Experimental Design, Modeling and Testing of Oil Dispersion in Water: Influence of Wind and Formation of Emulsions

The objective is to provide services that address research needs in partial fulfilment of deliverables under the Government of Canada’s Environmental Response Science (ERS) program for conducting research and developing advice and tools to support environmental response initiatives contained in the Oceans Protection Plan (OPP 2.0) as well as informing incident responses as they occur across Canada and abroad. The requirement is to conduct specialized engineering and experimental design and modeling that build on work previously conducted on behalf of DFO Science. The contract is aimed at giving COOGER scientists the ability to provide scientific information about the influence of wind on the physical and chemical dispersion of petroleum, as well as the factors affecting the formation and fate of emulsified oil. It is expected that the contracted work will be conducted over multiple years, with completion no later than March 12, 2027. Conditional Set-Aside under the Federal Government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) This is an open tender. However, it will be conditionally set-aside under the Government of Canada’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) if two or more bids have been received by Indigenous businesses who are certified under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) criteria and who may be listed in the Government of Canada’s Indigenous Business Directory (https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100033057/1610797769658). If your Indigenous business is not yet registered in the Indigenous Business Directory, please do so at the link provided above. If bids from two or more Indigenous businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Indigenous businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Indigenous businesses that may have been submitted. If the bids from the Indigenous businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two compliant bids from Indigenous businesses remain, bids from all of the non-Indigenous businesses that had submitted bids will then be considered by the contracting authority.