NOI53327001 OMH Notice of Intent

Description

The British Columbia Energy Regulator (BCER) hereby gives notice of its intent to contract with Okanagan Mountain Helicopters LTD for the purposes of detecting methane at well sites within British Columbia.

In order to confirm the integrity of decommissioned oil and gas wells in BC, the Commission is contracting with Okanagan Mountain Helicopters to fly a methane detector over approximately 350 wells to collect information on the number that may be leaking methane to the environment. The detector is built and owned by Lasen Advanced Laser Technologies and Okanagan Helicopters has exclusive use of this equipment in Canada.

The BC Energy Regulator has chosen not to tender this purchase agreement for the following reasons:

Okanagan Mountain Helicopters is the one company that has proprietary use of this technology within Canada and a competitive process would not provide value to the Regulator. The company has successfully conducted numerous aerial survey programs using this equipment since 2017.

Vendors wishing to object to this decision should contact the procurement team via email at Procurement@bc-er.ca on or before 2:00 p.m. local time on June 8, 2026, presenting specific reasons for their objections. Any objection must clearly demonstrate the vendor’s ability to meet all BCER technical, operational, support, billing, and transition requirements, complete the transition within the same timeframe, and do so without disruption to existing services.