Basic Information

Reference Number

00004447252

Issuing Organization

BC Timber Sales

Solicitation Type

ITT - Invitation to Tender (Formal)

Solicitation Number

EN26THA406

Title

EN26THA406 - Professional Engineering within the Seaward-tlasta Business Area

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

British Columbia

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2025/03/06 01:44:00 PM EST

Closing Date

2025/04/22 05:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Forests.SeawardTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca

Max Marshall,

Max.Marshall@gov.bc.ca

Description

BC Timber Sales is seeking the services of a qualified, experienced engineering firm to assist in the management of the forest road network within the BC Timber Sales Seaward/tlasta Business Area on an “as and when” basis.

The Ministry invites proposals from firms specializing in:

Site surveying,
Crossing general arrangement designs,
Retaining structure designs,
Log handling facilities and/or structure designs,
Construction review and conformance statements,
Project cost estimating, and
Bridge and Major Culvert inspections related to forest road management.

Objective:
The objective of the project is to establish a contract with an engineering firm to provide engineering services described above, and

that the engineering firm has demonstrated it has the resources, capacity and relevant experience to meet the engineering needs of the field teams, and
that the engineering firm ensures BC Timber Sales complies with all legislation and policy related to road management and the associated professional engineering requirements

Contract Term:
The Contractor’s services shall be provided on an “as requested” basis, for an initial term for the duration of 2025/2026 fiscal year, ending March 31st , 2026The Contract contains an ‘option to renew’ clause whereby the Ministry reserves the right to renew but is under no obligation to renew the Contract for a further term of up to one year, to a maximum of four (4)years, subject to funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor. As renewal is not assured, Proponents are cautioned to prepare their price on the basis of a single term contract only. Should the option-to-renew be exercised, the bid rate or bid price is expected to remain unchanged in the subsequent term unless, in the ministry’s sole opinion, a negotiated rate change is warranted.

Disclaimer

All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued on bcbid.gov.bc.ca. MERX asks that you refer to bcbid.gov.bc.ca notice for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the notice abstract.