Canada - 2025D - Greenhouse and Outdoor Compound Species

Description

Forest Seedling Production Contract: Tender 2025D– Greenhouse and Open Compound SpeciesThis tender is to offer a forest seedling production contract with a term up to and including June 30, 2026.Eligibility to Bid – Nurseries must be an approved nursery with Seedling Services through the REI process and have grown >200K trees in the past 3 years in gov’t contracts and have a performance rating <80%.Contract will close November 8th at 9:00 am PSTContract will be awarded on November 20th, 2024, and posted to BC Bid.No. of Seedlings to be Grown = 41, 137, 90040 710 400 are one year old spring seedlings 2 525 400 are I wrap seedlings 427 500 of 2 +0 seedlingsSpecies to be Grown and Limitations:SpeciesAcronymIN 1000’SLimitations %AspenAT156.9N/ACedarCW677.525BirchEP128.2N/AFirFDI12945.812HemlockHM75.0N/AHemlockHW26.6N/ALarchLW2525.412Lodgepole PinePLI12661.812Ponderosa PinePY3542.012Black SpruceSB3.9N/AHybrid SpruceSX8354.812 Contract deliverables will be planned for completion throughout the fiscal year to meet the business area quarterly targets. Projects will be completed concurrently as per the approved work progress plan and schedules.See the Schedule A Services for specific works required.Questions & AnswersAll contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: kona.vandiest@gov.bc.ca.  Deadline for receiving questions is 9:00 am on November 1st, 2024.  If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by November 5th, 2024.Tender submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the tender package.The lowest priced or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.Be aware that BCTS has made changes to its EMS and SFM programs to meet the updated 2022 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. Changes impacting BCTS clients include new training requirements (Table 008-1, 008-1A, Tailgate Training, SFI Awareness documents, and new Indigenous rights awareness training, as well as changes to training frequency and a new continuing education component). In addition, note changes to EMS/SFM Environmental Field Procedures and Incident Reporting Procedures which occurred June 1, 2022. Supervisors and workers will need to be familiar with these changes prior to commencement of operations. These documents are posted on our external EMS/SFM website at BC Timber Sales - Business Area Environmental Management System (EMS) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) - Province of British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/forest-certification/ems-sfm).  More information on SFI available at www.forests.org.Unverified bid results will be posted to BC Bid after tender opening and once awarded the contract award results will be available on BC Bid.Please see the following website forimportant BCTS Contracting advisory notices and guidance information:https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/contractingBC Timber Sales

Opportunity closing date

08 November 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed