Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring Services at Former
Colomac Mine, NT

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements: 
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC),
Environmental Services, on behalf of Aboriginal Affairs &
Northern Development Canada (AANDC) has a requirement for
comprehensive environmental monitoring services at the former
Colomac mine site located approximately 220 kilometres north of
Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories.

Colomac was an open pit gold mine that operated between 1990 and
1997.  Colomac contained contamination, such as cyanide impacted
tailings and hydrocarbon impacted soils, resulting from the
intermittent operation of the mine between 1989 and 1997.  The
original operator of the mine went into receivership and then
declared bankruptcy, resulting in site abandonment.  In 1999,
Colomac became the responsibility of AANDC, Contaminants and
Remediation Directorate (CARD).  Between 1999 and 2011, PWGSC
and CARD have assessed and remediated all identified
environmental impacts at the site.  Several monitoring programs
are now in effect to verify the success of the remedial efforts.
 These include, but are not limited to, surface and groundwater
monitoring, geotechnical monitoring, hydrology monitoring,
thermistor and meteorological data collection, stream health
monitoring, re-vegetation success monitoring, and aquatic and
terrestrial monitoring.  A Contractor is required to undertake
the monitoring programs scheduled to begin in May 2015 for a one
year period with six subsequent one-year option periods ending
no later than March 31, 2022.

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 -
Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel
and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders
should refer to the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate
(CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public Works and
Government Services Canada
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

There is an optional bidders' teleconference associated with
this requirement.  Please refer to Part 2, Section 2.7 of the
RFP for more information.

As per the Integrity Provisions under section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003 bidders must provide a list of all owners
and/or Directors and other associated information as required. 
Refer to section 4.21 of the Supply Manual for additional
information on the Integrity Provisions.

For services requirements, Bidders must provide the required
information as detailed in article 2.3 of Part 2 of the bid
solicitation, in order to comply with the Treasury Board
policies and directives on contracts awarded to former public
servants.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT).

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity
requirement applies to this procurement; see Part 5 -
Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the
annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity -
Certification.

The proposed requirement is subject to the Tlicho Comprehensive
Land Claims Agreement.  The benefits that will apply are
contained in Chapter 26, Article 26.3.1, (a) of the Tlicho Land
Claims and Self-Government Agreement.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.