Water monitoring and biological monitoring of Molluscs - Port of Gaspé-Sandy Beach

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: Title: Sediment Remediation Project at the Port of Gaspé-Sandy Beach Water Monitoring and Biological Monitoring of Molluscs Gaspé, Quebec

Background Transport Canada plans to conduct remediation of sediments contaminated with copper (Cu) and polycyclic aromatics hydrocarbons (PAHs) located directly south of the Gaspé?Sandy Beach commercial wharf. The remediation project will involve dredging 27,000 m3 of sediments over an area of roughly 50,000 m2. One of the anticipated impacts of the project is the resuspension of contaminated sediments during the dredging operations and their transport to marine aquaculture sites northwest of Gaspé harbour. To assess the real impacts of the project, Transport Canada has undertaken to develop a monitoring program that would include an early warning system to track the movement of contaminated sediments in Gaspé harbour and to ensure that dredging activities in the sector of the Gaspé commercial wharf will have no measurable impacts on the mussel or scallop aquaculture sites in the northwestern part of the harbour.

Transport Canada has engaged Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to validate the Protocol for the Biological Monitoring of Molluscs prepared by Dr. Émilien Pelletier, of ISMER, in the fall of 2014 and to conduct monitoring (optional services) during the dredging operations, which should begin in the summer of 2015. The services of a contractor are required to perform the work.

Mandate The mandate includes two main activities:

1. validation of the protocol in the fall of 2014; and 2. monitoring during the dredging operations in the summer/fall of 2015 (optional services).

More specifically, during these activities, the Contractor will: 1. collect water samples and profiles of physical and chemical parameters through the entire water column of Gaspé harbour; 2. establish contact with marine aquaculture producers in Gaspé harbour to obtain the molluscs required to perform the work; 3. harvest and carry out the caging of molluscs; 4. carry out the sampling of mussels and scallops; 5. conduct morphometric analyses (length, width, weight, etc.); 6. prepare mussel and scallop samples for analysis; 7. have the analyses on water and mollusc samples performed by an accredited laboratory; and 8. present all results in the reports.

Term of Contract

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to March 31st, 2016 inclusive. (firm part + optional services)

Period of the Work (firm part)

The Work for the firm part (validation of the protocol in the fall of 2014) is to be performed from date of Contract to 24 weeks after the Contract award.

Basis of Selection The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 70% for the technical merit and 30% for the price.

Trade Agreements

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

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