RFSA - Provision of Hydrographic/Bathymetric production services.
AI Summary
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada is inviting pre‑qualified suppliers to enter a five‑year Supply Arrangement for a range of hydrographic and bathymetric services across Canada, with the exclusion of jurisdictions covered by Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec and Labrador. The arrangement will underpin CHS’s mandate to chart Canadian waters, ensuring safe navigation and protecting Canadian sovereignty through the collection, assessment, and delivery of hydrographic data for new digital charting products as well as existing nautical chart portfolios.
The procurement encompasses four interrelated service streams: (a) Hydrographic/Bathymetric Training Services, (b) Hydrographic Navigational Charting Support and Production Services, (c) Bathymetric Data Assessment and Processing Services, and (d) Hydrographic/Bathymetric Consulting Services. These services will be required on an as‑needed basis throughout the duration of the arrangement, which is slated to commence on 30 June 2025 and extend through 31 December 2029. All suppliers must meet the security protocols outlined by Public Works and Government Services Canada, including personnel and organization security screening and adherence to the Contract Security Program.
All supplied data and outputs must comply with current international charting standards for data collection, processing, and production.
Description
This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number 30004518 dated August 29, 2024 with a closing of October 16, 2025 at 14:00 Atlantic Time. Submissions for 30004518 will no longer be accepted.
This solicitation will remain on CanadaBuys until June 30, 2029.
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has a requirement to establish a number of Supply Arrangement (SA) with pre-qualified suppliers to meet the general requirements specified in each of the following service streams:
a. STREAM 1: Hydrographic/Bathymetric Training Services;
b. STREAM 2: Hydrographic Navigational Charting Support and Production services;
c. STREAM 3: Bathymetric Data Assessment and Processing services; and
d. STREAM 4: Hydrographic/Bathymetric Consulting services.
These services will be required on an as required basis throughout the period(s) of the Supply Arrangement.
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is mandated to chart Canadian waters to ensure safe navigation and to protect Canadian sovereignty. In that endeavour CHS must collect hydrographic/bathymetric data in support of new digital charting products as well as maintain existing portfolios of nautical charts in a variety of formats. This must be done using current international charting standards of data collection, processing and production.
The proposed period of the Supply Arrangement is five (5) years from the date of issuance to December 31, 2029.
There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 1 - General Information, and Part 6A - Supply Arrangement. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Suppliers should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng.html) website.
The Request for Supply Arrangements (RFSA) is to establish supply arrangements for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the RFSA to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting supply arrangements.
To allow new suppliers to qualify, the Request for Supply Arrangement will be posted on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) up to six (6) months prior to its expiry date.
UNSPSC code: 81101512 Geographic information system GIS services, 81151800 Oceanography and hydrology, 81151801 Oceanographic survey, 81151802 Estuarine oceanography, 81151803 Physical oceanography, 81151804 Hydrological surveys, 81151805 Bathymetric surveys
Solicitation Number: 30004518A
Expected Contract Start Date: 2026-06-30
Procurement Category: SRV
Regions Of Opportunity: Canada
Regions Of Delivery: Canada
Selection criteria: Variations or combinations of the above methods