Aerial Overview Survey Monitor
Solicitation number BC228213
Publication date
Closing date and time 2026/04/30 12:00 EDT
Description
Notice is hereby given that the Ministry of Forests is contemplating making a direct award of a contract to Blackwell Consulting Ltd. (the “Supplier”).
The high-level details of the contemplated contract are generally described below.
The provincial aerial overview survey (AOS) is the cornerstone of forest health monitoring in B.C. Like most forested jurisdictions across North America, B.C.’s annual aerial sketch mapping is done to efficiently record the location and severity of forest disturbances that can be seen from the air. Combined with records from the Canadian Forest Service dating back to 1914, B.C.’s AOS data provides invaluable historical information on the patterns of disturbance across the provincial forested land base. The Ministry of Forests the AOS using fixed-wing aircraft to map damaging agents. The protocol for mapping can be found on the Ministry web sites (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys, accessed April 16, 2026). This contract is to provide support for the Province-wide AOS as an AOS coordinator with services including:
The high-level details of the contemplated contract are generally described below.
The provincial aerial overview survey (AOS) is the cornerstone of forest health monitoring in B.C. Like most forested jurisdictions across North America, B.C.’s annual aerial sketch mapping is done to efficiently record the location and severity of forest disturbances that can be seen from the air. Combined with records from the Canadian Forest Service dating back to 1914, B.C.’s AOS data provides invaluable historical information on the patterns of disturbance across the provincial forested land base. The Ministry of Forests the AOS using fixed-wing aircraft to map damaging agents. The protocol for mapping can be found on the Ministry web sites (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys, accessed April 16, 2026). This contract is to provide support for the Province-wide AOS as an AOS coordinator with services including:
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 22 month(s).
Trade agreements
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Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Office of the Chief Forester
- Address
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545 Superior StVictoria, British Columbia, V8V 1S2Canada
- Contracting authority
- Babita Bains
- Email
- Babita.Bains@gov.bc.ca
- Address
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545 Superior StVictoria, British Columbia, V8V 1S2Canada
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