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Environment and Protected Areas - Request for Proposal - Electric Conductivity Survey of the Muskeg River

Environment and Protected Areas

Published: Aug 7, 2026

Updated: Aug 8, 2026

Source: alberta_purchasing

About This Opportunity

This is a consulting contract in the Monitoring Evaluation, architecture and engineering, information and communication technology, energy and power and environment and climate sectors, with a focus on environmental impact assessment, Oil Gas, Impact Assessment and Data Collection. Located in Canada, North America, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums. Proposals must be submitted before August 28, 2026.

Published through Alberta Purchasing Connection, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for consulting in the Monitoring Evaluation sector. Consulting assignments are typically evaluated with a strong emphasis on the technical proposal, including the methodology and qualifications of key experts. Shortlisted firms may be invited to submit financial proposals in a second stage. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.

Description

The Muskeg River is located in the Athabasca Oil Sands region of northern Alberta within the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo. It drains a muskeg rich boreal watershed underlain by mineable oil sands deposits and has been subject to development since the early 2000s. The recent (2025) State of Environment Report (available from here: https://www.alberta.ca/state-of-the-environment-for-water-quality-and-quantity) documented increased sulphate and ion concentrations; however, the scale and locations of such increases in concentrations along the flow path remains unclear. It is also uncertain if these trends arise from natural groundwater discharge, diffuse watershed inputs, or discrete point sources. Therefore, the objective of the study is to conduct the electric conductivity survey in the Muskeg River to identify locations, where electric conductivity anomalies may persist or recur along the river. It is expected to distinguish reach-scale diffuse inputs from point-focused anomalies and help quantify relative role of different stressors along the river reach. This is expected to improve the knowledge of the relative contribution of these sources and help support adaptive monitoring and inform cumulative effects assessments within the Muskeg River watershed. The project will specifically map reach-scale conductivity anomalies on about 100 km river reach in the Muskeg River, with data collection along both riverbanks, resulting in about 200 km in coverage. The mapping will identify zones of groundwater or porewater influence – areas where increases in parameters, such as sulphate and other ions may be more likely to originate or be detected. This will enable tracking of their spatial extent, distinguishing between diffuse versus point sources, and thus strengthening interpretation of fixed-station based monitoring results. The resulting maps will be used to inform monitoring program designs and link changes in surface water to groundwater plumes coming from potential contaminant sources. Hence, the results of the survey will also be used to identify areas for surface water/groundwater sampling under the Oil Sands Monitoring Program and advance water quality investigations. Commodity Categories: Water quality management services, Water quality management, Environmental Services, Environmental management, Environmental impact assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment EIA services, Environmental monitoring, Hydrology assessment service, Earth science services, Geophysical surveys Delivery Region: Alberta

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from Alberta Purchasing Connection and was originally published on August 7, 2026. Last refreshed today. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Environment and Protected Areas

Environment and Protected Areas has issued 43 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 3 currently open and 25 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Environment & Climate, Governance & Public Administration, and Energy & Power. All notices are published for Canada. Notices are distributed via Alberta Purchasing Connection and CanadaBuys - Government of Canada. Most recent publication: August 7, 2026.

Frequently asked questions about this tender

How can I submit a bid?

Visit Alberta Purchasing Connection to access the full notice, required documents, and submission instructions provided by the contracting authority.

When does this tender close?

The submission deadline is August 28, 2026. You have 21 days left to prepare and submit your proposal to the contracting authority.

Who is the contracting authority?

This notice was issued by Environment and Protected Areas in Canada. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.

What type of contract is this?

This is a Consulting contract in the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.

Where will the contract be performed?

The contract is for delivery in Canada. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.