Project record

South Moose Lake 2025 harbour improvements

The South Moose Lake harbour package in Manitoba showing a treated-timber crib wharf, floating offloading dock and remote fishing-harbour on a boreal lakeshore

IMWO artist's impression of the published South Moose Lake 2025 harbour improvements scope

ZheMaak Inc. received the 2025 South Moose Lake harbour-improvement package from Fisheries and Oceans Canada after a two-phase competitive procurement. The CAD 220,542 contract covers a new treated-timber crib wharf, a new offloading floating dock and other harbour repairs on the southwest shore of South Moose Lake, about 727 km north of Winnipeg. Its published contract period ran from 8 August 2025 to 27 March 2026. Installed asset inventory, accepted completion, named subcontractors and settled final account remain unpublished.

Project signal

Delivery in Canada

Current status Fisheries and Oceans Canada awarded ZheMaak Inc. contract 4500091055 for CAD 220,542 on 8 August 2025; the published seven-month term ended on 27 March 2026, but the reviewed federal record does not publish physical completion, accepted quantities, owner handover or a final account Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Canada / Americas

Segment

Remote fishing-harbour timber crib wharf and floating offloading dock

Status

Fisheries and Oceans Canada awarded ZheMaak Inc. contract 4500091055 for CAD 220,542 on 8 August 2025; the published seven-month term ended on 27 March 2026, but the reviewed federal record does not publish physical completion, accepted quantities, owner handover or a final account / Confirmed

Last checked

13 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Remote fishing-harbour timber crib wharf and floating offloading dock is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Delivery parties
ZheMaak Inc. - confirmed prime contractor under 4500091055, Timber, flotation, gangway, mooring, rock, civil, transport and other lower-tier parties - not named in the cited federal records
Contract route
DFO ran solicitation 30006960 as a two-phase competition. Phase one evaluated qualifications; qualified firms were invited to price the specifications and drawings in phase two. The procurement was an Indigenous-business set-aside and the award notice records competitive open bidding. CanadaBuys names ZheMaak Inc. as winner under contract 4500091055 on 8 August 2025.
Execution window
The award record gives a seven-month term from 8 August 2025 to 27 March 2026. The qualification document required completion by 27 March 2026 and flagged remote access, weather, soil, materials and accommodation as bidder responsibilities. Expiry of that window does not establish mobilisation, uninterrupted access, installation, inspection, acceptance or operational handover.
Works package
The official scope identifies a new treated-timber crib wharf, a new offloading floating dock and other harbour repairs and improvements. Wharf dimensions, crib-cell count, timber schedule, stone fill, dock dimensions, flotation system, gangway, anchoring or mooring arrangement, utilities, repair quantities, temporary works and the phase-two price schedule and drawings remain unpublished.
Marine interfaces
Delivery joins a fixed timber crib structure to floating access at a remote inland fishing harbour. The unresolved interface chain includes crib founding and fill, timber treatment and connections, shoreline rock, seasonal lake levels, ice and weather exposure, dock freeboard and flotation, gangway geometry, anchoring and mooring, transport logistics, temporary access, inspection and return to service.
Commercial evidence boundary
CanadaBuys reports CAD 220,542 as the total contract value, defined as the initial value plus amendments. No public allocation separates the crib wharf, floating dock, unspecified repairs, materials, transport, accommodation, mobilisation, temporary works or lower-tier supply. Amendment detail, certified progress, retention and final payment remain unpublished.

Contract and delivery chain

Named roles and open packages

Named appointments are shown against the workstream they cover. Unallocated packages remain open until a project source identifies the responsible party.

Prime award

Contract 4500091055 under solicitation 30006960

Named party
ZheMaak Inc.
Status
Confirmed
Source position
CanadaBuys records ZheMaak as contractor, the 8 August 2025 award and CAD 220,542 total. Source
Fixed marine structure

New treated-timber crib wharf

Named party
ZheMaak Inc. under DFO contract
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The DFO qualification document and tender notice identify the new crib wharf but do not publish dimensions, quantities or acceptance. Source
Floating access

New offloading floating dock

Named party
ZheMaak Inc. under DFO contract
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The official scope names the floating offloading dock but leaves its dimensions, flotation, gangway, anchoring and mooring undisclosed. Source
Lower-tier delivery chain

Timber, flotation, gangway, mooring, rock, civil and logistics

Named party
Undisclosed suppliers and subcontractors
Status
Undisclosed
Source position
The reviewed tender and award records name only the prime contractor and do not allocate downstream work.
Completion and acceptance

Wharf, floating dock and other harbour repairs

Named party
DFO and ZheMaak Inc.
Status
Not evidenced
Source position
The contract term has ended, but the cited public record supplies no completion certificate, accepted inventory, owner handover or final account.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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The published contract term ended

The seven-month contract window and latest amendment both end on 27 March 2026 without published physical completion, acceptance or final payment.

Source

DFO awarded the remote harbour package to ZheMaak

The CAD 220,542 award placed the timber crib wharf, floating offloading dock and other harbour repairs under ZheMaak as prime.

Source

DFO opened phase one of the two-phase competition

The qualification notice established the remote South Moose Lake location, marine scope, Indigenous-business route and 27 March 2026 completion requirement.

Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Phase-two drawings, specifications and price schedule
  • Notice to proceed and site mobilisation
  • Accepted as-built crib-wharf dimensions and materials
  • Installed floating dock, flotation, gangway and mooring inventory
  • Remote transport, accommodation and seasonal access record
  • Ice, water-level and shoreline performance
  • Named timber, dock, rock, transport and civil lower tiers
  • Completion certificate, owner handover and final account

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Reporting status

Delivery, confirmed confidence

Last checked 13 August 2026 across 4 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 13 August 2026 Cited sources 4

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