This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Nelson, British Columbia. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

This invitation to tender is to tree plant approximately 910,000 seedlings (including overflow planting units) over 715 ha (including overflow planting units) within the Rocky Mountain District. Planting units vary from 1st plant right after harvesting, fill planting and replanting post wildfire burn. Planting units are located in the following geographic areas or drainages; Flathead, Rocky/Teepee, Moyie, Lost Dog/Mather, Kootenay, Kootenay Eastside, Dutch, and Lavington. A KML file with Planting unit locations can be found within Appendix l. Approximately 145,000 fertilizer tea bags will be installed in conjunction with planting of seedlings on specified Planting units. A fertilizer allocation spreadsheet outlining which planting units the fertilizer tea bags will be used on can be found under Appendix ll. Fertilizer tea bags will be planted as per instructions outlined in Schedule C 2.04. All fertilizer tea bags will be supplied by BCTS. The contractor is required to complete thaw requests at least 10 days prior to planting (to be approved by the ministry official) and for transport of seedlings from Hawkeye Holdings Ltd in Kelowna, BC to the planting site. The contactor will require at least one refrigerated unit capable of storing 100,000 seedlings. Once thawed, seedlings must be planted within 10 days. See the contract documents for full details of the above and other duties of the Contractor. Tender submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the tender package. Questions & Answers All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.KootenayTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca. Deadline for receiving questions is 12:00 pm on October 23, 2023. If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by October 24, 2023. If your bid deposit is in the form of cash, money order, certified cheque or bank draft, you will not be able to e-bid. See allowable submission delivery method(s) above. Also see Conditions of Tender for acceptable bid securities. Estimated Contract Duration (in months) 4