Non-binding Request for Standing Arrangement RPAS

The Province invites Respondents to submit Responses for the provision of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Services to support the Province’s management of wildfires and fire suppression activities undertaken by BC Wildfire Services (“BCWS”), a branch within the Ministry of Forests, and the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship. The RPAS Services may be required in the context of: i) wildfire response; or ii) performing mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery (“MPRR”) duties, both of which relate to wildfire management, including prescribed burning, and all natural hazards, as further described in section 3 of this NRSA and Schedule A1, Schedule A2, and Schedule A3 of the Standing Arrangement.

There are two categories of RPAS Service: 

1.    Primary RPAS Services, which include the following two subcategories:
       a)    Infrared Detection; and
       b)    high-resolution Ortho; and

2.    Secondary RPAS Services, which include the following three subcategories: 
       a)    LiDAR;
       b)    live project streaming; and
       c)    aerial ignitions.

Respondents are required to provide Primary PRAS Services and may, but are not required to, propose to provide one or more Secondary RPAS Services.