RFSA - British Columbia Coastwide Ecosystem Monitoring Service

Title :RFSA - British Columbia Coastwide Ecosystem Monitoring Service

ON-GOING OPPORTUNITY FOR QUALIFICATION

A Notice will be posted for the duration of the arrangement on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) to allow new Suppliers to become qualified. Existing qualified Suppliers, who have been issued a supply arrangement, will not be required to submit a new arrangement.

Due to the resources required to evaluate the arrangements, Canada has reserved the right to conduct the evaluation of arrangements in cycles, no less than semi-annual.

A Solicitation “A” will be issued after this solicitation closes to permit the ongoing qualification of firms up to 6 months prior to the contract end date. The Solicitation “A” will close September 30, 2029.

SCOPE OF WORK

Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO), Pacific Region, intends to establish a Supply Arrangement for a variety of ecosystem sampling services to be carried out throughout the coastwide of British Columbia (BC), Canada. Coastwide is defined as Offshore, Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and the BC mainland coast and inlets.

The services are being broken down into various Categories as identified below:

a.        Category 1: Imagery Analysis

b.        Category 2: Ecosystem sampling

c.        Category 3: Species, Environmental variables and Habitat Analysis

The proposed duration of the Supply Arrangement is five (5) years from date of issuance to March 31, 2030.

The Request for Supply Arrangements (RFSA) is to establish supply arrangements for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the RFSA to the Identified Users across Canada, including areas subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs):

        Nisga’a Final Agreement

        Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement

        Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement

        Tla’amin Nation Final Agreement

The RFSA covers two (2) procurement umbrellas:

a.        PSIB Stream: First Nations, Tribal Councils, or First Nation-owned Businesses and all other Indigenous Businesses;

b.        General Stream: Any supplier, including Indigenous suppliers, wishing to submit an arrangement not pursuant to the PSIB.

TRADE AGREEMENTS

a.        PSIB stream:

This procurement is set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. For more information on Indigenous business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Indigenous Business, refer to Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.

This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for measures with respect to Indigenous peoples or for set-asides for small and minority businesses.

Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement.

b.        General stream:

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

There is no security requirement applicable to the Supply Arrangement.

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

• None