Item - 2024.GG14.7

The General Government Committee:  

1. In accordance with Section 71- 11.1C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71 (Financial Control By-law) authorized the entry into the necessary amending agreement on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to increase the value and term of Purchase Order Number 6044203 with Concept Naval Experts Maritimes Inc., for construction administration services for the delivery of new Toronto ferries, including associated shoreside support services for infrastructure by an additional amount of $3,503,000 net of applicable taxes and charges ($3,564,653 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the current Purchase Order Value from $5,843,221 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($5,946,062 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $9,346,221 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($9,510,715 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).   

General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, Howie Dayton, and the Director, Capital Design and Delivery, Paul Farish, gave a presentation on the Award for Construction of Two Electric Propulsion Ferry Vessels.

The General Government Committee considered this item together with item GG14.8.

The purpose of this report is to request authority to amend Purchase Order Number 6044203 with Concept Naval Experts Maritimes Inc., in order to provide contract administration services for the construction of new City of Toronto Marine Services Passenger and Vehicle Vessels and support services for associated shoreside infrastructure work.   

The purchase order amendment is requested to provide additional contract administration services to address the additional stakeholder-informed functional and engineering designs of the vessels and the associated shore-side infrastructure that will support the development of the new ferries, their planned delivery in 2026 and 2027 and shoreside infrastructure compatibility, as part of the City's Ferry Replacement Project. The procurement of the new ferry vessels will be the subject of a separate staff report.

The total value of the purchase order amendment being requested is $3,503,000 net of applicable taxes and charges ($3,564,653. net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current purchase order from $5,843,221 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($5,946,062 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $9,346,221 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($9,510,715 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).