Environment & Climate Change Canada has a requirement for Weather Observation services at Vernon, British Columbia as detailed in the Statement of Work, Annex ‘A’ to the bid solicitation. The period of the contract is from date of award for a one year period with one (1) additional option period of one (1) year. The Contractor’s main responsibilities will be to prepare the instruments, release the balloons twice each day and ensure the prompt transmittal of the data, and the scheduling of personnel to conduct the observing, recording, encoding and transmitting of Aerological Observations.
There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses.
Bidders must provide a list of names as per Annex F, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 Integrity Provisions of Standard Instructions 2003.
For services requirements, bidders in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation.
This requirement is not subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP).
The requirement is exempt from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Excluded Coverage, Annex 1001.1.b-2 Services, Section B, R102, Weather Reporting Observations Service.
This requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
