Item - 2021.IE25.1

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

1. In accordance with Section 71-11.1C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71 (Financial Control), authorized the amendment of Purchase Order Number 6052180 with WSP Canada Incorporated  for the provision of professional services associated with contract administration and site inspection for the construction of multiple culverts at various locations in the amount of $1,276,909 net of all taxes and charges ($1,299,383 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current purchase order value from $2,353,000 net of all taxes and charges ($2,394,413 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $3,629,909 net of all taxes and charges ($3,693,796 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

The purpose of this report is to request authority to amend Purchase Order Number 6052180 issued to WSP Canada Incorporated, as a result of Request for Proposal Number 9117-17-5057 for professional services associated with contract administration and site inspection for the rehabilitation or reconstruction of twenty (20) culverts at various locations.

This Purchase Order Amendment is required to provide additional contract administration services, due to the extended duration of construction associated with unanticipated utility conflicts at eight (8) locations; and an additional nine (9) culverts that required replacement with larger culverts (rather than rehabilitation of the existing structures as originally planned) to convey higher flows and meet climate resiliency requirements as recommended by the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.

The total value of the Purchase Order Amendment being requested is $1,276,909 net of all taxes and charges ($1,299,383 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current purchase order value from $2,353,000 net of all taxes and charges ($2,394,413 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $3,629,909 net of all taxes and charges ($3,693,796 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).