Water monitoring and biological monitoring of Molluscs - Port of
Gaspé-Sandy Beach

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Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
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Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Title: Sediment Remediation Project at the Port of Gaspé-Sandy
Beach Water Monitoring and Biological Monitoring of Molluscs
Gaspé, Quebec

Background
Transport Canada plans to conduct remediation of sediments
contaminated with copper (Cu) and polycyclic aromatics
hydrocarbons (PAHs) located directly south of the Gaspé—Sandy
Beach commercial wharf. The remediation project will involve
dredging 27,000 m3 of sediments over an area of roughly 50,000
m2. One of the anticipated impacts of the project is the
resuspension of contaminated sediments during the dredging
operations and their transport to marine aquaculture sites
northwest of Gaspé harbour. To assess the real impacts of the
project, Transport Canada has undertaken to develop a monitoring
program that would include an early warning system to track the
movement of contaminated sediments in Gaspé harbour and to
ensure that dredging activities in the sector of the Gaspé
commercial wharf will have no measurable impacts on the mussel
or scallop aquaculture sites in the northwestern part of the
harbour.

Transport Canada has engaged Public Works and Government
Services Canada (PWGSC) to validate the Protocol for the
Biological Monitoring of Molluscs prepared by Dr. Émilien
Pelletier, of ISMER, in the fall of 2014 and to conduct
monitoring (optional services) during the dredging operations,
which should begin in the summer of 2015. The services of a
contractor are required to perform the work.

Mandate
The mandate includes two main activities:

1.	validation of the protocol in the fall of 2014; and
2.	monitoring during the dredging operations in the summer/fall
of 2015 (optional services).

More specifically, during these activities, the Contractor will:
1.	collect water samples and profiles of physical and chemical
parameters through the entire water column of Gaspé harbour;
2.	 establish contact with marine aquaculture producers in Gaspé
harbour to obtain the molluscs required to perform the work;
3.	harvest and carry out the caging of molluscs;
4.	carry out the sampling of mussels and scallops;
5.	conduct morphometric analyses (length, width, weight, etc.);
6.	prepare mussel and scallop samples for analysis;
7.	have the analyses on water and mollusc samples performed by
an accredited laboratory; and
8.	present all results in the reports.

Term of Contract

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to March
31st, 2016 inclusive. (firm part + optional services)

Period of the Work (firm part)

The Work for the firm part (validation of the protocol in the
fall of 2014) is to be performed from date of Contract to 24
weeks after the Contract award. 

Basis of Selection
The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined
rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 70% for
the technical merit and 30% for the price. 

Trade Agreements

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).

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procurement.

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