Contractors are invited to bid on a tender for forest road deactivation and logging debris piling for burning (burning not included in contract). The contract will ask for different machine rates for work in the Terrace Operating Area and the Nass Operating Area, mainly north of the Cranberry River. Terrace Areas include but are not limited too – Big Cedar, Kitnayakwa/Limonite, Skeena West, Hirsh. Nass Areas include but are not limited too – Orenda, Arbour/Harper, Vandyke. The contractor must supply equipment and operators experienced with deactivation works. Techniques required will include (but are not limited to) water bars, cross ditches, stream culvert removals, wood box culvert removals, and debris piling. There will be NO bridge deactivations associated with this contract. The contractor will be required to deactivate roads following the instructions of site-specific plans, the Forest Range and Practices Act (FRPA), the Ministry of Forests Engineering Manual and the specifications contained in the schedules and appendices of the contract. The Contractor must be flexible and adaptable to a changing schedule.
Questions & Answers
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.SkeenaTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca. Deadline for receiving questions is
11:00 am on
July 30, 2025.
If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by
June 31, 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.
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
Skeena Business Area
BC Timber Sales
