Area 3 Nisga’a Treaty Area - Biotoxin Monitoring Program

TITLE Area 3 Nisga’a Treaty Area - Biotoxin Monitoring Program

OBJECTIVE To ensure safe and legal access to intertidal bivalves for Food, Social and Ceremonial purposes for members of the Nisga’a Nation by conducting biotoxin monitoring in the bivalve harvest areas outlined in the Nisga’a Final Agreement. To submit biotoxin samples including target samples on a scheduled frequency that will lead to legal openings for intertidal bivalve harvest and will provide harvesters with on-going information on changing marine biotoxin levels. The Contractor is expected to use methods that are effective and efficient.

CONTRACTING PERIOD Each year, biotoxin monitoring station set up will be completed in August and sample collection and submission will commence in September for an early October Nisga’a Food, Social and Ceremonial (FSC) harvest opening, pending acceptable biotoxin results. Monitoring will continue on a scheduled frequency until mid March, which marks the end of the traditional harvest period.

Initial Contract: Contract award to March 31, 2025 Option Year #1: April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 Option Year #2: April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027 Option Year #3: April 1, 2027 to March 31, 2028

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.