) Standing Offers for Stream 1 and up to three (3) Standing Offers for Stream 2.

LOCATION OF WORK

The professional services described in the Standing Offer will be provided on behalf of the Department in the province of Quebec and will include the following:

• Stream 1 Environmental site assessment and environmental remediation, excluding the territory covered under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; • Stream 2 Toxicological and ecotoxicological risk assessment and related studies, excluding the territory covered under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement;

Some sites are only accessible by helicopter or boat. Therefore, in certain situations, the consultant must anticipate the planning and logistics required for remote areas.

PERIOD OF STANDING OFFER

The services are to be performed on an “as-and-when-required” basis during the period from date of award to August 31, 2028.

SECURITY

There is no security requirement for this contract. The firm working under this Standing Offer Agreement must not be given access to sensitive information or assets, and the firm’s employees must be escorted at all times while on DFO restricted areas.

TRADE AGREEMENTS

The requirement is subject to the Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPATPP), the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada–Panama Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO–AGP) and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

An Offeror can submit an offer for Stream 1 or Stream 2, or for both streams. The Offeror must complete the corresponding tables for each stream for which it wishes to submit an offer.

Mandatory Technical Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the mandatory evaluation criteria as detailed herein. An Offeror’s proposal must clearly demonstrate that it meets all mandatory requirements for it to be considered for further evaluation. Proposals not meeting the mandatory criteria will be excluded from further consideration.

The Offeror must include the following table in its proposal, indicating that it meets the mandatory criteria, and providing the proposal page number or section that contains information to verify that the criteria have been met.

The Offeror must meet all the mandatory criteria listed. Any proposal not meeting any one of the mandatory criteria below will be deemed non-compliant and will not be given further consideration.

Stream 1

M1a The Offeror must propose one (1) Project Director with at least twelve (12) years of relevant experience in contaminated sites during the last fifteen (15) years and must demonstrate experience by providing a curriculum vitae (CV) with a detailed description of previous work experience. The proposed Project Director must have a bachelor’s degree in an environment-related field and the Offeror must provide a copy of the degree with their bid.

M1b The Offeror must propose one (1) intermediate level project manager (professional) with at least five years of experience in contaminated sites and one (1) senior project manager with at least nine (9) years of experience in contaminated sites and must demonstrate experience by providing a curriculum vitae (CV) with a detailed description of previous work experience. The proposed project managers must each have a bachelor’s degree in an environment-related field and the Offeror must provide a copy of the degree with their bid.

M2 The Offeror must have completed at least five (5) projects recently (i.e. carried out in the last [5] years) in Quebec involving environmental site assessments, in relation to the statement of work (section 2.2).

Stream 2

M3a The Offeror must propose one (1) Project Director with at least twelve (12) years of relevant experience in risk assessment over the past fifteen (15) years and must demonstrate experience by providing a curriculum vitae (CV) with a detailed description of previous work experience. The proposed Project Director must have a bachelor’s degree in an environment-related field and the Offeror must provide a copy of the degree with their bid.

M3b The Offeror must propose one (1) intermediate level project manager (professional) with at least five years of experience in risk assessment and must demonstrate experience by providing a curriculum vitae (CV) with a detailed description of previous work experience. The proposed project manager must have a bachelor’s degree in an environment-related field and the Offeror must provide a copy of the degree with their bid.

M4 The Offeror must have completed at least three (3) projects in Canada recently (i.e. carried out in the last five [5] years) involving risk assessment studies related to section 2.3 of the Statement of Work.

COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIMS AGREEMENTS

This Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish regional Standing Offers for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users in Quebec Region, excluding locations within Quebec that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries within these CLCA areas will be treated as a separate procurement, outside the resulting Standing Offer.