Urban Forestry Strategy and Policy Refresh Services

The buyer seeks a vendor to deliver urban forestry strategy and policy refresh services. The requested scope includes providing updated LiDAR land cover and canopy data, revising canopy targets to align with current planning policy, and producing a refreshed urban forest strategy with updated policies and actions. The selected vendor must also recommend amendments to the tree bylaw and tree planting fund framework, establish standardized interdepartmental procedures for tree management from development review through occupancy, and co-develop a public education and stewardship framework with industry and community partners. Additionally, the scope requires process mapping of tree management systems through a concurrent "trees and wires" solutions lab pilot. The buyer mandates onshore eligibility restricted to Canada only and requires onsite performance of the work. Vendors may submit responses digitally via email or online. The buyer requests proposals to determine the budget and provides no specific evaluation criteria or key dates in the source text.