The ministry invites proposals from firms specializing in Geotechnical assessments and forest road construction implementation and monitoring for EN26TFM002 Geotechnical and Construction Support Services contract. The objective of the project is to support the BC Timber Sales, Kootenay Business Area engineering program.
See RFP Documents & Schedules A to A3 for specific works required.
The intention of this RFP is to award a 5-year “multi-year” contract, with an option for two additional 1-year renewals.
Questions & Answers
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.KootenayTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca. Deadline for receiving questions is 12:00 pm on April 23, 2025. If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by April 24, 2025.
Proposals must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the ten-der package.
The lowest priced or any proposal 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 cli-ents 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 fre-quency and a new continuing education component). In addition, note changes to EMS/SFM Envi-ronmental 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 not be posted to BC Bid 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
Kootenay Business Area
BC Timber Sales
