This major works contract involves both the construction of new forestry roads and the reconstruction of existing forestry roads to access Timber Sale Licence (TSL) TA2500 in the Strait of Georgia Business Area. The works are in the Sayward Forest proximate to Campbell River, BC. The total reconstruction is approximately 1.817 kilometers, involving brushing, road widening, ditch establishment, culvert installation, minor resurfacing, danger tree removal and right of way falling where identified on the project plans. The total new road construction is estimated at 1.644 kilometers. Drilling and blasting will occur in proximity to high value recreation trails, and specialized falling equipment has been requested in the solicitation see Info to Bidders for additional details.
Please note that additional documents are required to be submitted with your bid. Refer to the Conditions of Tender, specifically sections 5 and 14, highlighted in yellow.
Time is of the essence. The works are required to achieve Timber Sale Licence targets for fiscal year 2026.
For detailed information on the specific works required, see the Schedule C Project Specifications.
Questions & Answers
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address:
Forests.StraitofGeorgiaTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca. Deadline for receiving questions is
4:00 pm on
April 23, 2025.
If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by
April 25, 2025.
Tender submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the tender package.
If your bid deposit is in the form of cash, money order, certified cheque or bank draft, you will not be able to e-bid. See allowable submission delivery method(s) above. Also see Conditions of Tender for acceptable bid securities.
The lowest priced or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
Be aware that BCTS has made changes to its EMS and SFM programs to meet the updated 2022 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. Changes impacting BCTS clients include new training requirements (Table 008-1, 008-1A, Tailgate Training, SFI Awareness documents, and new Indigenous rights awareness training, as well as changes to training frequency and a new continuing education component). In addition, note changes to EMS/SFM Environmental Field Procedures and Incident Reporting Procedures which occurred June 1, 2022.
Supervisors and workers will need to be familiar with these changes prior to commencement of operations. These documents are posted on our external EMS/SFM website at BC Timber Sales - Business Area Environmental Management System (EMS) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) - Province of British Columbia (
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/forest-certification/ems-sfm). More information on SFI available at
www.forests.org.
Unverified bid results will be posted to BC Bid after tender opening and once awarded the contract award results will be available on BC Bid.
Please see the following website for
important BCTS Contracting advisory notices and guidance information:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/contracting
Timber Sales Manager
Strait of Georgia Business Area
BC Timber Sales
