EN24TAH4403 - Dangerous Tree Assessment and Falling within the Babine Business Area

BCTS BC Bid Solicitation Standard

The proposed contract requires the provision of Dangerous Tree Assessment and Falling within the Babine Business Area.  Approximately 15 days of Assessment and Falling will be needed within each of the Babine Business Area’s 3 Field Units: Smithers, Houston, and Burns Lake.  
The contract will require a qualified falling supervisor, 2 qualified fallers, and a certified Wildlife Dangerous Tree Assessor.  Traffic Control may be needed.
See the Schedule A Services for specific works required.
Questions & Answers
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.BabineTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca.  Deadline for receiving questions is 3:00 pm on May 29, 2023.  If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by  June 1, 2023.
    
Tender submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the tender package.

The lowest priced or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Be aware that BCTS has made changes to its EMS and SFM programs to meet the updated 2022 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. Changes impacting BCTS clients include new training requirements (Table 008-1, 008-1A, Tailgate Training, SFI Awareness documents, and new Indigenous rights awareness training, as well as changes to training frequency and a new continuing education component). In addition, note changes to EMS/SFM Environmental Field Procedures and Incident Reporting Procedures which occurred June 1, 2022. 

Supervisors and workers will need to be familiar with these changes prior to commencement of operations. These documents are posted on our external EMS/SFM website at BC Timber Sales - Business Area Environmental Management System (EMS) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) - Province of British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/forest-certification/ems-sfm).  More information on SFI available at www.forests.org.

Unverified bid results will be posted to BC Bid after tender opening and once awarded the contract award results will be available on BC Bid.
    
Please see the following website for
important BCTS Contracting advisory notices and guidance information:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/contracting
    
    Timber Sales Manager
    Babine Business Area
    BC Timber Sales