AB-2025-04681 - Caribou Habitat Recovery Program – Restoration Planning

This Request for Proposal (RFP) seeks one or more qualified contractors to support the planning and delineation of future project areas in caribou ranges.

The Caribou Habitat Recovery Program (CHRP) is an ongoing initiative aimed at assessing and treating legacy seismic lines within Alberta’s 15 caribou ranges. There are approximately 209,000 km of these legacy lines, and it is estimated that over 40% are not recovering naturally. These lines no longer provide economic benefit, and without intervention - such as tree planting - they are unlikely to regenerate into forested habitat capable of supporting caribou or contribute to Alberta’s economy.

Restoration planning is the first step in the restoration cycle. This planning requires a combination of field and spatial analysis. Products include but not limited to compartment delineation, will be conducted at the range scale to identify priority areas for future restoration treatments. CHRP is seeking contractors capable of surveying and delineating compartments within caribou ranges. These compartments should be defined based on logistical considerations for operational implementation, using natural boundaries such as landforms and access routes and consider other land-uses taking place in caribou ranges.

The restoration planning will focus on the following caribou ranges:
• Nipisi • Slave Lake • Red Earth • Chinchaga

Meeting Details
A Proponent information session has been scheduled to provide an opportunity for questions or clarification regarding this RFP’s requirements.

Date: July 14, 2025 Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Location: Teams Meeting Teleconference Coordinates:
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Submit written questions to the Contracting Manager in advance so that comprehensive answers can be given at the session.

Attendance at the session is not mandatory but is highly recommended.

Verbal responses to questions are not binding on any party. To obtain written confirmation of statements made at the Proponent Information Session, the Proponent must submit their questions in writing to the Contracting Manager after the session and they will be administered in accordance with section 7.9 of the RFP