ADVANCE NOTICE OF CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITY – PREQUALIFICATION FOR EARTHWORKS REMEDIATION

Solicitation No. Prequalification for RFP-476721-0072

Parsons, as the Main Construction Manager (MCM) for the Giant Mine Remediation Project (GMRP), and will be soliciting Prequalification (PQ) for a future Request for Proposal (RFP) for Earthworks Remediation at Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Work will consist of civil earthworks remediation. This work will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Integration of contaminated soil remediation across the Giant Mine, backfilling of select open pits, and rehabilitation of the original Tailings Containment Area (TCA).
• The Work will require highly specialized bidders who have experience in the following:
  • Geotechnical and mining qualified persons to plan safe work in the open pits (access and backfill) as well as experience in the handling and movement of wet tailings.
  • Experience in short- and long-term environmental control of contaminated soils excavation areas; certified professionals to review the contaminated soil results and summarize the data into electronic tables and drawings both weekly and monthly to clearly show progress, including soil exceedances.
  • Tracking of contaminated soil volumes, disposal locations, and aggregate requirements, including forecasting weekly, monthly, yearly and for the entire project requirements for volumes to be excavated and backfilled.
  • Quality control team, professionals who understand quality management, inspection test plans, checklists, document closure requirements, industry standards; with a dedicated quality manager and quality control leads that will be onsite during construction for management of quality records and documents.
  • Health and Safety team, qualified safety professionals, a dedicated professional health and safety manager and safety personnel that will be onsite during construction  
  • A scheduler that will manage the delivery timeline for the project, including monthly updates for the status of the different aspects of the work packages from effective date to closure

This is a two-phase RFP process and only the prequalified shortlisted companies will be eligible to bid at the RFP stage. The Prequalification phase of the RFP process is anticipated to start in Spring 2026.

As such, a mandatory PQ Pre-Bid Conference and Site Visit will be held March 24, 2026 at 09:00MT. Registration is now open for interested participants. Bidders must register  via email to Procurement.GMRP.Parsons@parsons.com, for the mandatory pre-bid conference and mandatory site visit to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend (maximum of two representatives per company). Please provide the following information in your registration email:

• Entity legal name and address
• Entity representative(s)
• Title(s)
• Email(s)
• Phone number(s)

Bidders who do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and any bid received will be considered noncompliant and not opened. Register by March 17, 2026 at 17:00MT. Prequalified bidders will be notified of specific dates in the RFP, but Work is anticipated to start in 2027.

Parsons is committed to ensuring procurement is conducted in a fair, open and transparent manner while meeting Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (CLCA) commitments and the Government of Canada’s procurement objectives regarding Indigenous opportunities. Competitive proposals will be solicited using the MERX Canadian Public Tenders website to select the best value firm to deliver the product to the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Please visit www.giantminerp.ca for news and updates on the Giant Mine Remediation Project!