Biological and Technical Support Services - Lower Fraser River Area

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Salmonid Enhancement Program (SEP) delivers the Community Involvement Program (CIP) with the intent of providing technical support to salmon enhancement projects and  habitat enhancement /restoration projects and watershed stewardship activities undertaken by local community groups and volunteers. 

Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, requires contractors to provide bio-technical support to CIP projects and community groups as defined by the Community Advisor for each of the following geographic areas:

•	Lower Fraser 

General contract activities include, but are not limited to:

•	Fish Production: collecting broodstock, spawning and incubation, hatchery rearing of juvenile salmon, operating sea pens, and providing fish culture support to CIP hatcheries

•	Restored/ Enhanced Habitat: conducting fry salvage programs, riparian planting and management, water quality and temperature monitoring, habitat surveys and mapping, and habitat restoration

•	Salmon Stock Assessment: including juvenile salmon programs, hydraulic sampling programs, sampling for biological traits, and adult assessment and brood capture

•	Education and Awareness: providing support to the Stream to Sea program, participating in tradeshows/education fairs and community events and Streamkeeper and watershed stewardship activities

•	Administration: providing support to CIP participants on project development and implementation, project funding applications and report writing

Tender documents MUST be downloaded from www.buyandsell.gc.ca .  Those who submit a bid agree to be bound by the instructions, clauses and conditions of the bid solicitation and accept the clauses and conditions of any resulting contract.

For further information, please contact the Contracting Authority, Trudy Scott by email at DFOtenders-soumissionsMPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca   .