RFSA - Photo interpretation services for the National Forest Inventory
Solicitation number NRCan-5000093109
Publication date
Closing date and time 2026/03/24 14:00 EDT
Last amendment date
Description
By means of this Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking arrangements from supplier to update the mapping and attributing of land cover within 2km x 2km photo plots across Canada using stereo imagery (satellite or aerial based) or mono imagery (satellite or aerial based) that is sub 71cm panchromatic + multispectral (i.e. <71cm spatial resolution). Interested suppliers should carefully review the requirements of this Supply Arrangement and submit their arrangement for consideration. Suppliers who meet the evaluation criteria will be included in a pool of pre-qualified suppliers.
The services include photo interpretation and data capture from two image type (stereo image and mono image) for National Forest Inventory (NFI) photo plots in the geographic zones (Zone 1 to 6, see Map 1 in Annex A, SW.3.7). Supplier can qualify for a single image type-zone combination and up to twelve image type-zone combinations.
The Supply Arrangement will be in effect until March 31, 2028.
NRCan reserves the right to exercise the option to extend the Supply Arrangement(s) for up to three (3) additional periods of one (1) year.
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 24 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2026/04/01.
Trade agreements
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World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
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Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
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Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
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Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
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Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
Reason for limited tendering
A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:
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None
Businesses interested in partnering for this tender opportunity:
Note: Information may not be available in both English and French. This is because the Official Languages Act does not apply.
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)
- Address
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506 Burnside Road West
Victoria, BC , V8Z 1M5Canada
- Contracting authority
- Vincent Gariépy
- Phone
- (819) 560-9253
- Email
- vincent.gariepy@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
- Address
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50 Place de la Cite
Sherbrooke, Qc, J1H 4G9Canada
Bidding details
| Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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| DAMA-RFSA- NRCan-5000093109 - Questions et réponses No 3 - Questions and answers #3.pdf | 001 | EN and FR | 10 | 2026/03/17 |
| DAMA NRCan-500093109-001.pdf | 001 | FR | 12 | 2026/03/12 |
| RFSA NRCan-5000093109-001.pdf | 001 | EN | 17 | 2026/03/12 |
| DAMA-RFSA- NRCan-5000093109 - Questions et réponses No 2 - Questions and answers #2.pdf | 001 | EN and FR | 16 | 2026/03/12 |
| DAMA-RFSA- NRCan-5000093109 - Questions et réponses No 1 - Questions and answers #1.pdf | 001 | EN and FR | 38 | 2026/02/25 |
| RFSA NRCan-5000093109.pdf | 001 | EN | 91 | 2026/02/13 |
| DAMA NRCan-500093109.pdf | 001 | FR | 22 | 2026/02/13 |