RFSO -Coastal imaging, habitat classification, shoreline assessment in Canada
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DFO is seeking to establish one national Individual Standing Offer for professional coastal imaging, habitat classification, shoreline assessment, and related data services across Canada. The work appears relevant to businesses with expertise in aerial imaging, still photography and video, ground-truthing surveys, shoreline and habitat mapping, species and ecosystem assessment, geospatial databases, data processing, open-source data products, and technical reporting. Potential work may include surveying Canadian coastlines, classifying shoreline and nearshore features, identifying biologically significant species and habitats, assessing wave exposure and oil residency, creating and maintaining databases, and publishing datasets and reports to support ocean protection and spill-response planning. The proposed standing-offer period would run from issuance until September 30, 2031. The opportunity is open and closes October 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The procurement is national, but certain locations covered by Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador are excluded from this standing offer and may require separate procurements. The requirement is subject to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, CETA, and CFTA. This opportunity potentially matches a supplier with the required technical, field-survey, data-management, and reporting capabilities, but the tender details should be reviewed carefully before deciding whether to bid. Confirm the mandatory qualifications, technical requirements, security and insurance provisions, equipment and staffing expectations, evaluation method, submission instructions, and applicable Indigenous or land-claims requirements in the official RFSO.Official document: https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/105879/30008157-rfso-en_0.pdf
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- The requirement appears to be for professional services supporting the design, implementation, review, and maintenance of coastal imaging and habitat-classification data and products for Canadian coasts.
- The supplier is expected to provide expertise in coastal imaging, including aerial imaging, ground-truthing surveys, and processing of aerial imagery.
- Potentially required work includes aerial imaging, still photography, video, and ground-truthing surveys.
- Potentially required work includes characterization and mapping of shoreline attributes; identification and characterization of biologically significant species and habitats; and characterization of shoreline and nearshore species and habitats for wave-exposure and oil-residency indices.
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has a requirement to establish a Standing Offer to provide professional services for the design, implementation, review, and maintenance of coastal imaging and habitat classification data and products for all Canadian coasts. The Contractor will use their expertise in coastal imaging, conducting aerial imaging and ground truthing surveys, and processing aerial imagery to produce open-source data products. The goal is to support DFO in shoreline classification, species, habitat and ecosystem vulnerability, and ocean protection. Specific goals include completing aerial imaging, stills, video, and ground truthing surveys, characterization and mapping of shoreline attributes, identification and characterization of biologically significant species and habitats, characterization of shoreline and nearshore species and habitats for wave exposure and oil residency indices, database creation and services, and publication of end products and reports. DFO will benefit from these services by efficiently collecting, processing, analyzing, and documenting data for the Ocean Protection Plan and spill response planning initiatives. Canada intend to establish one (1) Standing Offer (SO) to a qualified supplier who can provide the services to meet the general needs outlined in the Statement of Work Annex. The period of the Standing Offer will be from date of SO issuance until September 30, 2031. The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish a National Individual Standing Offer for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers. The requirement is subject to World Trade Organization-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
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