Civil / Marine Engineering Services

INTRODUCTION Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – Small Craft Harbours (SCH) Branch is inviting consulting firms with Marine Engineering expertise to submit proposals for Standing Offers. The selected consultants shall provide a range of services as identified in the Required Services section of this document for marine projects in the Central & Arctic Region including but not limited to the following:

Small Craft Harbour facilities Shore protection and breakwaters Dredging Timber cribwork Steel sheet piling Reinforced concrete support structures (e.g. pile caps, beams, fascia and retaining walls, wharf decks) Timber or steel pilework

Proponents shall be licensed or eligible to be licensed to practice in the province having jurisdiction. The area covered by the standing offer includes Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories. Firms should be able to demonstrate successful delivery of these services for a broad variety of projects over the last five (5) years. In general, the firm and its personnel will be evaluated on the basis of their demonstrated understanding of the scope of services, their approach and methodology to providing those services, the quality of their relevant experience in this area, as well as the cost of the provision of the services. For the purposes of this Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) the Central & Arctic Region has been subdivided into two areas. It is DFO's intention to award up to three (3) Standing Offers per area, each for a period from the date of issuance to March 31, 2021, for each of the following two areas: Western Area and Eastern Area. The geographic boundary for each of the identified areas is delineated in Appendix F. The total dollar value of all Standing Offers is estimated to be $3,500,000.00 (HST/GST Included). Individual call-ups will vary, up to a maximum of $250,000.00 (HST/GST included) under exceptional circumstances. Proponents should note that there is no guarantee that the full or any amount of the Standing Offers will be called-up; DFO will award call-ups only when the specific services to be provided under the Standing Offer are needed. Please refer to Section SP5, CALL-UP PROCEDURE.