Tender: Parks Canada – Extraction and Propagation of Whitebark and Limber Pine Seeds (Mountain Parks Region)

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Parks Canada is seeking experienced growers to extract, air-separate, stratify and propagate seeds from whitebark and/or limber pine collected in mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. Cones are collected by park staff in late summer and sent to a nursery for seed extraction by the fall; extraction, air separation and propagation occur over the fall and winter and mature seedlings are grown and delivered to Parks or Field Units for fall planting two years after collection. This procurement is a Supply Arrangement with no defined end date and allows ongoing qualification with arrangements accepted at any time and evaluated in quarterly cycles (March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 at 02:00 pm MT). Offers received by fax (1-866-246-6893) or by email to soumissionsouest-bidswest@canada.ca are acceptable; offers received in-person or by courier may not be accepted. The maximum email file size is 15 megabytes, emails with links will not be accepted and offer documents must be sent as attachments. Bidders should obtain solicitation documents and any addenda from the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders, documents may be submitted in either official language, and work must be performed in accordance with the National Park Act.