2025-17-BDRR-P - Pedestrian Bridge & Dock Repair/Replacement

This Request for Proposals (the “RFP”) is an invitation by the Government of Manitoba (“Manitoba”), as represented by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Parks and Trails Branch (“ECC”) to prospective contractors to submit proposals for all work, supply and installation, to repair or replace six pedestrian trail bridges and one dock in North Whiteshell, South Whiteshell and Spruce Woods Provincial Parks as further described in Section 1 of the RFP Particulars (Appendix 3) (the “Work”).

In consideration of Manitoba’s procurement policies and applicable trade agreements, this Solicitation is limited to Canadian suppliers who have submitted compliant submissions meeting all essential requirements of the solicitation. If no compliant submissions are received from Canadian suppliers, Manitoba may re-issue this tender at its sole discretion.

Submissions which propose the use of subcontractors based in the United States will be automatically disqualified.

The work is being done in Whiteshell and Spruce Woods Provincial Parks, located in Manitoba along hiking trails where most sites are remote and not directly accessible with an on-road vehicle. Work site locations will not be occupied during construction however some pedestrian through access may be required in certain locations.

Procurement Services is administering this RFP process on behalf of ECC. For the purposes of this procurement process, the “RFP Contact” will be:
Contract Administrator: Li Li
Email: cppdprocurement@gov.mb.ca 
Proponents and their representatives are not permitted to contact any employees, officers, agents, elected or appointed officials, or other representatives of Manitoba or ECC other than the RFP Contact, concerning matters regarding this RFP. Failure to adhere to this rule may result in the disqualification of the proponent and the rejection of the proponent’s proposal.

An optional pre-bid meeting has been scheduled as follows:
Location:    Virtual via Microsoft Teams
Date and Time:    May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM local time
 Proponents are to pre-register by email to the project manager at Rebecca.Lauhn-Jensen@gov.mb.ca. A link to the meeting will be sent as confirmation of attendance. It is the Proponents responsibility to ensure registration and confirmation has been received prior to the meeting.
Deadline for registration is the end of the business day May 13, 2025 .

Deadline for questions May 21, 2025. All questions must be submitted to the Contract Administrator at cppdprocurement@gov.mb.ca. CPPD will only address questions that were sent to this email address.

Bid submission deadline is May 27, 2025 at 2:00:00 P.M. CDT. This is an ebid submission and all bids must be uploaded through MERX. No other form of Proposal submission will be accepted.