Item - 2025.GG19.26

The General Government Committee:

1. In accordance with Section 195-8.4A of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Procurement By-Law), authorized the award of Request for Tender Doc4932357916, Contract Number 24ECS-BE-02GB, for the rehabilitation of the Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue and F.G. Gardiner Expressway Bridges (ID229, ID272, ID416, ID417, and ID423) and the entry into an agreement with EllisDon Civil Ltd., being the supplier with the lowest compliant bid meeting the specifications and requirements of Request for Tender, in the amount of $59,376,943 net of all taxes and charges ($60,421,977 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries). 

2. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, in cooperation with Engineering and Construction Services, to continuously proactively monitor congestion and delays, where possible, arising from the bridge construction, as a result of the work described in this item, on impacted routes including Kipling Avenue, Islington Avenue, Park Lawn Road and the Queensway, and on parallel and adjacent routes, to mitigate congestion and delays through adjustments to traffic signals, adjustments and refinement of lane restrictions and diversions, markings and signage, the provision of traffic wardens as needed, and careful analysis and consideration of other coincident construction and road restriction activity.

This report provides the results of the Request for Tender Doc4932357916, Contract Number 24ECS-BE-02GB, for the rehabilitation of the Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue bridges over the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, the F.G. Gardiner Expressway bridges over Parklawn Road and Mimico Creek, and the westbound on-ramp over Mimico Creek (ID229, ID272, ID416, ID417, and ID423) and requests the authority to award the contract to EllisDon Civil Ltd., in the amount of $59,376,943 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($60,421,977 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), all in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications contained in the Request for Tender document. Construction is expected to commence in March 2025 and be completed by November 2026, with a pause for the FIFA soccer tournament between May 2026 and July 2026.

This project will incorporate acceleration measures and congestion management tools from the current work on Section 2 of the Gardiner Expressway between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, including early completion incentives; enabling crews to work up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week as required to meet the compressed construction timelines; as well as temporary turning lane modifications and other construction and traffic management measures.

This work is part of the planned rehabilitation for Section 3 of the Gardiner Expressway, which spans from Highway 427 to the Humber River. While full rehabilitation for this section is currently scheduled for 2027 to 2031, condition assessments identified these five bridges as requiring repairs in advance of that timeline.