Item - 2024.GG12.15

The General Government Committee recommends that:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Purchasing By-Law), grant authority to award Request for Tender Doc4328129808, Contract Number 22ECS-MI-01WA, for the Scarborough Pump Station Rehabilitation and New Atmospheric Surge Tank Project at the Scarborough Pumping Station, in the amount of $39,320,590 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($40,012,633 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to ASCO Construction (Toronto) Ltd., having submitted the lowest compliant bid and meeting the specifications in conformance with the Tender requirements.

2. City Council authorize the reallocation of project costs and cash flows within Toronto Water's Approved 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan in the total amount of amount of $9,366,641 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries from Scarborough Reservoir Surge Tank project, which is being awarded under budget ($1,679,403 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), and from Ozonation System Rehab project, which has been delayed to support the award of Doc4328129808 for the Scarborough Pump Station Rehabilitation and New Atmospheric Surge Tank Project at the Scarborough Pumping Station ($7,657,238 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), as presented in Table 2 of the Financial Impact Statement, with zero Budget impact to Toronto Water.

The purpose of this report is to advise of the results of Request for Tender Doc4328129808, Contract Number 22ECS-MI-01WA, for the Scarborough Pump Station Rehabilitation and New Atmospheric Surge Tank Project at the Scarborough Pumping Station, and to request authority to enter into an agreement with ASCO Construction (Toronto) Ltd., the lowest Supplier meeting the requirements of the solicitation, in the amount of $39,320,590 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($40,012,633 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) a period of 83 weeks from the date that the written Order to Commence Work is issued by the City, all in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications contained in the Request for Tender documents. 

Authority is also being requested to reallocate project costs and cash flows within Toronto Water's Approved 2024 Capital Budget and Approved 2025-2033 Capital Plan in the amount of $9,175,158 net of all applicable taxes and charges (9,336,641 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) from a project that is delayed and no longer forecasted to start in 2024 and a project that will be awarded under budget to support the cost of this contract award.