Environmental Investigations, Remediation and Engineering Services Related to Contaminated Sites in the Northwest Territories

This requirement is for the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC). The Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) Northwest Territories (NWT) Region is responsible for managing contaminated sites on Crown land in the NWT. CIRNAC anticipates initiating a series of environmental investigations, remedial activities, and/or long term monitoring at a number of sites throughout the NWT Region. Generally, these sites were associated with exploration, mining, and/or military operation and many have originated in excess of fifty years ago. There are nearly 100 sites in the NWT’s inventory of federal contaminated sites. These sites are managed as per the Federal Approach to Contaminated Sites and the associated 10-step process. Many of them require additional environmental site assessment work, risk assessment analysis and remediation planning. Once remediation and/or risk management activities are completed, these sites may also require monitoring in the short or long-term. The Standing Offer Agreements (SOA) are intended to capture the environmental and engineering services required to manage risks at these sites and in many cases to facilitate moving these sites through the 10-step process. The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish Standing Offers for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the RFSO, in the Northwest Territories (NWT), including the following areas subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs): • Inuvialuit Final Agreement (1984) • Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (1992) • Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (1994) • Tlicho Land Claims Agreement (2005) The intent is to award up to six (6) Standing Offer Agreements for a period to March 31, 2027, with two (2) one (1) year option periods. Level of Security: there are no security requirements applicable to this requirement.