Item - 2021.IE25.3

Tracking Status

IE25.3 - Award of Request for Quotation Ariba Document Number 3047717744 to GFL Environmental Incorporated for Curbside Collection Services in Etobicoke Area (District 1)

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
1 - Etobicoke North, 2 - Etobicoke Centre, 3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore, 4 - Parkdale - High Park, 5 - York South - Weston, 6 - York Centre

City Council Decision

City Council on November 9, 10 and 12, 2021, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Purchasing), authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to award and enter into an agreement with GFL Environmental Incorporated being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for Request for Quotation, Ariba Document Number 3047717744 for curbside collection, transportation and off-loading of materials in the Etobicoke area for a period of five (5) years commencing on July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028 with an option to extend the initial contract for two (2) additional separate one (1) year periods, for a total contract value of $88,488,344.20 including estimated annual adjustments for consumer price index net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries.

 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer to report to the January 2022 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on specific data comparisons around service between each of Toronto’s Solid Waste Management collection districts regarding:

 

a. costs, including annual increases and how costs are calculated;

 

b. number of complaints (via 311 and direct to contractors);

 

c. penalties to service providers;

 

d. warnings to service providers;

 

e. diversion rates;

 

f. contingency fees of previous contracts; and

 

g. waste contamination rates.

Background Information (Committee)

(October 5, 2021) Report from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer on Award of Request for Quotation Ariba Document Number 3047717744 to GFL Environmental Incorporated for Curbside Collection Services in Etobicoke Area (District 1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-171734.pdf

Motions (City Council)

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Lost)

That City Council refer Recommendation 1 to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer for further consideration and report back in conjunction with the report requested in Recommendation 2.

 

Recommendation to be referred:

 

1. City Council in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Purchasing), authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to award and enter into an agreement with GFL Environmental Incorporated being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for Request for Quotation, Ariba Document Number 3047717744 for curbside collection, transportation and off-loading of materials in the Etobicoke area for a period of five (5) years commencing on July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028 with an option to extend the initial contract for two (2) additional separate one (1) year periods, for a total contract value of $88,488,344.20 including estimated annual adjustments for consumer price index net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries.

Vote (Amend Item) Nov-12-2021 2:24 PM

Result: Lost Majority Required - IE25.3 - Wong-Tam - motion 1
Total members that voted Yes: 9 Members that voted Yes are Ana Bailão, Shelley Carroll, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Mike Layton, Josh Matlow, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Total members that voted No: 14 Members that voted No are Paul Ainslie, Mike Colle, Gary Crawford, Mark Grimes, Stephen Holyday, Cynthia Lai, Nick Mantas, Jennifer McKelvie, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Michael Thompson, John Tory
Total members that were Absent: 3 Members that were absent are Brad Bradford, Joe Cressy, Michael Ford

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Vote (Adopt Item) Nov-12-2021 2:27 PM

Result: Carried Majority Required - IE25.3 - Adopt the Item
Total members that voted Yes: 19 Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Ana Bailão, Mike Colle, Gary Crawford, John Filion, Mark Grimes, Stephen Holyday, Cynthia Lai, Mike Layton, Nick Mantas, Jennifer McKelvie, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, Jaye Robinson, Michael Thompson, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Total members that voted No: 4 Members that voted No are Shelley Carroll, Paula Fletcher, Josh Matlow, Gord Perks
Total members that were Absent: 3 Members that were absent are Brad Bradford, Joe Cressy, Michael Ford

Point of Order by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong

Deputy Mayor Minnan-Wong, on a Point of Order, stated that he would like to know whether he could speak on the referral in Councillor Wong-Tam's motion.

Ruling by Speaker Frances Nunziata
Speaker Nunziata ruled that motion 1 by Councillor Wong-Tam was an amendment and not a referral as it was only referring Recommendation 1 back to staff, not the whole Item.

IE25.3 - Award of Request for Quotation Ariba Document Number 3047717744 to GFL Environmental Incorporated for Curbside Collection Services in Etobicoke Area (District 1)

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
1 - Etobicoke North, 2 - Etobicoke Centre, 3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore, 4 - Parkdale - High Park, 5 - York South - Weston, 6 - York Centre

Committee Recommendations

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Purchasing), authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to award and enter into an agreement with GFL Environmental Incorporated being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for Request for Quotation, Ariba Document Number 3047717744 for curbside collection, transportation and off-loading of materials in the Etobicoke area for a period of five (5) years commencing on July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028 with an option to extend the initial contract for two (2) additional separate one (1) year periods, for a total contract value of $88,488,344.20 including estimated annual adjustments for consumer price index net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries.

 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer to report to the January 2022 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on specific data comparisons around service between each of Toronto’s Solid Waste Management collection districts regarding:

 

a. costs, including annual increases and how costs are calculated;

 

b. number of complaints (via 311 and direct to contractors);

 

c. penalties to service providers;

 

d. warnings to service providers;

 

e. diversion rates;

 

f. contingency fees of previous contracts; and

 

g. waste contamination rates.

Origin

(October 5, 2021) Report from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer

Summary

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Request for Quotation, Ariba Document Number 3047717744 for the collection, transportation and off-loading of garbage, recyclable materials, organic materials, bulky items, items for which special collection services are provided and yard waste from single family homes, multi-residential locations, commercial locations, non-residential (Charities, Institutions and Religious Organizations) and Divisions, Agencies and Corporations that receive curbside collection. The area serviced is Etobicoke, an area bounded by the Humber River to the east, Highway 427, Eglinton Avenue West and Etobicoke Creek to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north and Lake Ontario to the south.  This collection contract service award is for a five (5) year period with the option to extend the contract for two (2) additional separate one (1) year periods. This report requests the authority to enter into a legal agreement with GFL Environmental Incorporated being the lowest bidder meeting specifications.

Background Information

(October 5, 2021) Report from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer on Award of Request for Quotation Ariba Document Number 3047717744 to GFL Environmental Incorporated for Curbside Collection Services in Etobicoke Area (District 1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-171734.pdf

Speakers

Councillor Stephen Holyday

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Mike Colle (Carried)

That:

 

1. City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Chief Procurement Officer to report to the January 2022 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on specific data comparisons around service between each of Toronto’s Solid Waste Management collection districts regarding:

 

a. costs, including annual increases and how costs are calculated;

 

b. number of complaints (via 311 and direct to contractors);

 

c. penalties to service providers;

 

d. warnings to service providers;

 

e. diversion rates;

 

f. contingency fees of previous contracts; and

 

g. waste contamination rates


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council