Placing, Lifting/Removal, Maintaining and the Servicing of Buoys on Lake Winnipegosis – Manitoba

Title

Placing, Lifting/Removal, Maintaining and the Servicing of Buoys on Lake Winnipegosis – Manitoba.

Contract Period

The Contract is for one year – August 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 with the option to renew the contract for three (3) additional one year periods at the sole discretion of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

Option periods if exercised will be April 1, 2017 through to March 31, 2018, April 1, 2018 through to March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2019 through to March 31, 2020.

Background

DFO, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a Seasonal Aids to Navigation System, consisting of fifty-three (53) unlighted buoys, and fourteen (14) lighted buoys on Lake Winnipegosis in Manitoba. The buoys are deployed in May or early June, just after the ice recedes and are checked for correct position once a month until they are recovered and stored in November, shortly before freeze up. In addition to these planned monthly checks; repairs and repositioning are done as required.

Objectives of the Requirement

The CCG, Aids to Navigation (AtoN) and Waterways establishes aids to navigation that assist vessels to navigate safely through our waterways. The program benefits pleasure craft, fishing and commercial vessels, and ensures the public's right to navigate. CCG Marine Aids to Navigation is mandated to keep waters accessible by providing aids to navigation, developing waterways, and protecting navigable waters.

Background, Assumptions and Specific Scope of the Requirement

CCG is contracting out for the provision of placing, lifting/removal; maintaining and servicing of the following buoys as per the attached documents.

General Description of the Work:

• Place buoys on position in accordance with navigational season
• Lanterns to be placed on the appropriate buoys
• Maintain position and operation of buoys and lanterns
• Change lanterns as required
• Lift/remove/change buoys as required
• Repair and reposition buoys as required
• Submits Buoy Service Reports through SIPA mobile (the aids to navigation database)