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Report To: General Government Committee
Date of Meeting: May 29, 2023 Report Number: FSD-023-23
Submitted By: Trevor Pinn, Deputy CAO/Treasurer
Reviewed By: Mary-Anne Dempster, CAO Resolution#:
File Number: RFP2023-3 By-law Number:
Report Subject: Building Condition Audit Reports
Recommendations:
1. That Report FSD-023-23, and any related communication items, be received;
2. That the proposal received from Nadine International being the most responsive
bidder meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of RFP2023-3 be awarded
the contract for the provision of Building Condition Audit Reports, as required by the
Community Services Department; and
3. That all interested parties listed in Report FSD-023-23, and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.
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Report Overview
Request Council’s approval to award a contract to Nadine International for the completion of
Building Condition Audit Reports.
1. Background
1.1 The Municipality requires the assistance of a qualified firm to conduct Building Condition
Assessments of all Municipally owned buildings. Building Condition Assessments
support the Municipality's asset management strategy by providing plans for upcoming
expenditures, prioritizing items for maintenance and renewal, and identifying
preventative maintenance strategies.
1.2 A Request for Proposal (RFP) was drafted to allow the Municipality to select a qualified
Consultant with the skills, resources, and experience necessary to complete the
Building Condition Audit Reports in accordance with the terms of reference provided by
the Community Services Department.
1.3 RFP2023-3 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 Buyers
Association’s website. The RFP was structured on a three-envelope system with price
being an evaluated factor.
2. Analysis
2.1 The RFP closed March 13, 2023.
2.2 The RFP stipulated, among other things, that the proponents were to provide a
description of the Firm/Consulting team, key qualifications, firm profile, highlights of past
service and experience of team members with projects of similar size, nature and
complexity, and demonstrate an understanding of the Municipality’s requirements.
2.3 Twenty-five companies downloaded the document. Nine proposals were received (refer
to Attachment 1) by the stipulated closing date and time. All proposals received
complied with Phase 1 - Mandatory submission requirements and were distributed to
the evaluation committee for review, evaluation and scoring.
2.4 The technical proposals were evaluated and scored independently by the members of
the evaluation committee, in accordance with the established criteria as outlined in the
RFP. The evaluation committee was comprised of three staff members from the
Community Services Department.
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2.5 The evaluation committee met to review and agree upon the overall scores for each
proposal. Some of the areas on which the submissions were evaluated were as follows:
The Proponent’s understanding of the Municipality’s requirements;
Highlights of services provided performing similar work on p rojects of comparable
nature, size and scope, in a municipality of similar population size;
A methodology describing the Proponent’s project management approach, work
plan, goals, objectives and methods of communications to be utilized to meet the
requested deadlines; and
The proposed solution must include a detailed work plan indicating the project
method, schedule, Gantt chart, tasks and deliverables showing an estimated
overall timeline of the project.
2.6 Upon completion of the evaluation, four submissions met the established threshold of 80
percent for Phase 2 – Technical Submission and moved forward to Phase 3 - Pricing. It
was determined by the evaluation committee, that a presentation from the short -listed
proponents would not be required.
2.7 The pricing envelopes were opened and evaluated as prescribed in the RFP document.
2.8 Upon completion of the evaluation scoring, the recommendation is to award to the
highest ranked proponent, Nadine International Inc.
2.9 Nadine International Inc. has not provided services to the Municipality in the past;
references were checked with satisfactory results.
3. Financial Considerations
3.1 The funding required for this project is $174,512.29 (Net HST Rebate) and is in the
approved budget allocation as provided and will be funded from the following account:
Description Account Number Amount
2022 C/S Admin Building Studies 110-42-130-83801-7401 $174,512
4. Concurrence
This report has been reviewed by the Director of Community Services who concurs with
the recommendations.
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5. Conclusion
It is respectfully recommended that Nadine International be awarded the contract for the
provision of Building Condition Audit Reports as per the terms and conditions of
RFP2023-3.
Staff Contact: David Ferguson, Purchasing Manager, 905-623-3379 ext. 2209 or
dferguson@clarington.net.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Summary of Bid Results
Interested Parties:
List of Interested Parties available from Department.
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Attachment 1 to Report FSD-023-23 - Bid Summary
Municipality of Clarington
RFP2023-3 – Building Condition Audit Reports
Bid Summary
Bidder
Accent Building Sciences Inc
Barry Bryan Associates *
Bold Engineering Inc
BTC Group
DSR Systems Inc
McIntosh Perry *
Nadine International Inc *
Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd *
Stephenson Engineering
Note: * Denotes Proponents who were shortlisted.