IM25TFF002 Implementation Boundary

The Contractor shall provide daily planting supervision and administration for the 2024 Spring Tree Planting program in the Boundary TSA. This year’s contract is for approximately 1,342,600 seedlings. The Contractor will also establish approximately 615 Plantability plots which will be used to create the 2026 Sowing Request. For Year 2 of this Option to Renew, the number of seedlings to be planted is estimated to be 1,600,000. The total number of Plantability plots is unknown at this time but it will be in the range of 500-1000 plots.
The Implementation contractor will be expected to supervise the planting contractor, conduct pre-work planting block meetings, layout out of planting unit boundaries and monitor the stock and allocation for planting blocks. In addition to the establishment of check and pay plots, a Milestone Regen Survey will be carried out to confirm that the standard units can be declared.

Questions & Answers
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.KootenayTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca.  Deadline for receiving questions is 12:00 pm on March 11, 2024.  If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by 4:00 pm March 12, 2024.
    
Tender submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the tender package.
    
If your bid deposit is in the form of cash, money order, certified cheque or bank draft, you will not be able to e-bid. See allowable submission delivery method(s) above. Also see Conditions of Tender for acceptable bid securities.

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
Kootenay Business Area
BC Timber Sales