Regional Standing Offer for Environmental Risk Management Services

OBJECTIVES OF THE REQUIREMENT

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has a requirement to set up standing offer agreements for Environmental Risk Management Services in the province of British Columbia on an “as and when” requested basis. The objective is to award up to five (5) Standing Offer Agreements (SOA) to qualified suppliers who can provide Environmental Risk Management Services to meet the specific needs outlined in the Statement of Work.

The purpose of this request is to solicit proposals for standing offers from companies with the ability to provide technical and project management services related to the overall risk management of contaminated sites and to obtain a list of qualified companies that can perform these activities to meet the specific needs of Fisheries and Oceans. The successful proponents are required to have significant regulatory experience in the federal framework as well as the BC provincial framework. Proponents will be available to help Fisheries and Oceans staff to prepare and implement risk management or parts thereof on an as needed basis.

BACKGROUND

This standing offer is designed to provide external resources to assist with risk management services, including but not limited to risk assessment, remedial options evaluation, remediation planning, risk communication and development of risk management plans for Fisheries and Oceans on an as needed basis. Corporations are allowed to submit bids as a team; however a proposed resource may only appear in one submission.

The Categories of Resources Required are:

Project Manager, Human Health Risk Assessor, Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessor, Terrestrial Ecological Risk Assessor, Senior Engineer or Scientist, Field Staff, Intermediate Risk Assessor, Intermediate Engineer, Risk Communicator, GIS Analyst.

PERIOD OF STANDING OFFER

The services are to be performed on an “as and when required” basis during the period from date of award until up to 5 (five) years thereafter.

SECURITY

There is no security requirement for this contract. The Company working under this Standing Offer Agreement must not be given access to sensitive information or assets, and must be escorted at all times while on DFO premises.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada, on the following grounds: where material developed or produced consists of material subject to copyright, with the exception of computer software and all documentation pertaining to that software.

TRADE AGREEMENTS

The requirement is subject to the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement, World Trade Organization–Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the mandatory evaluation criteria as detailed herein. Bidders’ Proposals must clearly demonstrate that they meet all Mandatory Requirements for the proposal to be considered for further evaluation. Proposals not meeting the mandatory criteria will be excluded from further consideration.

Mandatory Criteria

M1 The bidder must propose one (1) Contaminated Sites Approved Professional for Risk Assessment (can be terrestrial or aquatic risk assessor or Project Manager). The bidder must provide a copy of the resources’ certification through the Society of Contaminated Sites Professionals of British Columbia with their bid.

M2 The bidder must propose one (1) Registered Professional Biologist (aquatic or terrestrial BC or AB accepted ) or one Board Certified Toxicologist (Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology[DABT]). The bidder must provide a copy of the resources’ current membership with their bid.

COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIMS AGREEMENTS

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish Regional Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users in the Pacific Region, excluding locations within the Yukon that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within the Yukon will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.

SELECTION METHOD

The basis of selection is Highest Compliant Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price.