Item - 2023.GG3.21

The General Government Committee recommends that: 

1. The Interim Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services and  the Chief Procurement Officer, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water, review the engineering services capital delivery models including in-house, program management, traditional consultant design and construction, and hybrid models used for large complex municipal infrastructure programs and projects including Basement Flooding, Bridge Rehabilitation, State of Good Repair Road Rehabilitation and Major Infrastructure, and report back with recommendations to the General Government Committee by the end of 2023.

2. The Interim Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services and the Chief Procurement Officer, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water, review the engineering services capital delivery models with emphasis on the composition, size and complexity of contracts, and commensurate internal resource requirements to oversee contracts, with a view to increase competition and favorable pricing and value from delivery partners, and in consultation with industry stakeholders, and to include this in the report back to the General Government Committee.

A number of general concerns were raised during review of GG2.11 Award of Ariba Document Number 3448368603 to CH2M Hill Canada Limited and Stantec Consulting Limited for Professional Engineering Services for Phase 5 of the Basement Flooding Protection Program, specifically,  the practice of contracting to a single vendor to design, project manage, administer construction and provide post construction services.