K8C13-13-2206 - Marine Water Quality Monitoring – Quebec Lower St. Lawrence, Gaspé and Magdalen Islands Regions 2014 and 2015 (K8C13-13-2206)

The Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP), which is aimed at protecting public health, is the first point of shellfish sanitary control. Environment Canada’s (EC) role is to identify and assess all sources of pollution of shellfish beds in order to measure the impact of pollution on water quality.

In Quebec, the shoreline area where shellfish are harvested, either locally or commercially, occupies an area of 5000 km and is currently divided into 400 sectors. The priority given to the assessment of the sectors is based on the type of harvesting i.e.commercial (local or for export) or recreational, and the pollution sources located in the area.

This mandate relates to the Lower St. Lawrence, Gaspé and Magdalen Islands. Seventy-two (72) sectors will be sampled in 2014 and 2015, from May to November of each year. Moreover, during each year, additional rounds could be added to the sampling plan laid out for 2014 and 2015.

The Contractor shall thus assume the delivery of the following works:

To carry out bacteriological studies of shellfish areas (softshell clams, blue mussels, Stimpson and Atlantic surf clams, and scallops) in order to evaluate the water quality so as to meet the CSSP Standards.

• Collection of seawater samples • Bacteriological analyses of seawater samples in a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025: 2005, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories for the Rapid Fecal Coliform MPN test (Modified A-1 Method) as described in the CSSP manual of operation (method of reference: APHA et al. 2012, section 9221 E. 2. Thermotolerant Coliform Direct Test [A-1 Medium], p 9-74 à 9-75) (See the detailed request for proposal) • Measurement of various hydrological and meteorological factors, and evaluation of their impact on water quality • The capture and computerization of data through the « Plate-forme régionale d’information sur la salubrité des mollusques » (PRISM) • Preparation of specific reports by shellfish sector

Planned schedule The works requested shall be performed for the period of April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2016, with the option of one extra year, from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017.

Contracting authority For more information contact;

Jonathan Perron email: jonathan.perron@ec.gc.ca

Information

Companies that wish to submit tenders for this project are asked to retrieve all documentation and information via buyandsell.gc.ca. If addendums are needed they will also be posted on buyandsell.gc.ca. Companies which submit bids based on documentation received from other sources will do so at their own risk.

The State reserves the right to negotiate with companies. Bids can be submitted in either official language.