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Cape Breton Highlands National Park Guardrail, Drainage, and Roadside Slope Repairs

Parks Canada Agency is seeking qualified suppliers for road-safety and drainage repairs on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. - Government buyer: Parks Canada Agency, for the Government of Canada; National Contracting Services / National Procurement Service are identified in the procurement materials. - Scope: Supply and install 1,500 meters of curved W-beam guardrail, including hardware and reflectors, and remove existing rails. Allow for replacement of five guardrail posts, blocking, and associated hardware. - Drainage and slope work: Install 195 meters of paved gutter on the north side and 50 meters on the south side near Halfway Brook Bridge. Place mechanically installed, interlocked R100 rock with an R25 top layer on an eroded roadside bank near Effies Brook, Ingonish, Nova Scotia. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, product brands, or commercial vendors are named; the guardrail and rock specifications are generic. - Qualification requirements: Applicants must show two substantially completed, relevant highway guardrail and paved-gutter projects from the prior five years, each with at least $125,000 in qualifying work before taxes; at least one must have been performed as prime contractor. - Next stage: Qualified suppliers will be invited to submit Stage 2 bids, including an Indigenous Participation Plan and pricing. - Estimated value and duration: The opportunity is estimated at $100,001–$250,000 (source currency not stated in the provided summary), before taxes, with an estimated five-month work period.

Description

This is Stage One of a two-stage process to prequalify suppliers for highway repair work at Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The work includes supplying and installing 1,500 meters of curved W guardrail, including removal of existing rails, and installing paved gutters beside the Cabot Trail near the Halfway Brook bridge. It also includes placing R100 rock with a top layer of R25 rock on an eroded roadside bank near Effie's Brook in Ingonish, Nova Scotia. Qualified suppliers will be invited to submit a financial bid in Stage Two; qualification submissions are due November 24, 2026.

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