The City of Salmon Arm is inviting proposals from qualified consulting firms to prepare a conceptual overland drainage design for the Canoe community. Canoe faces unique stormwater management challenges due to minimal piped infrastructure, limited curb-and-gutter systems, high groundwater levels, and tailwater effects from Shuswap Lake.

All documents are available on BCBid Opportunity ID: 220548.

This project builds on the City’s 2020 Stormwater Master Plan and previous drainage assessments, which recommend overland conveyance improvements such as roadway ditches, swales, culvert crossings, and outfall connections to Shuswap Lake and Canoe Creek. The intent of this assignment is to develop a high-level drainage framework and customized cross-sections specific to Canoe, reflecting local right-of-way constraints, shallow ditch feasibility, and site-specific conditions to guide future design and implementation.

The deliverables from this RFP will inform capital planning and support a future detailed design RFP to be procured separately. Where applicable, the framework should identify priority corridors, feasibility constraints, and phasing considerations to improve drainage resiliency in the community.

The City is issuing a companion RFP for the Canoe drainage program: 2025-24B Canoe Storm Sewer Design (BCBID Opportunity ID 220553). Proponents may submit to one or both procurements. The successful Proponent(s) may be required to coordinate between projects.