Annual Spring Dredging, Toney River, NS

The work covered under this contract consists of the furnishing

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If the bids from the Indigenous businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two compliant bids from Indigenous businesses remain, bids from all of the non-Indigenous businesses that had submitted bids will then be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.

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

• None