Southern Park Lands Maintenance Management Services

Provision of Maintenance Management Services for five years starting April 1, 2021 for the Southern Park Lands Contract Sites:

1. Airport Parkway (undeveloped lands)

2. Hog’s Back Park

3. Hog’s Back Road

4. McCarthy Woods Corridor (undeveloped lands).

5. Revelstoke Undeveloped (undeveloped lands).

6. Riverside Drive (North of Bank)

7. Riverside Drive (South of Bank)

8. Vincent Massey Park

The Maintenance Management Contract consists of providing Landscape and Civil Maintenance as well as Snow and Ice Control and Waste/ Cleaning Operations on NCC Sites located within the National Capital Region as more precisely indicated on the maps. The Contract also includes specialized Maintenance programs, some Event Support and certain reporting obligations. These services are summarized below, but not limited to the following:

Landscape Maintenance

• Turf cutting, trimming, watering, edging, top dressing, seeding or over-seeding, aerating, fertilizing, etc.;
• Tree/Shrub safety & clearance pruning/trimming, cultivating, edging, mulching, cutting and removing, stumping, winter protection, tree protection, etc.;
• Annual, bulb and perennial: mowing of daffodils, planting/removal, watering, fertilizing, cultivating, edging, hand weeding, pinching, roguing, winter protection, plant division-perennial, etc.;
• Non-desirable vegetation/nest/small animal control inspecting and removing as needed.

  Civil Maintenance

• Roadways, parking lots, walkways, pathways, sidewalks, steps and trails
• All Surfaces: inspecting/reporting, sweeping, removing hazards (leaves, encroaching vegetation, etc.), providing emergency services such as accident clean-ups, etc.;
• Asphalt: providing emergency pothole/sinkhole fillings;
• Concrete/Masonry (curbs, gutters, granite sets, etc.): re-setting, correcting, etc.;
• Gravel/Granular/Stone Dust/Natural/Decorative: levelling, grading, etc.;
• Wood: repairing, maintaining structural integrity, sanding, painting, etc.
• Systems
• Lighting & electrical (bollards, kiosks, panels, conduits, lamp standards, etc.) visually inspecting, reporting defects, minor repairs, securing, cleaning, relamping, providing line locates, etc.;
• Drainage (catch basins, manholes, ditches, Bioswales, tunnels, etc.) inspecting, reporting, cleaning, erosion/flood control prevention, providing line locates, water level control, removing surface water, etc.;
• Plumbing, irrigation and water (fountains, water and sewer lines, pit toilets, washroom facilities, pump systems, irrigation controls, etc.) inspecting, cleaning, repairing, maintaining, replacing, water testing, providing portable toilets, providing locates, etc.
• Fixtures & furniture (NCC furniture only) (fences, stone walls, guardrails, barricades, flags, bollards, garbage receptacles, signs, etc.) inspecting, repairing, replacing, cleaning, removing graffiti, painting, staining, displacing furniture, etc.
• Snow and Ice Control (roadways and parking lots; walkways, pathways, sidewalks, steps and building access; buildings; utility service access, trails, lanes, fire lanes, open spaces, fields, etc.): Providing equipment/supplies, removing, blowing, plowing, shovelling, clearing, cleaning, sweeping, de-icing, stockpiling, transporting, disposing, providing flood control & emergency services, etc.
• Waste/ Cleaning Operations (all surfaces): Organic and inorganic litter and debris pick-up; waste receptacles, cleaning and proper disposal; outdoor fixtures and furniture and hard surface cleaning; graffiti cleaning/removal (on all surfaces including, but not limited to, walls, bridges, tunnels, posts, signs, trees, escarpments, etc.); posters and foreign objects removal; spring clean-up; spills removal; bridge and tunnel cleaning and flushing.

  Special Site Requirements

• Providing Additional services that may be outside of typical site activities. Site specific requirements can be above or below typical standards and site limits.

  Special Maintenance Programs

• Floral Program:
• Providing, transporting, planting, maintaining, replacing, watering, fertilizing and removing approximately 325 annuals and 1,350 bulbs per Year.
• Mulching and Composting.
• Providing and spreading mulching and composting material as indicated in 4.8.1.5.

  Program Support

• For all NCC programs:

• When requested by the NCC, provide details of your Contract-related activities that contribute to the carbon footprint of the NCC’s programs. These data include, but may not be limited to, the following: types of vehicles used and total kilometres traveled for all program support activities; type of Equipment used and total fuel consumed for all program support activities; and total amount of waste picked up and/or generated by NCC programs.

  Event Support Program.

• For a fixed number of events occurring Yearly.
• Perform line locates, monitoring, regular Maintenance, site restoration, etc.;
• Staff, operate and manage a picnic site reservation system and the revenue it generates.

• Land Management Services
• Report non-compatible land use, encroachments and infractions on NCC Lands;
• Provide sound Maintenance practices to ensure continued preservation of NCC Lands;
• Abide by land management plans, principles, policies and regulations;
• Respect all land use agreements and regulations.

  Reporting Requirements

• Remit to NCC all reports required.