Bids Are Invited For Br28tfd003 Manual Brushing 2 - Kootenay Lake in Canada

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Br28tfd003 Manual Brushing 2 - Kootenay Lake . This Project Includes The Manual Crop Establishment Brushing Of Approximately 200 Hectares On 14 Treatment Units At Production Rate, And The Possibility Of Another 25 Hectares On 2 Treatment Units At Day-Rate, Within The Kootenay Lake Field Unit. Another 50 Person Days Have Been Included For Possible Treatment Units That May Be Identified Through 2027 Recces And Surveys. Total Possible Day-Rate Days Is 105 Days. These Days And Units Are Not Guaranteed. The Majority Of The Treatment Units Are Spread Across The Northern Kootenay Lake Operating Area And One Unit In The South. These Day Rate Blocks Are To Be Determined After 2027 Spring Recce/ Walkthroughs By Bcts Are Conducted. Day Rate Services Are All Found And Bid Per Person, Per Day, And Are Assuming One Truck With A Crew Of 4 Or 5 Workers Or Multiples Thereof. Manual Brushing Includes Cutting All Competing Vegetation Within A 1.25M Cylinder Around Crop Trees, With A Power Saw Or Similar, In Accordance With The Contract Treatment Specifications. All Manual Brushing Will Use A 1.25M ‘Variable Radius’ Around Crop Trees Unless Otherwise Directed. On Steep Slopes This Results In More Cutting Above The Crop Tree, Less Cutting Below. This Tender Will Establish Both Production Unit Rates As Well As Person Day Rates For The Performance Of This Work. There Is A Minimum Production Requirement Of Satisfactorily Treating 5 (Five) Hectares Per Workday, Based On 5 Workdays Per 7-Day Period. There Is A Minimum ‘Day-Rate’ Requirement Of Brushing A Minimum Of 0.5 Hectares/Worker/Day For Day-Rate Based Units. Expected Time Frame For Brushing Operations Critical For Crop Establishment (Establishment Brushing) Is Early To Mid-June 2027 – Late August 2027. All Establishment Brushing Works Must Be Completed By The End Of August 2027 Unless Mutually Agreeable In Writing By The Contractor And The Ministry Representative. If Fire Hazard Shutdowns Impact The Completion Of Work In July, The Remaining Work Will Be Delayed To August/ September 2027, Or Until The Fire Hazard Shutdowns End.

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