Air charter Services – Rotary Wing

1. Background:

Water Survey of Canada (WSC) of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) collects water quantity data. As the equipment that collects the data is dispersed across the north on remote rivers and lakes, access to a large majority of these locations requires use of aircraft. Charters leaving Yellowknife to access these remote locations in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

2. Objective:

WSC requires a rotary wing aircraft (helicopter) capable of transporting hydrometric technologists, herein referred to as ECCC passengers, and their equipment to remote, off strip, hydrometric sites, landing on lakes and rivers in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The aircraft is expected to transport ECCC passengers and equipment from Yellowknife to each site, stay on site with the ECCC passengers while they conduct their work of surveying, working from boats, collecting water quality samples, discharge measurements and conducting station and site maintenance.

3. Reference Documents:

Sites are listed in the tentative itineraries found as separate attachments.

4. Aircraft Requirements:

The Contractor’s base of operations must have a heated indoor washroom.

The aircraft must have the following:
• GPS
• ELT
• Satellite tracking
• Satellite phone
• First Aid/Survival kit
Equipment consists of large, irregularly shaped containers, long/sharp objects, lumber, dangerous goods (compressed gas cylinders and gas motors boat motor, generator, fuel can, etc.).

Total weight, including ECCC passengers, can be up to 830kg although space required to accommodate the equipment will generally be exhausted before the weight threshold is exceeded.

Each site visit can be 1-3 hours and pilots should have personal gear to reflect the weather/seasonal conditions.

5. Tasks:

On an as required basis, safely transport personnel and equipment to the locations in the tentative itineraries.

Each itinerary will be visited one time each year of the Contract.

6. Official Languages:

All communication must be in English

7. Work Location:

On an as required basis, trips to remote locations listed in the Tentative Itineraries found as separate attachments.

8. Travel:

All flight tours will initiate and finish in Yellowknife, NT.

ECCC will not be responsible for expenses incurred to reposition the aircraft to or from Yellowknife, NT.

No inherent travel or ferry costs will be paid to the Contractor to reach the point of departure (Yellowknife, NT.) to begin the work.