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Strategic advisory services are being directly awarded to support transportation governance and planning for the new Regional Transportation Service.

Basic Information

Reference Number

00004859589

Issuing Organization

Capital Regional District

Solicitation Type

NOI - Notice of Intent (Informal)

Solicitation Number

223666

Title

Implementation Consultation for Regional Transportation

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

British Columbia

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2026/01/14 08:37:00 AM EST

Closing Date

2026/01/23 05:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Kara Mullin

regionalplanning@crd.bc.ca

Description

Notice is hereby given that Capital Regional District (the “CRD”), intends to directly award a Contract to the following supplier to provide strategic advisory services in support of transportation governance and planning, and in relation to the new CRD Regional Transportation Service (RTS).

Mobility Foresight Services Ltd.
1140 West 20th Street,
North Vancouver, BC
V7P 2B7

The supplier is responsible for providing informed advice based on industry knowledge and subject matter expertise while applying strategic insights supporting transportation governance within CRD, including the implementation of the RTS. A prior contract was previously executed with Mobility Foresight Services Ltd. to support the service establishment process. This new work includes the advancement of dialogue with key stakeholders related to the ongoing implementation and governance of the service and regional long range transportation planning. The cost associated with this contract is $70,000.00, for an aggregate amount of $143,000, including the previous contract.

In accordance with applicable trade agreements, CRD has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reason:

•the goods or services can be supplied only by the selected supplier and no alternative or substitute exists for the following reason:
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.
And in keeping with CRD Procurement Policy:
•where the value of a transaction for goods or services is less than $75,000 and that a competitive process would not be practical.

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection including documentation demonstrating that they meet the requirements set out above. This is to be addressed for the attention of Kara Mullin, by email before 2:00pm Pacific Standard Time, January 23, 2026. CRD will review any information or objection received by this date and assess each objection against the criteria. This assessment will be kept on file. If an objection is justified, a competitive process will be undertaken. For any objections that are rejected, CRD will provide reasons why the objection did not satisfy the needs of CRD in this procurement.
Please Reference Opportunity ID#: 223666 on all written correspondence.

Disclaimer All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued on bcbid.gov.bc.ca. MERX asks that you refer to bcbid.gov.bc.ca notice for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the notice abstract.