MP24TJE015 – Multi-Phase Timber Sale Licence Development, Fort St. James

The purpose of this contract is to rework five Timber Sale Licenses (8 blocks) located within several BCTS Fort St. James Operating Areas in support of the Sales program.  The rework will include partial or full completion of works under each phase (recce, layout, cruising, Site Plans and assessments).  The work will include submission of validated spatial information and tabular data entry into BCTS’ Land and Resource Manager (LRM) database.

Questions & Answers
All contract related questions must be submitted in writing ONLY to the following email address: Forests.StuartNechakoTimberSalesOffice@gov.bc.ca.  Deadline for receiving questions is 4:30 pm on July 17, 2023. If questions are received, a Question & Answer document will be posted to BC Bid by July 19, 2023.
    
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
Stuart-Nechako Business Area
BC Timber Sales