Item - 2022.GL29.4

The General Government and Licensing 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 6052656 issued to Brook Restoration Limited for the exterior rehabilitation of the Canada Malting Company south silos at 5 Eireann Quay, in the additional amount of $5,354,350 net of all taxes ($5,448,587 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current purchase order value from $2,463,500 net of all taxes ($2,506,858 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $7,817,850 net of all taxes ($7,955,444 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), for the completion of the exterior rehabilitation of the south silos and allowances for unforeseen site conditions and volatile material cost increases.

The purpose of this report is to request authority for the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to amend Purchase Order Number 6052656 issued to Brook Restoration Limited (Brook Restoration) for the exterior rehabilitation of the Canada Malting Company silos at 5 Eireann Quay (the "Project") by an additional amount of $5,354,350 net of all taxes ($5,448,587 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current purchase order value from $2,463,500 net of all taxes ($2,506,858 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $7,817,850 net of all taxes ($7,955,444 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

The Project is part of the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan, a City-led waterfront revitalization project approved by City Council in July 2017, which includes rehabilitation of heritage buildings on the Canada Malting property, in addition to the silos.

The amendment will enable Corporate Real Estate Management to add alternative price items originally included in the original Request for Tender Ariba Document Number 3020893124. Corporate Real Estate Management received competitive pricing on the alternative price items, however, these items were originally excluded due to budgetary limitations at the time of the award. With additional funding now secured through the 2022 budget process, Corporate Real Estate Management can exercise the alternative price items and complete the rehabilitation of the Canada Malting Company south silos that addresses the overall structural safety, spalling concrete, roof and flooded basement of the silos structure.

The City and the non-profit arts and cultural organization Canada Ireland Foundation have been working together since 2018 to activate this under-utilized building to make the Bathurst Quay neighborhood an arts and heritage destination.