MULRFQ 2425-2 Production Insurance and Agriculture Wildlife Program Claims Adjusting - Forage and Grain

Solicitation number 2425-2

Publication date

Closing date and time 2023/12/15 17:00 EST


    Description
    Interested Suppliers are invited to submit a Response to this MULRFQ for the opportunity to be evaluated and determined whether they are eligible to be added to the list of Qualified Suppliers to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Business Risk Management Branch. This RFQ will be used to determine a list of qualified suppliers to provide crop and plant loss adjusting and inspections services on forage and grain in the areas of British Columbia summarized in the following table:
     
    Area:Crops:
    CaribooForage, Silage Corn, Grain
    North Central (Highway 16 corridor)Forage, Grain
    Peace River RegionForage, Grain
    Coastal (Fraser & Vancouver Island)Forage, Silage Corn, Grain
    Okanagan, Similkameen, Okanagan-BoundaryForage, Silage Corn, Grain
    East, West & Central KootenayForage, Silage Corn, Grain
    Thompson-NicolaForage, Silage Corn, Grain

    Qualified Suppliers may be contracted directly, or asked to compete, to enter into one year or multiple year Contract(s) to provide adjusting and inspection services for forage and grain crops on an “as, if and when requested” basis. The number and type of inspections required correlates directly with the number of growers, weather events, and loss events in each area.  While the inspections may occur anytime during the year, depending on the region, the majority will occur during the growing season which is from April 1 to November 30.

    Qualified respondents must be capable of conducting and documenting field inspections for any of the following reasons:
    a)        assessing crops or plants that may have suffered damage;
    b)       determining Cause(s) of Loss and the apportionment of yield reduction due to a Cause of Loss or multiple Causes of Loss;
    c)        assessing crop and plants management practices;
    d)       estimating pre-harvest crop yields;
    e)        determining the area of crop in a field;
    f)        sampling crops for quality loss;
    g)       measuring the volume (tons, kgs, lbs, bushels, bins, etc.) of a harvested crop;
    h)       conducting detailed farm inspections;
    i)         determining and reporting health and vigour of plants and their ability to bear crop; and
    j)        determining program eligibility, warranty confirmation, loss control, and underwriting inspections.

    On a non-exclusive “as, if and when requested” basis, Qualified Suppliers may be sent Competition Notices providing the opportunity to compete to provide Services to the Ministry. Only Qualified Suppliers will be sent and may respond to Competition Notices that may issue from this MULRFQ. No Competition Notices will be issued before the Initial Intake.

    The List of Qualified Suppliers will be valid until January 31, 2028, unless otherwise extended by the province with sufficient notice to the qualified bidders. The option to extend the bidder’s list is solely at the discretion of the province.
     

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Business Risk Management Branch
    Address
    British Columbia,
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Kathleen Zydowicz
    Email
    Kathleen.Zydowicz@gov.bc.ca
    Address
    British Columbia,
    Canada
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    Language(s)
    English

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