Recycle/Reuse Metal Impacted Soil

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: IMPERIAL METALS CORPORATION 580 Hornby Street, #200 Vancouver British Columbia Canada V6C3B6 Nature of Requirements: Recycle/Reuse Metal Impacted Soils

K0F62-141000/A Armstrong, Wendy Telephone No. - (604) 775-7691 Fax No. - (604) 775-7526

An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier. Definition of the requirement The Department of Environment Canada has a requirement to Load and Haul metal impacted soils from the Pacific Environment Centre (PEC) site, West Vancouver, B.C. to the Mount Polley Mine site near Williams Lake, B.C. for recycle, re-use and disposal. This proposed (up to 3 year) contract is for re-processing (recycling/re-use) of metal impacted soils including soils with leachable metal content meeting the definition of hazardous wastes under the BC Hazardous Waste regulation. Transportation of the soils is by back-haul to the mine site. Completion by March 2017. Value: up to $2.4M.

Reason for Single Tendering: Imperial Metals is considered uniquely qualified to recycle or re-use these soils contaminated up to hazardous waste levels (metals) and can transport these soils using back-haul from ore concentrate shipments.

Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it can meet the transport of metal impacted soils with leachable metal content using back-haul from ore concentrate shipments. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s) Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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