Marine Water Quality Monitoring

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Marine Water Quality Monitoring

K4B20-120110/A

To carry out annual bacteriological water quality and shoreline
sanitary 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 northeastern New
Brunswick from New Mills to Portage Island.

The initial proposed period of work for northeastern New
Brunswick would be from date of contract award  (estimated
around early September, 2012) to March  31, 2013. Environment
Canada may extend and expand the mandate of this requirement for
an extra two years (April 1st 2013 to March 31st, 2014 and April
1st 2014  to March 31st, 2015). 

During each survey season ( i.e., 2012, 2013 & 2014), samples
are to be collected at 368 discrete monitoring sites on five (5)
occasions (one sample per station per sampling run) in twentysix
(26) shellfish growing area sub-sectors principally from May to
November, except for 2012 when sampling will occur mainly
between Septembre and November  ( Appendix 1).  Two of the
latter subsectors may be sampled only twice per year, in accord
with the CSSP Remote Area policy.  

Locations and descriptions of the shellfish growing area sample
sites are provided as Appendices 2 and 3. Additional sampling
runs could be added, in consultation with the contractor, to the
initial sampling plan if required in order to respond to
evolving program needs. Collection, analysis and submission of
all water quality data are to be completed and provided to
Environment Canada by February 28th each year.

All details are outlined in the Solicitation document.

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requirements, and obtained the required minimum points for the
criteria which are subject to point rating, as specified in the
solicitation document.

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