Awas'ak Wiyasiwewin Infrastructure Project - Transitional Living Homes - Bridging Consulting Services

The Office of the Onikanew of Child and Family Services, on behalf of the Founding First Nations (Loon River First Nation, Lubicon Lake Band, and Peerless Trout First Nation) is seeking Proposals for Bridging Consulting Services from qualified firms for the Transitional Living Homes package as part of the Awas’ak Wiyasiwewin Infrastructure Project (the Portfolio).

The Transitional Living Homes package (the Project) is expected to deliver culturally appropriate facilities to empower the delivery of sustainable, accessible, and community-centered child and family services both on-Nation and off-Nation, as part of the implementation of Awas’ak Wiyasiwewin (Cree for Children’s Law). This early package in the Portfolio includes 60 residential building assets to be delivered in nine different communities (Loon River First Nation, Lubicon Lake Band, Peerless Trout First Nation – Peerless Lake and Trout Lake, Edmonton, Peace River, Slave Lake, Grand Prairie, High Level).

The Bridging Consultant will be responsible for development of the Owner’s Statement of Requirements for the Project to enable subsequent procurement of a Design-Builder and preparation of a corresponding Class B cost estimate required to enable capital funding approval. Subject to applicable phase gate approvals, it is anticipated that the Bridging Consultant will remain engaged through the Contract Administration, Commissioning, Close-Out, and Warranty phases, including performing the role of Payment Certifier for the Construction Contract.

Proponents shall submit Proposal documents via email to Kim Gould (kim.gould@wsp.com) and Jessica Gibeau (jessica.gibeau@wsp.com). Email subject line shall be “Proposal Submission – AWIP Transitional Living Homes – Bridging Consulting Services”.
Proposal documents shall consist of two separate files, named as follows:
1.        File 1 (Technical Proposal)
–        File Name: “20261105 AWIP TLH Bridging Services – [Proponent Name] Technical Proposal”
2.        File 2 (Financial Proposal)
–        File Name: “20261105 AWIP TLH Bridging Services – [Proponent Name] Financial Proposal”
Proposal documents will be deemed received as per the date and time shown on the recipient system. Proponents are encouraged to allow sufficient time for the digital transfer of their proposal submissions.

Submission Format: Two unlocked PDF documents, maximum combined file size of 10MB.

The Proponent’s submission shall follow the format, number of forms, and pages as described in Appendix E of the RFP. Non-compliance with the specified format may result in disqualification of the Proponent’s submission.

Official Proposals submission will be digital copy. Digital copy Proposals are to be submitted on 8½” x 11”, minimum 10pt size font, unless otherwise specified in the RFP. Page limits are based on one-sided pages (i.e. two (2) pages = two single sided sheets of paper, or one double-sided sheet of paper).

All pages of the submission should be numbered sequentially, cross-referenced to a table of contents, and bookmarked with functional links to each of the required proposal sections identified in Appendix E of the RFP.