Item - 2025.GG19.14

The General Government Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council in accordance with Section 195-8.4 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Purchasing By-law) authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to award and enter into an agreement with Walker Environmental Group Inc., being the lowest cost Supplier meeting specifications for Request for Quotation  Doc4747531748 for processing services for up to 40,000 tonnes annually of Yard Waste Material without Haulage Services and 25,000 tonnes annually of Digester Solids Material, in the amount $24,311,595 net of all applicable taxes and charges $24,739,479 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries for a period of three (3) years commencing on July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028 with an option to extend the agreement for an additional two (2) separate one (1) year periods, all in accordance with the terms and conditions as set out in the Request for Quotation and any other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Request for Quotation Doc4747531748 for the provision of processing services for up to 40,000 tonnes annually of Yard Waste Material with or without Haulage Services and / or 25,000 tonnes annually of Digester Solids Material. Solid Waste Management Services is requesting authority to award and enter into a legal agreement with Walker Environmental Group Inc., the lowest Supplier meeting specifications for both Yard Waste Material and Digester Solids Material with haulage service to be provided by the City, in the amount of $24,311,595 net of all applicable taxes and charges $24,739,479 net of Harmonized Sale Tax recoveries. The processing services contract award is for a three (3) year period with the option to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for an additional term of up to two (2) separate one (1) year periods.