2025-12-BHCP-P - Site - Tree and Shrub Planting

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 tree and shrub planting work in Birds Hill Provincial Park as further described in Section 1 of the RFP Particulars (Appendix 3) (the “Work”).

The work is being done in Birds Hill Provincial Park Campground – Sage, Robin and Junco Bays in Manitoba near Oakbank. The work site location will be partially occupied during construction with camping season opening in May long weekend and some camping in Sage and Junco Bays.

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 site visit has been scheduled as follows:
Location: Birds Hill Campground Office. (see Appendix 3 for site map)
Date and Time:May 2, 2025 10:00 AM local time

Proponents are to meet at location prior to 10:00 AM to sign the site attendance sheet.
Proponents are to pre-register by email to the project manager at ryan.wakshinski@gov.mb.ca. 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 1, 2025.
Attendance at the site visit will be confirmed and recorded.
Proponents are not entitled to rely on information received from ECC, ECC’s representatives or other third parties at the site visit unless the RFP Contact has provided the information in writing.

Deadline for questions May 9, 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 15, 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.