Basic Information

Reference Number

cb-339-40883686

Issuing Organization

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

30006913

Title

Area 3 Nisga’a Treaty Area 2025 - Biotoxin Monitoring Program

Source ID

PWGSC

Agreement Type

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Details

Location

British Columbia

Dates

Publication

2025/06/20 12:00:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2025/07/07 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Tammy O'Toole

343550-1758

tammy.otoole@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Description

TITLE
Area 3 Nisga’a Treaty Area 2025 - Biotoxin Monitoring Program

OBJECTIVE
To ensure safe and legal access to intertidal bivalves for Food, Social and Ceremonial purposes for members of the Nisga’a Nation by conducting biotoxin monitoring in the bivalve harvest areas outlined in the Nisga’a Final Agreement. To submit biotoxin samples including target samples on a scheduled frequency that will lead to legal openings for intertidal bivalve harvest and will provide harvesters with on-going information on changing marine biotoxin levels. The Contractor is expected to use methods that are effective and efficient.

CONTRACTING PERIOD
Each year, biotoxin monitoring station set up will be completed in August and sample collection and submission will commence in September for an early October Nisga’a Food, Social and Ceremonial (FSC) harvest opening, pending acceptable biotoxin results. Monitoring will continue on a scheduled frequency until mid-March, which marks the end of the traditional harvest period.

• Initial Contract: Contract award to March 31, 2026
• Option Year #1: April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027
• Option Year #2: April 1, 2027 to March 31, 2028
• Option Year #3: April 1, 2028 to March 31, 2029

Disclaimer Government of Canada (GC) tender notices and awards, solicitation documents and tender attachments are available free of charge and without registration on canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities, the authoritative location for GC tenders.

You may have received this tender notice or award through a third-party distributor. The Government of Canada is not responsible for any tender notices and/or related documents and attachments not accessed directly through canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities.

This Government of Canada tender notice or tender award carries an Open Government Licence - Canada that governs its use. Related solicitation documents and/or tender attachments are copyright protected. Please refer to the section about Commercial Reproduction in the canadabuys.canada.ca/en Terms and Conditions for more information.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government license - Canada. Contains data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada, on an "as is" basis.