HAZARD TREE REMOVAL ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH - KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA

Parks Canada Agency requires a Contractor to provide all labour, material and equipment for hazard tree removal along portions of highway 93 south in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia. Creating Access trails, Removal of full-stem trees, transportation of logs, and management of associated harvesting debris is the work required for this contract. This work will be performed by the successful contractor in order to minimize future hazard tree impacts to highway fencing and associated infrastructure in Kootenay National Park. Low-impact mechanical harvesting is the only method that will be considered for this contract to ensure that it is completed in the designated time period, to ensure the tree harvesting progress remains within designated timelines, and that environmental protection and debris management considerations are met. Contractors are encouraged to seek suitable market(s) for harvested wood in order to provide some cost-offset to the project. A significant proportion of the timber removed is expected to be merchantable to contractor-specified markets. All timber harvested under the scope of this project that is NOT merchantable to available markets to maximize cost recovery, will be designated as firewood for Parks Canada and forwarded to predetermined firewood decking site(s) within Kootenay National Park. The period of the contract is from contract award to March 15, 2015.

A MANDATORY SITE VISIT will take place on December 11, 2014. Bidders are to meet at Kootenay Crossing Station on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The site visit will begin at 12:30 pm MST. Kootenay Crossing Station is located in Kootenay National Park 43 km north of Radium on highway 93S. Bidders should communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than December 10, 2014 to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in their bid that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend the mandatory site visit or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bid will be declared non-responsive. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation

Closing date for tender submissions is December 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm MST. Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered. All enquiries regarding this tender are to be submitted in writing to the Contracts Officer, Eloise Meredith by email: Eloise.meredith@pc.gc.ca no later than four (4) calendar days before bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. Bids will be received attention to: Eloise Meredith, Contracts Officer Parks Canada Agency P.O. Box 220 6300 Highway 93S McKay Compound, Stores Building Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia V0A 1M0 Fax: 250-347-6621