This Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") is issued by His Majesty the King in right of the Province of British Columbia as represented by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ("the Province"). The purpose of this RFQ is to invite interested parties to indicate their interest in, and their qualifications for, the Highway 1 - Jumping Creek to MacDonald Snowshed Project ("the Project"). Through the process described in this RFQ, the Province anticipates identifying up to three Respondents to be invited to participate in the next phase of the Competitive Selection Process, the Request for Proposals ("RFP") phase. The purpose of the Competitive Selection Process is to identify a qualified entity ("Design-Builder") with whom the Province may enter into a contract (the "Design-Build Agreement") to design and construct the Project over a period anticipated to begin at Contract Execution with substantial completion in the fall of 2027 and total completion in the spring of 2028. The Project involves the design and construction of improvements to a technically challenging section of the TCH extending from the eastern limit of the recently completed Illecillewaet Four-Laning Project near the Jumping Creek Road intersection to the west end of the MacDonald Snowshed. The work includes realignment and upgrading of approximately 2.6 kilometres of two and three-lane undivided highway to a modern four-lane 100 km/h divided highway that will improve capacity, reliability, and safety of the highway. The TCH is confined by mountainous terrain on each side, the adjacent CPKC line along a section of the alignment, , and the Illecillewaet River on the downhill side. Options to improve this section of highway could include extensive cuts and fills and/or retaining walls and bridge structures depending on the approach selected by the successful Proponent. Detailed design and construction of improvements to 2.6 kilometres of highway including realignment and upgrading of two and three-lane undivided highway to a four-lane 100 km/h divided highway;
Improve highway drainage;
Infrastructure upgrades for climate change resiliency;
Mitigate rockfall and avalanche hazards;
Perform traffic management in active construction areas without an alternative route;
Coordinate construction activities with CPKC;
Protect and relocate utilities as required to accommodate the design;
Maintain highway infrastructure to specified standards during construction (including pavement, structures, drainage, etc.); and
Adhere to quality, health and safety, communications, environmental, Indigenous, and archaeological requirements. The Project will be procured using a Design-Build procurement approach with a total approved project value of $245.16 million.
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