MARINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING & ANALYSIS

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: No
Nature of Requirements: 
MARINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING & ANALYSIS

On behalf of Environment Canada, to carry out annual
bacteriological water quality surveys of bivalve molluscan
shellfish growing areas in order to evaluate whether the
classified harvest areas continue to meet the Canadian Shellfish
Sanitation Program (CSSP) and (American) National Shellfish
Sanitation Program [NSSP] classification standards. This
requirement requires surveying in selected shellfish growing
areas throughout Nova Scotia from Cape North to Yarmouth.

The initial proposed period of work for Nova Scotia would be
from date of contract award  (estimated to be June 1st, 2014) to
March  31, 2015. Environment Canada may extend and expand the
option years for an extra two years (April 1st 2015 to March
31st, 2016 and April 1st 2016 to March 31st, 2017). 

During each survey season ( i.e., 2014, 2015 & 2016), samples
are to be collected at 943 discrete monitoring sites on five (5)
occasions (one sample per station per sampling run) in
seventy-three (73) shellfish growing area sub-sectors
principally from May to November.

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 complete requirement is defined in the soliciation document.

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procurement.

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