Title
Placing, Lifting/Removal, Maintaining and the Servicing of Buoys on the Southern Lakes - Yukon Territory
Contract Period
The Contract is for one year – April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 with the option to renew the contract for three (3) additional one year periods at the sole discretion of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Option periods if exercised will be April 1, 2017 through to March 31, 2018, April 1, 2018 through to March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2019 through to March 31, 2020.
Background
DFO, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a Seasonal Aids to Navigation System, consisting of thirty-four (34) unlighted buoys and ten (10) unlighted beacons, on the Southern Lakes in Yukon Territory and British Columbia. The buoys are deployed in May right after the ice recedes and are checked for correct position once a month until they are recovered and stored in October, shortly before freeze up. The beacons are left in place all year and are checked for correct operation once a month during the navigation season. In addition to these planned monthly checks; repairs and repositioning are done as required.
Objectives of the Requirement
The (CCG), Aids to Navigation and Waterways establishes aids to navigation that assist vessels to navigate safely through our waterways. The program benefits pleasure craft, fishing and commercial vessels, and ensures the public's right to navigate. CCG Marine Aids to Navigation is mandated to keep waters accessible by providing aids to navigation, developing waterways, and protecting navigable waters.
Background, Assumptions and Specific Scope of the Requirement
CCG is contracting out for the provision of placing, lifting/removal; maintaining and servicing of the following buoys/beacons as per the attached documents.
General Description of the Work:
Place buoys on position in accordance with navigational season
Maintain position and operation of both buoys and beacons
Lift/remove/change buoys as required
Repair and reposition buoys as required
