# Ontario Tenders #tender_22222

Ontario Boreal Caribou rotary-wing demographic survey services

**Posted:** October 28, 2026
**Respond By:** November 27, 2026
**Identifier:** tender_22222
**NAICS:** 481212

Ontario is seeking rotary-wing aerial survey services to assess Boreal Caribou demographics across five ranges.
- **Government buyer and users**
  - Buyer: Government of Ontario, through its Ministry of Natural Resources.
  - The work supports the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks’ population assessment, monitoring, and conservation activities.
- **Requested services**
  - Use one or more rotary-wing aircraft to conduct collar-targeted demographic classification surveys, focusing on collared adult females and collecting group demographic information.
  - Initial survey scope: approximately 180 collared caribou across the Brightsand, James Bay, Kesagami, Nipigon, and Pagwachuan Ranges.
  - Optional second-season scope: approximately 160 collared caribou, if the extension is exercised.
- **OEMs and vendors**
  - No aircraft manufacturers, OEMs, or vendors are named in the opportunity.
- **Notable requirements**
  - Surveys are intended to support Boreal Caribou population assessment and conservation.
  - No aircraft model, part number, or other equipment product is specified.

### Description

This Request for Bids seeks aerial surveys using one or more rotary-wing aircraft to classify the demographics of approximately 180 collared Boreal Caribou across the Brightsand, James Bay, Kesagami, Nipigon, and Pagwachuan Ranges in late winter 2027. The surveys will target collared adult females and collect group demographic information for population assessment, monitoring, and conservation. A second survey season in 2028 involving approximately 160 collared caribou may be conducted if the Ministry exercises its extension option.

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