Reforestation services at the Chilcotin Military Training Area (CTA)

Summary

The Chilcotin Training Area (CTA), located north of the small community of Riske Creek and about 35 kilometres west of Williams Lake, consists of approximately 41,000 hectares of land owned by the Department of National Defence (DND). The management of forest resources on this property is the responsibility of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) through an Order-in-Council P.C. O.I.C 1961-807.

ISC has identified areas within the CTA that are not satisfactory restocked. As a result, ISC has initiated a reforestation program on the property as part of ISC due diligence to rehabilitate the forested land base.

ISC is looking to establish a contract for a period of up to a (1) years to carry out reforestation services in support of ISC’s due diligence to rehabilitate the forested land base. The objective is to select a supplier in the re-forestation services to plant in the appropriate microsites on cut blocks for the spring 2024 season. 280,000 seedlings are scheduled to be planted by ISC.

Mandatory Site visit

It is mandatory that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at 1238 Stack Valley Rd, Riske Creek, BC, Canada V0L 1T0 on October 18th, 2023. The site visit will begin at 9:00 A.M. (PDT), in Toosey Old School Wood Products & Training Center (Outside the gate).

Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority no later than October 16th 2023 16h00 (PDT) to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend. Bidders will be required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in their bid that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend the mandatory site visit or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bid will be declared non-responsive. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.