Item - 2020.IE14.3

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

1. In accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71 (Financial Control By-Law), granted authority to amend Purchase Order No. 6047271 with AECOM Canada Ltd., to provide professional engineering services for preliminary and detailed design for the Residuals and Ultraviolet Treatment Facilities at the Island Water Treatment Plant by an additional amount of $2,018,422 net of all taxes and charges ($2,053,946 net of HST recoveries), revising the current Purchase Order value from $3,835,494 net of all taxes and charges ($3,902,998 net of HST recoveries) to $5,853,916 net of all taxes and charges ($5,956,945 net of HST recoveries).

The purpose of this report is to request authority to amend Purchase Order Number 6047271 with AECOM Canada Ltd., (AECOM) to provide additional professional engineering design services associated with the installation of a high lake level transfer system to remove excess process and lake water at the City's Island Water Treatment Plant and leveraging a financial opportunity to advance the installation of photovoltaic solar panels and battery energy storage system that are expected to save the City up to $0.5 million per year in plant operating costs.

The total value of the Purchase Order Amendment being requested is $2,018,422 net of HST and all applicable charges ($2,053,946 net of HST recoveries), revising the value of the Purchase Order from $3,835,494 to $5,853,916 (net of HST). This revises the total value of the assignment awarded to AECOM from $7,835,752 to $9,854,174 net of HST and all applicable charges, ($10,027,607 net of HST recoveries).