Environmental Drilling, Alaska Highway (B.C.)

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EZ897-212719/A Fung, Donna (PWY) Telephone No. - (604) 671-9689 Email: Donna.Fung@pwgsc.gc.ca

Title: Environmental Drilling Location: Alaska Highway, BC

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Work Description: Work to be performed under the Contract includes, but is not limited to, the following items, including all ancillary Work, covered further in the Contract:

A number of sites adjacent to the Alaska Highway in the Province of British Columbia are identified on drawings. Approximately 10 to 15 sites will be selected for intrusive investigation from this list. Sites include: active highway maintenance yards, abandoned camps adjacent to the old highway alignment, abandoned airstrips, military fuel depots and former landfills.

Mobilization to a starting site and demobilization from a final site of two drill rigs and associated crews, support vehicles and all equipment.

Environmental drilling: borehole drilling, well installation and completion, soil sampling, vapour probe installation. Management of contaminated soil and water: Containment and disposal of contaminated soil cuttings, supply of barrels for containment of contaminated water, disposal of contaminated groundwater purged from wells by others during well sampling following well installation.

Contractor must provide personnel and equipment with appropriate experience for site conditions. Contractor to provide specialized material handling, health and safety, and environmental protection procedures, and must have knowledge of appropriate regulations.

Work at Site involves Work with Contaminated Material. Complete list of anticipated contaminants and concentration levels on the Site available separately in Appendices and/or Drawings. Existing condition on the Site identified according to Drawings. Annexes provided for reference purposes only.

Optional Site Visit: An optional ONLINE site visit is scheduled for Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 2:00 pm. We encourage all bidders to attend this online meeting. You may attend either by phone (audio) or by computer (audio and/or video).

The details for logging in to this meeting will be made available to all bidders who express an interest in attending by contacting the Contracting Authority before 12:00pm on Monday, May 31, 2021. If you wish to attend, please email Donna Fung at donna.fung@pwgsc.gc.ca.

Delivery Date: Completion of Site Works no later than November 01, 2021. Completion of all work including final submittals no later than December 01, 2021.

Enquiries: Donna Fung, Supply Specialist Tel: (604) 671-9689 Email: Donna.Fung@pwgsc.gc.ca

Value of Project: To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, this project is estimated to cost between $500,001.00 and $1,000,000.00.

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