The purposed contract requires the planting of approximately 1,989,961 estimated BCTS seedlings in the Mackenzie District. The spring plant must be completed by June 31st,2024.
Refer to the Schedule B1 for specific prescribed seedling information. Access comments on the Schedule B1 are also for guidance only.
If there are seedling allocation or area discrepancies between planting maps and the Schedule B1, then the Schedule B1 is the primary source of information for bidding. There have been a few changes to the contract documents for this season, please review Schedules before submitting a bid package.
Some of the key changes include: Shipping costs for all trees will be the responsibility of the Contractor to cover. The nursery
locations for trees will be found in the Schedule B1, and an addendum to this contract will occur during advertisement to add the nursery locations. The contractor is to incorporate the costs of shipping into their bid prices.
A pre-determined set of rate increases will be applied to any Substantial Access Changes that occur after the tender closing date and before the planting start date.
Deliverable requirements around data collection and submission have been updated. Clarified that data to support regen declarations is to be collected and summarized by Standard Unit not Planting Unit.
Updated silviculture/inventory label requirements to match recent changes to silviculture survey procedures. Clarified that final planting data is to be submitted by Contractor into Plant Wizard or Excel.
Some trees may come in hard plastic cases instead of boxes. These cases need to be returned to the IFS cold storage in PG by the contractor.
For the 2024 spring planting, expect all spring delivery spruce, pine, and cedar seedlings to be 'loose packed' with no wrapped bundles in cartons. Cartons will be clearly labelled indicating loose packed cartons.
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.PrinceGeorgeTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca.
Deadline for receiving questions is 4:30 pm on November 24, 2023. If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to electronically by November 27, 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. The lowest priced or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
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