1. Presentation to the Mackenzie River Basin Board November 21, 2018
SOAER Update
Presentation to the
Mackenzie River Basin Board
November 21, 2018

2. Recap of SOAER Activities
Contracting
Next Steps and Timelines

3. Recap of SOAER Activities
Meeting No. 25, Joint Steering Committee Face to Face, June 5 & 6, 2018 (Whitehorse, Yukon)
Knowledge systems and approaches.
Bigger picture holistic vision of the basin approach where health of the basin is portrayed based on the Indigenous communities perspective.
Strengthened the Statement of Work for the contract.
Meeting No. 26, Teleconference: October 2, 2018
Established working group to evaluate bids for contract
Agreed to compile background documents for the contractor to use in preparation of the contract
Meeting No. 27, videoconference, teleconference and in person:
November 20, 2018
Review of letters to communities
Review of revised charter - timelines

4. Contracting
The Statement of Work was submitted to ECCC’s Procurement & Contracting Services Division in August 2018.
A number of clarifications/revisions completed
Current status:
The Request for Proposal (RFP) has been drafted
Manager of Procurement office conducting final review
Within 12 to 24 hours of receiving translation, the RFP will be posted for 40 days
Review of mandatory requirements (1 to 2 days)
Review of technical proposals (one week) by working group

5. Next Steps and Timelines
A number of documentation has been put together to provide to the successful bidder once chosen
Working group established to review bids
Overall timelines have been adjusted to reflect where we are now at with contract.

6. Timelines 2019 2020 Project Component J F M A S O N D Initiate Project
2019
2020
Project Component J F M A S O N D
Initiate
Project 1
Ecosystem Assessment 2a 2b 2c
Develop Website 3a 3b
Develop Summary 4
Publish Website 5
Documentation, Training 6
Close 7

7. Questions?