Annual Spring Dredging, Toney River, NS
AI Summary
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is inviting bids for the annual spring dredging of the Toney River in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The tender requires the contractor to supply all labor, plant, equipment, and materials necessary to dredge approximately 12,500 cubic meters of material, which will be trucked from a containment cell located across Trunk 6 to the designated disposal site at 124‑240 New Road, River John. Mobilization and demobilization of all required equipment are included, and the work must be completed by 31 May 2027 in accordance with the project schedule set out in the specifications and drawings.
The project is open to all qualified bidders but will be conditionally set aside for Indigenous businesses under the Federal Procurement Strategy if at least two compliant bids are received; otherwise all non‑Indigenous bids will be considered. Payment will be made against the units listed in the unit price table; incidental work, although required, will not be separately measured. The contractor must deliver a construction schedule within five days of award, adhere to all specified safety, health, environmental, and regulatory requirements, and coordinate with local port officials to minimize interference.
All operations must be performed to meet or exceed the applicable national, provincial, and local codes and referenced standards, with the latest edition applying where older publications are cited.
Description
of all plant, labour, equipment and material for annual spring dredging at Toney River,
Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The volume of material to be dredged us approximately 12,500 cubic meter truck measure. Contract includes trucking material out of the containment cell located across Trunk 6 from the harbour to the designated site at 124-240 New Road, River John, NS, B0K 1N0.
The project scope of work must follow in strict accordance with the specifications and accompanying drawings and subject to all terms and conditions of this contract.
Contract includes mobilization and demobilization of all equipment necessary to make work progress for the entire contract.
Only items in the Unit Price Table will be measured for payment. All other work necessary to complete the contract will be considered incidental to the project and will not be measured separately for payment.
The contractor must perform and complete the Work by May 31, 2027. See specifications for project milestones.
Conditional Set-Aside under the Federal Government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB)
THIS IS AN OPEN TENDER. However, it will be conditionally set-aside under the Government of Canada’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) if two or more bids have been received by Indigenous businesses who are certified under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) criteria and who may be listed in the Government of Canada’s Indigenous Business Directory.
If your Indigenous business is not yet registered in the Indigenous Business Directory, please do so at the link provided above. If bids from two or more Indigenous businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Indigenous businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Indigenous businesses that may have been submitted.
If the bids from the Indigenous businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two compliant bids from Indigenous businesses remain, bids from all of the non-Indigenous businesses that had submitted bids will then be considered by the contracting authority.
Security Requirements
There is no security requirement for this project.
UNSPSC code: 72141200 Marine construction services, 72141206 Dredging services
Solicitation Number: 30007382
Expected Contract Start Date: 2026-01-05
Procurement Category: CNST
Regions Of Opportunity: Canada
Regions Of Delivery: Pictou
Selection criteria: Lowest Price