RFSQ 14-2024

Water Taxi Services on BC Ferries Routes 8, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 25

RFSQ 14-2024

Water Taxi Services on BC Ferries Routes 8, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 25

This Request for Expressions of Interest identifies a business opportunity:

To pre-qualify operators for routes 8 (Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island), 18 (Powell River to Texada Island), 19 (Nanaimo Harbour to Gabriola Island), 20 (Chemainus-Thetis

Penelakut), 21 (Denman Island West to Buckley Bay), and 25 (Port McNeill to Malcolm Island (Sointula) only, as BC Ferries has identified routes 8, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 25 as requiring additional

operators

Note that it is the Proponent's responsibility to check BC Bid for additional posted documents e.g., addendum and Q&A documents that may be issued up until the closing date and time.

Key dates

Published: 11/28/2024

Closing Date: 12/30/2024

Closing Time: 2 pm (Pacific Time)

 

Key dates

Published: November 28, 2024
Closing Date: December 30, 2024
Closing Time: 2:00 PM Pacific Standard Time

Primary contact

Submission by email to procurement@bcferries.com. The Proponent must abide by the following instructions:

Proponents shall e-mail their proposal to the attention of the Contact shown on the title page of this RFSQ, on or before the Closing Date and Time stated. Any pricing tables required in response to this RFSQ are to be submitted, in the electronic copy, in Excel format. Responses must be in the English language.

Email submissions must meet the following requirements:

a) Submissions must be made in Microsoft Office 2007 or later format or Adobe PDF format. If Attachment worksheets were provided in Excel format, the Attachment worksheets should be submitted in Excel format;

b) Each file should be less than 10MB. Failure by any Proponent to comply with this restriction may result in information not being received by BC Ferries and may result in a non-compliant Proposal by the Proponent;

c) ZIP or like files shall not be accepted; and

d) Please do not include hyperlinks or website addresses in the Proposal to information that forms a part of the Proposal. BC Ferries reserves the right not to review any information provided by this means, and may result in a non-compliant Proposal by the Proponent.

Organizations interested in reviewing the bid package are advised to visit the BC Bid Portal webpage here: https://bcbid.gov.bc.ca/page.aspx/en/rfp/request_browse_public and search for British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. under the organization field.

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