British Columbia BCBid #PL28TKN202

Okanagan-Columbia South Zone spring and summer tree planting services

BC Timber Sales is seeking a contractor to plant trees in the Okanagan-Columbia South Zone. - Buyer: BC Timber Sales Branch, Okanagan-Columbia Business Area. - Services requested: Spring planting of an estimated 756,766 trees across 562.2 hectares and summer planting of 172,492 trees across 128.8 hectares. - Production requirements: At least 20,000 trees per day for spring work and 15,000 per day for summer work. - Notable requirements: Complete danger-tree assessments and written reports for all blocks; collect daily quality-plot data using Plant Wizard and the Planting Quality Inspection System; and coordinate seedling thaw requests through the Seedling Management System. Tree-marking flagging must be paper-based or biodegradable, except for limited permitted uses of conventional plastic flagging. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, commercial vendors, or branded products are specified; Plant Wizard and the named systems are referenced as tools or processes, not identified vendors.

Description

BC Timber Sales is seeking a contractor for spring and summer tree planting in the South Zone of the Okanagan-Columbia Business Area. Estimated work is 756,766 trees across 562.2 hectares in spring and 172,492 trees across 128.8 hectares in summer. Spring planting must be completed by June 21, 2027, and summer planting is scheduled for July 5–23, 2027, with minimum daily production rates specified for each season. Work includes formal danger-tree assessments, daily quality-plot data collection, and seedling thaw-request coordination through the Seedling Management System; the contract duration is estimated at 12 months.

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