2022-RFP-022 - REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE PROVISION OF CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR PERMAFROST – A

PROJECT OVERVIEW
The City is seeking to retain a Consultant to provide technical services for the
Permafrost – Above & Below Ground Infrastructure Study project. For this assignment,
the Consultant will be required to provide technical and professional services to
compare above and below ground utilidor infrastructure. The recommendations
included in this study will contribute to the City’s long-term strategy for utilidor
infrastructure.
The City invites individual firms or consortiums of firms to submit Proposals for the
above-referenced Project in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Request
for Proposal document.
1.1 Background
1.1.1 Location
Iqaluit is the capital of the Nunavut Territory and is located at the south end of Baffin
Island near the end of Frobisher Bay (63°45’N latitude and 68°31’W longitude). Access
to Iqaluit is provided by regular scheduled commercial aircraft year-round, snowmobile
trails from other Baffin Island communities in the winter, and sealift from the port of
Montreal and Valleyfield in the summer