Advance Contract Award Notice. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) requires the services of a Contractor to operate the duck banding station at Lac Saint-Jean for the summer period of 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The objective is to operate the duck banding station at Lac Saint-Jean, in the Péribonka River and Mistassini River sectors. The results obtained in a final report will contribute to the cooperative duck banding program.
The exhaustive list of tasks is as follows:
- Work preparation (purchase and rental of start-up equipment) and site visit
- Construction and/or repair of cages
- Request authorization for scientific research from Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon
- Pre-baiting (fifteen (15) days minimum before the start of operations)
- Installation of ten (10) cages
- Notify conservation officers
- Capturing harmful mammals
- Capture and banding of ducks
- Daily data compilation
- Closing the cages
- Material storage
- Report production
- Shipping material to the Canadian Wildlife Service
At the end of each summer season, a final activity report must be submitted electronically to the Project Manager.
Constraints :
- All work and deliverables must be in French.
- The Contractor will not be reimbursed for actual authorized travel and living expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of the work.
- The Contractor must comply with the following task risk analysis: Waterfowl Banding Risk.
- The Contractor must house and feed the resource at the work site for the duration of the contract
