Marine Waterlot Assessments

This requirement is for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). Summary Title: Marine Waterlot Assessments. Location of Work: This work will take place at various Small Craft Harbour (SCH) locations throughout the Newfoundland region. This work will take place at the following sites: • Burnt Island SCH – DFRP # 34775 • Little Bay (La Poile – North Site) SCH – DFRP # 34550 • Little Bay (La Poile – South Site) SCH – DFRP # 00763 • Ming’s Bight East SCH - DRFP # 01561 • Ming’s Bight West SCH – DFRP # 10029 • Nipper’s Harbour (Coastal Wharf) SCH – DFRP # 01521 • Nipper’s Harbour (Slipway) SCH – DFRP # 01523 • Nipper’s Harbour (Breakwater) SCH – DFRP # 55781 • Nipper’s Harbour (Fisherman’s Wharf) SCH – DFRP # 34659 • Seal Cove (Connaigre Bay) SCH – DFRP # 00646 • Smith’s Harbour SCH – DFRP # 01516 Background: This work is being completed as part of DFO’s commitment to the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) to complete environmental assessments of all its properties and to remediate and/or risk manage its sites that pose a risk to both human health and the environment, while reducing the government of Canada’s environmental liability. Objective: The objectives of this contract is to complete a Tier I Marine Waterlot Assessment (MWA) for the DFO properties as indicated in the Locations of Work. This also includes the collection and holding of samples to be used for the Tier II if required. The Contractor may be required to analyze and report on the held samples of the Tier II work if DFO deems it necessary based on the Tier I assessment. Security: No Security clearance required, escort required at DFO sites, except for public zones. Trade Agreements: The requirement is subject to the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, World Trade Organization–Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). Mandatory Requirements: Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the mandatory evaluation criteria as detailed herein. Bidders’ Proposals must clearly demonstrate that they meet all Mandatory Requirements for the proposal to be considered for further evaluation. Proposals not meeting the mandatory criteria will be excluded from further consideration. Mandatory Criteria: M1 The bidder must propose one (1) Contaminated Sites Approved Professional. M2 The Bidder must have a minimum of sixty (60) months (5 years) experience in conducting and completing Environmental Assessment work on Waterlots, within the last eight (8) years from the date of bid closing. M3 The Bidder must have a minimum of sixty (60) months (5 years) experience in conducting and completing both Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Waterlots, within the last 10 years from the date of bid closing. M4 The bidder must have experience working on the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP). M5 The Bidder must provide a staffing plan identifying the resources that will be assigned to this requirement. Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements: This procurement is not subject to any Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement 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 Selection Method: The basis of selection is Highest Compliant Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price.