RFSO - Civil/Marine Engineering Consulting Services - Ontario, Prairie & Northwest Territories Regions
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DFO appears to be seeking marine and related engineering consulting firms for five-year Regional Master Standing Offers covering Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. Potentially relevant work includes small craft harbours, shore protection and breakwaters, dredging, timber cribwork, steel sheet piling, pilework, rock anchors, reinforced-concrete harbour structures, inspections, site assessments, and related civil, electrical, or geotechnical engineering. The arrangement may authorize up to five standing offers in each of two regions: Ontario, and Prairie & Northwest Territories. Individual call-ups could be valued at up to $750,000 including applicable taxes, but DFO does not guarantee that any work—or any particular value of work—will be awarded. Firms must be licensed, or eligible and willing to become licensed, to practise in the applicable jurisdiction. Proposals are expected to address the firm’s understanding of the work, methodology, relevant experience, and pricing. Work may be performed in English or French. There are no stated security requirements for the solicitation, although security requirements could apply to later call-ups. The tender is listed as open and closes November 10, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The listed coverage includes Ontario outside the NCR, the Northwest Territories, and the broader regional jurisdictions described in the notice. The supplied tender record does not include an official notice link, so the complete RFSO documents should be reviewed on Canada Buys before deciding whether to submit. In particular, verify the submission process, regional bidding rules, licensing requirements, mandatory forms, evaluation criteria, and closing time in the official notice.
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- The opportunity is an open Request for Standing Offer for civil/marine engineering consulting services for DFO Small Craft Harbours.
- Services appear relevant to marine projects in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories, including small craft harbour facilities, shore protection and breakwaters, dredging, timber cribwork, steel sheet pilework, timber or steel pilework, rock anchors, reinforced-concrete support structures, inspections, investigations, site assessments, and other engineering services such as electrical, civil, and geotechnical work.
- Offerors must be licensed, or eligible to be licensed, to practise in the province or territory having jurisdiction. An offeror licensed in only one specified jurisdiction must be eligible and willing to obtain licensing in jurisdictions where it is not licensed.
- The stated evaluation basis includes demonstrated understanding of the scope, approach and methodology, quality of relevant experience, and cost.
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1. Requirement Overview and Scope Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – Small Craft Harbours (SCH) Branch is inviting consulting firms with Marine Engineering expertise to submit proposals for Standing Offers. The selected consultants shall provide a range of services as identified in the Required Services section of this document for marine projects in the Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories Regions, including but not limited to the following: ? Small Craft Harbour facilities ? Shore protection and breakwaters ? Dredging ? Timber cribwork ? Steel sheet pilework ? Timber or steel pilework & rock anchors ? Reinforced concrete support structures (e.g. pile caps, beams, fascia and retaining walls, wharf deck) ? Inspection, investigations and site assessments of existing structures (barricading, load capacity) ? Other engineering services (electrical, civil, geotechnical, etc.) 2. Mandatory Licensing and Evaluation Basis Offerors shall be licensed or eligible to be licensed to practice in the Province having Jurisdiction. If an Offeror is licensed to practice in only one of the specified jurisdictions, then that Offeror must be eligible and willing to be licensed in the jurisdiction in which they are not licensed. In general, the firm and its personnel will be evaluated on the basis of their demonstrated understanding of the scope of services, their approach and methodology to providing those services, the quality of their relevant experience in this area, as well as the cost of the provision of the services. 3. Standing Offer Structure and Duration It is DFO's intention to authorize up to five (5) Standing Offers per Region.Regions are defined as follows: I. Ontario Region - Ontario. II. Prairie & Northwest Territories Region - Manitoba; - Saskatchewan; - Alberta; and - Northwest Territories. The period for placing call-ups against the Standing Offer shall be for Five (5) years commencing from the start date identified on the Standing Offer. 4. Financial Value of the Standing Offers Individual call-ups will vary, up to a maximum of $750,000.00 (Applicable Taxes included). Offerors should note that there is no guarantee that the full or any amount of the Standing Offer will be called up; DFO will issue call-ups only when the specific services to be provided under the Standing Offer are needed. 5. Applicable Trade Agreements This procurement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), the Canada - United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA). 6. Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies No 7. Language of Work The language of work will be English or French. 8. Security Requirements There are no security requirements associated with this solicitation of offers or the Standing Offer; however, security requirements may be applicable at the time of issuance of call-ups. 9. Period of Standing Offer The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer will be from the date of Standing Offer issuance to five(5) years later.
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