April 20, 2020 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Services for Trenton Commercial Park Nova Scotia Lands Inc. NSLAND113 RFP No.: NSLAND113 Title: Monitoring Services for Trenton Commercial Park Closing Date: May 7, 2020 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 RFP CONTACT .............................................................................................................. 2 1.3 DEBRIEFINGS ................................................................................................................ 2 2 INSTRUCTION TO PROPONENTS .................................................................................... 2 2.1 TIME AND DATE OF BID CLOSING .................................................................................... 2 2.2 SUBMISSION OF BIDS ..................................................................................................... 2 2.3 DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................. 3 2.4 BID REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................... 4 2.4.1 Technical Proposal (65 Points) ................................................................................. 4 2.4.2 Financial Proposal (35 Points) .................................................................................. 5 2.5 SITE MEETING ............................................................................................................... 6 2.6 ENQUIRIES AND ADDENDA .............................................................................................. 6 2.7 BID VALIDITY PERIOD ..................................................................................................... 6 2.7.1 Bid Irrevocable ......................................................................................................... 6 2.7.2 Withdrawal by Proponent ......................................................................................... 6 2.7.3 Cancellation by NSLI ................................................................................................ 7 2.7.4 Bid Modification ........................................................................................................ 7 2.8 SECURITY ..................................................................................................................... 7 2.8.1 Bid Bond................................................................................................................... 7 2.9 SIGNING BIDS ................................................................................................................ 7 2.10 BID PRICES ................................................................................................................... 8 2.11 NOTICE OF AWARD ........................................................................................................ 8 2.11.1 Signing Contract and Delivery of Documentation .................................................. 8 2.11.2 Failure to Sign Contract ........................................................................................ 8 2.12 NOTICE TO PROCEED ..................................................................................................... 9 2.13 SUBCONTRACTORS ........................................................................................................ 9 2.14 PAYMENT ...................................................................................................................... 9 2.15 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................... 9 2.15.1 Indemnification ...................................................................................................... 9 2.15.2 General Insurance Information .............................................................................. 9 2.16 REQUIRED INSURANCE COVERAGE ................................................................................10 2.17 CONFLICT OF INTEREST ................................................................................................10 3 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF WORK .........................................................................11 3.1 BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................................11 3.2 SCOPE OF WORK ..........................................................................................................11 3.3 DELIVERABLES .............................................................................................................13 4 BID EVALUATION ............................................................................................................14 4.1 EVALUATION PANEL ......................................................................................................14 4.2 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SUBMISSIONS EVALUATION ..................................................14 4.3 PREFERRED PROPOSAL ................................................................................................14 RFP No.: NSLAND113 Title: Monitoring Services for Trenton Commercial Park Closing Date: May 7, 2020 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A NSE Guidelines APPENDIX B 2018 Monitoring Report APPENDIX C Trenton Commercial Park Buildings Map APPENDIX D Phase II Environmental Site Assessment APPENDIX E Bid Form APPENDIX F Evaluation Criteria APPENDIX G NSLI Contractors Health and Safety Plan i iii RFP No.: NSLAND113 Title: Monitoring Services for Trenton Commercial Park Closing Date: May 7, 2020 1 INTRODUCTION This Request for Proposals (the “RFP”) is an invitation by Nova Scotia Lands Inc. (NSLI) to prospective Proponents to submit proposals for the provision of groundwater and surface water collection, data analysis, reporting services and an updated site condition report for the NSLI owned properties at Trenton Commercial Park. NSLI is a Crown Corporation of the Province of Nova Scotia which was incorporated in August, 2006 and began operations effective April 1, 2007. Nova Scotia Lands Inc. manages operations for Harbourside Commercial Park, Sydney Utilities, Open Hearth Park, Port Mersey Commercial Park, and Trenton Commercial Park. NSLI’s mandate is to assess and where required remediate, redevelop and manage properties owned by the Province of Nova Scotia. Provincially owned properties of note include but are not limited to abandoned quarries, mines and areas encroached upon by residential and industrial development. NSLI’s key guiding principles include strict attention to environmentally safe practices, a strong commitment to the health and safety of workers, respect for local communities, adherence to fiscal responsibility and public accountability, and the practical use of local labor and supplies. 1.1 Summary Trenton Commercial Park (TCP or the Site) is located at 34 Power Plant Road, Trenton, Nova Scotia on the eastern bank of the East River of Pictou County. TCP has a storied history of industrial operations spanning 144 years from 1872 until 2016 including steel mill and forge operations, shipbuilding, and wind tower production. The Site has operated under several names throughout the years including Hope Iron Works, Nova Scotia Steel Company, Eastern Car Company, DOSCO, Hawker Siddeley Canada Inc., Trenton Works Lavalin Inc., TrentonWorks, and DSME; however, the collective legacy industrial lands inhabiting all of these former operations is currently named Trenton Commercial Park. A groundwater and surface water monitoring program was conducted on the Site between 1996- 2018. The purpose of this RFP is to obtain the services of an experienced and competent Consultant to re-instate and evaluate the monitoring program at the Site. This monitoring program when last conducted consisted of the following: • Semi-annual groundwater sampling of seven (7) existing groundwater monitoring wells, laboratory testing for predetermined parameters, analysis of results against Provincial and/or Federal guidelines and reporting on groundwater sampling results. • Annual surface water sampling of three (3) surface water sampling locations, laboratory testing for toxicity, analysis of results against Provincial and/or Federal guidelines and reporting on surface water toxicity results. The scope of this RFP is to complete the 2020 and 2021 re-instated sampling programs (each year consisting of two (2) groundwater sampling events and one (1) surface water sampling event), analyze the results against Federal and Provincial guidelines and previous sampling data to evaluate data trends, and provide a single sampling report detailing sampling results for all three (3) sampling events each year. 1 RFP No.: NSLAND113 Title: Monitoring Services for Trenton Commercial Park Closing Date: May 7, 2020 In addition to the sampling program summary report, the Consultant will also be required to provide a 2020 Site Condition Report which will serve as an update to the Phase II ESA by Stantec (See Appendix D for Phase II ESA Report). The Site Condition Report will include a review of all relevant available historical environmental data, review of buildings demolished and the potential impact that building demolition and removal has had on the Site environmental