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Report To: General Government Committee
Date of Meeting: June 22, 2019 Report Number: FND-024-20
Submitted By: Trevor Pinn, Director of Finance/Treasurer
Reviewed By: Andrew C. Allison, CAO
File Number: RFP2020-1
Resolution#:
By-law Number:
Report Subject: Engineering Services Brown Street Reconstruction
Recommendations:
1.That Report FND-024-20 be received;
2.That the proposal received from CIMA+ having the lowest price meeting all terms,
conditions and specifications of RFP2020-1 be awarded the contract for the
provision of engineering services required for the reconstruction of Brown Street;
3.That the funds required in the amount of $101,754.37 (net HST rebate) be drawn
from the following accounts:
Brown St. Reconstruction
(2019)
110-32-330-83457-7401 $ 81,714.62
Region of Durham (2019) 110-32-330-83457-7402 $ 20,039.75
4.That subject to budget approval in 2021 for the reconstruction of Brown Street that
the CIMA+ be authorized to provide the required Inspection and Contract
Administration at a cost of $75,774.71 (net HST Rebate) and that the required funds
be drawn from the following accounts:
Brown St. Reconstruction
(2021)
110-32-330-83457-7401 $ 60,619.77
Region of Durham (2021) 110-32-330-83457-7402 $ 15,154.94
5.That all interested parties listed in Report FND-024-20 and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.
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1. Background
1.1 The Municipality requires the assistance of a qualified engineering consulting firm to
provide detailed design, tender preparation, construction inspection, and contract
administration services for the reconstruction of the following streets in Bowmanville.
Detailed design and tender preparation will be completed in 2020, and subject to budget
approval, construction will take place in 2021.
Brown St between Victoria St and Queen St (approx. 300 m length)
Albert St between Brown St and Liberty St (approx. 155 m length)
Victoria St between Ontario St and Liberty St (approx. 95 m length)
1.2 A Request for Proposal (RFP) was drafted to allow for the Municipality to select a
qualified Consultant with the skills, resources and experience necessary to provide
engineering services for the reconstruction of Brown St. and adjacent side streets in
Bowmanville as per the specifications provided by the Engineering Services
Department.
1.3 RFP2020-1 was issued by the Purchasing Services Division and advertised
electronically on the Municipality of Clarington’s (the Municipality) website. Notification
of the availability of the document was also posted on the Ontario Public Buyer’s
Association website. The RFP was structured on the price – based two envelope RFP
system. Nineteen companies downloaded the document.
1.4 The RFP closed on May 6, 2020.
2. Analysis
2.1 The RFP stipulated among other things, that bidders were to provide a description of
Firm/Consulting team, key qualifications, firm profile, highlight of past service and
experience of team members with projects of similar size, nature and complexity and a
demonstrated understanding of the Municipality’s requirements.
2.2 Nine submissions were received (refer to Attachment 1) by the closing date and time.
All submissions met the mandatory requirements and moved forward to the first phase
of evaluation. Only one company responded to our request of why they did not bid. This
Report Overview
To request authorization from Council to award Request for Proposal RFP2020-1 for the
provision of engineering services as required to complete Brown Street Reconstruction.
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company advised that they were not able to take on additional work given their current
workload.
2.3 Each submission consisted of a comprehensive proposal identifying:
Qualifications and experience;
Experience of the proponent/sub-consultants with projects of similar nature, size and
complexity;
The proposed team who would be working with the Municipality;
The Proponent’s understanding and approach to complete the study;
The proposed tasks and timelines;
Identification of accessibility design, features and criteria; and
Their approach and methodology of how the project would be delivered.
2.4 The submissions were reviewed and scored in accordance with the established criteria
outlined in the RFP by an evaluation team consisting of staff from the Engineering
Services Department and the Purchasing Services Division. Some of the areas on
which submissions were evaluated were as follows:
Allocated roles and responsibilities of the proposed team members;
Proposed approach to completing the project;
Proposed timelines to complete the tasks required;
Highlights of services provided within the past five years only; and
The Proponent’s understanding of the Municipality’s requirements, the project and
any related issues or concerns.
2.5 Upon completion of the evaluation, the evaluation committee concluded that the
following five proponents met the pre-established threshold of 85% for Phase 1 and
moved on to the second phase.
Ainley Graham & Associates Limited
BT Engineering Inc.
CIMA+
Engage Engineering Ltd.
WSP
2.6 It was deemed by the evaluation committee that presentations from the proponents who
made it to phase 2 were not required and their pricing envelopes were opened and
evaluated. The submission from CIMA had the lowest price.
3. Financial
3.1 The funds required in the amount of $ 101,754.37 (net HST rebate) will be drawn from
the following accounts:
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Brown St. Reconstruction
(2019)
110-32-330-83457-7401 $81,714.62
Region of Durham (2019) 110-32-330-83457-7402 $20,039.75
3.2 The inspection and contract administration for the project was included in the issued
RFP as a provisional item in addition to the design work. There are cost efficiencies
when the contract administration is performed by the same consultant as the design of
the capital work. Project administration costs will be included in the budget submission
for the same year that the capital work is to be completed. Approval of the award of
contract for this work is subject to the project receiving budgetary approval in a
subsequent year.
3.3 The funds in the amount of $75,774.71 (net HST rebate) will be required to complete
inspection and contract administration for the project and will be identified in a future
budget submission. 3.3 Queries with respect to the department needs should be
referred to the Acting Director of Engineering Services.
4. Concurrence
This report has been reviewed by the Acting Director of Engineering Services who
concurs with the recommendations.
5. Conclusion
It is respectfully recommended that CIMA+ having the lowest price and meeting all
terms, conditions and specifications of RFP2020-1 be awarded the contract for the
provision of Engineering Services as required to complete the reconstruction of Brown
Street.
Staff Contact: David Ferguson, Purchasing Manager, 905-623-3379 ext. 2209 or
dferguson@clarington.net.
Attachments:
Not Applicable
Interested Parties:
List of Interested Parties available from Department.
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Municipality of Clarington
RFP2020-1
Engineering Services for Brown Street Reconstruction
Bidder
Ainley Graham & Associates Limited*
Ambashi Engineering and Management
BT Engineering Inc.*
CIMA+*
Engage Engineering Ltd. *
Gerrits Engineering Limited
Greer Galloway
Jewell Engineering; and
WSP.*
Note: Bidders with an asterisk (*) are the companies who were shortlisted.