Tender: Stream to Sea Program Delivery & Coordination — Parksville, Qualicum, Comox Valley (SD 69 & 71)

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada is seeking a contractor to deliver and coordinate the Stream to Sea Program for schools, independent schools, other learning centres and community partners in Parksville, Qualicum and the Comox Valley (including School Districts 69 and 71). Services include developing geographic-specific work plans, training educators, coordinating and assisting with classroom incubators (aquaria), delivering salmon eggs to schools, providing indoor and outdoor classroom sessions on salmon life cycle, dissections, aquatic ecosystems, habitat requirements and stream-to-sea migration, troubleshooting and maintenance of aquaria, assisting with spring fry release programs, and supporting Pacific Region tracking and reporting including brood stock summaries and year-end Stream to Sea data; contractors may also participate in live transport of adult and juvenile salmon and in spawning of broodstock. The contract period is from date of award to October 31, 2027, with two one-year option periods, is subject to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, and has no security requirement.