Stream to Sea Program Delivery and Coordination Services – Williams Lake

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Salmonid Enhancement Program (SEP) delivers a formal education program – known as the Stream to Sea Program. The intent of the program is to encourage students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 as well as First Nations, local communities and external parties to participate in cooperative fisheries and watershed stewardship activities.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), requires Contractors to provide delivery and coordination services for the Stream to Sea program as defined by the Community Advisor.

General activities may include, but are not limited to

• Classroom Incubation Program: providing support and maintaining the DFO classroom incubation program. Responsibilities and activities include providing technical support, providing proper equipment and supplies, coordinating egg deliveries with local hatcheries, keeping accurate records of all eggs transferred and fry released, and coordinating equipment.

• Curriculum/Activity In-services providing in-service sessions for teacher groups to inform teachers about Fisheries and Oceans Educational resources; providing professional presentations of information and materials to educators and instruction on their use and method of acquisition.

• Storm Drain Marking Program (SDMP) coordinating youth groups in marking storm drains with a painted yellow fish symbol to remind citizens that pollutants that go down storm drains enter watersheds where fish live; providing training, equipment, and logistical support to all groups interested in the SDMP.

Tender documents MUST be downloaded from www.buyandsell.gc.ca . Those who submit a bid agree to be bound by the instructions, clauses and conditions of the bid solicitation and accept the clauses and conditions of any resulting contract.

For further information, please contact the Contracting Authority, Trudy Scott by email at DFOtenders-soumissionsMPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca .