This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Cardston, Alberta. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Reference Number 00005051108 Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation (AGI) - Water Infrastructure and Operations Branch (WIOB) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of approximately 10 billion dollars of provincially owned water management infrastructure. The Oldman River basin and Cypress Hills area accounts for approximately 65% of this infrastructure. WIOB manages a number of dam sites and water conveyance systems in this region. This infrastructure includes large earthen dams, some with an Extreme consequence of failure classification per the Canadian Dam Association. WIOB is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of over 200 kilometres of conveyance canals and other miscellaneous water management infrastructure. This infrastructure provides water security for irrigation districts, water user co-ops for agricultural water supply, commercial businesses, domestic consumption, municipalities, recreational partners, Alberta Parks, and other individual users. Maintenance and repair work for this infrastructure is critical and is an ongoing focus of WIOB. Much of the maintenance work includes the need for specialized welding and fabricating. WIOB requires a general contractor that can deliver a wide array of specialized fabrication, maintenance, modification or repair of steel or structures including but not limited to ladders, handrails, grating, platforms and bridge sections, piping, fencing and other special purpose fabrications maintenance services, to meet some of the complex operational and maintenance requirements of these diverse water management projects. The RFP is for general steel and structural maintenance and repair work as directed by AGI from a prioritized project list following standardized best practices or from a supplied design. The work will be completed within the Southern Operations Region. Project assignment areas may include the following sites and systems: o Waterton-St. Mary Headworks System near Cardston, Alberta o Oldman River Dam Project near Pincher Creek, Alberta o Lethbridge Northern Headworks System near Fort Macleod, Alberta o Mountain View Leavitt Aetna Headworks System near Mountain View, Alberta o Willow Creek Area near Stavely, Alberta Official bid documents must be obtained from www.merx.com and bid submissions must be done through the Merx platform. o Cypress Hills Area near Medicine Hat, Alberta