The Ministry of Forests and BC Timber Sales, Strait of Georgia Business Area is establishing a Select List of prequalified contractors specializing in
Coastal Forestry Road and Bridge Construction Major Projects where the nature of the work requires multiple simultaneous activities.
Annually within the Campbell River Natural Resource District, BC Timber Sales and district staff construct over 20km of Forest Service Roads, 15 bridges and major culverts, 15km of major road upgrades, and several log handling facility construction/upgrades projects.
Projects may occur anywhere within the Campbell River Natural Resource District and Strait of Georgia Business Area for BC Timber Sales. See location map in the RFx documents section.
Contractors interested in being evaluated for inclusion on the Select List are invited to submit responses as per the RFQ22TCA015 Details document located in the RFx documents section. Submissions must be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the RFQ package.
All submissions become the property of the Ministry and will not be returned.
Be aware that BCTS has made changes to its EMS and SFM programs to meet the updated 2022 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. Changes impacting BCTS clients include new training requirements (Table 008-1, 008-1A, Tailgate Training, SFI Awareness documents, and new Indigenous rights awareness training, as well as changes to training frequency and a new continuing education component). In addition, note changes to EMS/SFM Environmental Field Procedures and Incident Reporting Procedures which occurred June 1, 2022.
Supervisors and workers will need to be familiar with these changes prior to commencement of operations. These documents are posted on our external EMS/SFM website at BC Timber Sales - Business Area Environmental Management System (EMS) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) - Province of British Columbia (
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/forest-certification/ems-sfm). More information on SFI available at
www.forests.org.
Please see the following website for
important BCTS Contracting advisory notices and guidance information:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/bc-timber-sales/contracting
