Vessel Charter – Salish Sea Moorings

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 (2) 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 If the bids from the Indigenous businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two (2) compliant bids from Indigenous businesses remain, bids from all of the non-Indigenous businesses that had submitted bids will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. OBJECTIVE The Contractor must provide a sea worthy vessel with a crane and/or A-frame and winch as well as competent, experienced, and physically fit crew to retrieve and deploy up to 11 acoustic moorings and perform conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) casts in the Salish Sea. The Contractor also must provide accommodation and work space for a minimum of 2 science crew to perform this work. Up to 11 acoustic moorings will be serviced in waters around the south coast of Vancouver Island, including Swiftsure Bank, Juan de Fuca Strait, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass, and Strait of Georgia.