Venison harvest from Llgaay gwii sdiihlda- Restoring Balance Deer Project on Ramsay and Lyell Islands - Gwaii Haanas

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Venison harvest from Llgaay gwii sdiihlda- Restoring Balance Deer Project on Ramsay and Lyell Islands - Gwaii Haanas

Scope of Work: Gwaii Haanas Field Unit requires a contractor to liaise with Parks Canada Agency staff and other contractors working on the Restoring Balance project to collect between 40-80 deer carcasses from restoration islands, transport the deer in a chilled or frozen state from Gwaii Haanas (Gandaawuu.ngaay Xyangs- Juan Perez Sound) to the processing site (likely Queen Charlotte or Skidegate), track the chain of custody on the meat for each carcass, butcher the meat in a Health Canada or provincially approved environment, and connect and distribute the meat to local food programs (Meals on Wheels, LF2S and Skidegate Band Council).

This contract is for post-hunting carcass collection, food safe storage, transport, tracking, butchering and distribution of the venison harvested from the Restoring Balance project. As part of a multi-year project to restore ecological integrity to select forest ecosystems within Gwaii Haanas, the removal of introduced Sitka Black-tailed deer will be undertaken on Ramsay Island and Lyell Islands. Shooting of the animals at baited stations by Parks Canada Agency staff and their contractors will start on April 20th on Ramsay Island and continue approximately until May 12th, 2017 and will run from May 5-18th on southern Lyell Island (See attached maps for probable locations of bait station hunting on the two islands).

The period of a resulting contract will be from date of contract to September 30, 2017 inclusive.

Enquiries: All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the solicitation period.

Enquiries should be received no later than eight (8) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

Return Bids To: Parks Canada Agency Bid Receiving Unit National Contracting Services 635 – 8 Avenue S.W., suite 1300 Calgary, AB T2P 3M3 Bid Fax: (403) 292-4475

Additional Information: This bid solicitation contains technical criteria. In their technical bid, Bidders should address clearly and in sufficient depth the criteria that are subject to technical evaluation.

National Parks Regulations require that all work is to be performed in accordance with the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations set out in the National Park Act.

Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk.

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Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.