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This Solicitation opportunity from Government of Canada was posted on June 10, 2025. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

Rotary Wing Air Charter Services

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5P420-25-0001/A International

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The Parks Canada Agency is soliciting bids for rotary wing air charter services to support operations from June 2025 to March 31, 2026. The required services include the safe transport of personnel and equipment, vertical reference operations such as slinging barrels, wildlife aerial surveys, and general support for visitor safety, wildland fire management, asset management, resource management, and law enforcement. All work must be performed in compliance with the National Park Act. Bids must be submitted exclusively via email to [email hidden] or by fax to [phone hidden], as submissions via SAP Ariba, courier, or in-person will not be accepted. Email submissions are limited to 15 megabytes per file, and documents must be sent as attachments rather than links. Technical and contractual enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority at least seven calendar days before the solicitation closing date.

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Parks Canada seeks rotary wing air charter services from June 2025 to March 2026.

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*Northwest Territories, CAN

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AgencyGovernment of Canada → Parks Canada Agency
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SUBMISSION OF BIDS BIDS RECEIVED BY FAX AND EMAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OFFICIAL. PARKS CANADA IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING BIDS VIA SAP ARIBA, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR BID VIA FAX OR EMAIL AS INDICATED IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT. BIDS RECEIVED IN-PERSON OR BY COURIER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The only acceptable email address for responses to the bid solicitation is Sign up to see this detail. Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address other than Sign up to see this detail will not be accepted. The only acceptable facsimile for responses to bid solicitations is Sign up to see this detail. The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size. The Bidder should be cognisant of the size of the email as a whole, and not only the attachments. Please take into consideration that some attachments, when sent, may be resized during the email transfer. If the email size is too large, the Bidder should send the bid in multiple emails properly labeled with the solicitation number, project name, and indicate how many emails are included (ex. 1 of 2). Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments. REQUIREMENT Parks Canada Agency (PCA) is seeking the provision of rotary wing air charter services for the following primary duties: a) Transport of Parks Canada personnel and equipment in a safe and reliable manner; b) Vertical reference operations (e.g., slinging barrels); c) Wildlife aerial surveys; d) Support of other park management operations including visitor safety, wildland fire management, asset management, resource management, and law enforcement. PERIOD OF CONTRACT The period of the Contract is from June 2025 to March 31, 2026 ENQUIRIES All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority. Enquiries regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing and should be received no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided. INFORMATION National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act. Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. Parks Canada has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.

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