Item - 2025.GG21.3

The General Government Committee recommend that:

1. City Council, in accordance Municipal Code Chapter 195 (Purchasing) where the current request exceeds the Chief Procurement Officer's authority of the cumulative five-year commitment limit for each vendor under Article 7, Section 195-7.3(D) of the Purchasing By-law or exceeds the threshold of $500,000 Harmonized Sales Tax allowed under staff authority as per the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, Section 71-11.1, grant authority to enter into the necessary amending agreements on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to increase the value and extend the term, of the Non-Competitive Contract Number 47023030 with A Supreme Nursing and Home Care Services Inc., for nursing services by an amount of $100,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($101,760 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $800,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($814,080 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $900,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($915,840 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) and extending the term to April 30, 2026. Extending the term of this contract to April 30, 2026 will extend the contract beyond the allowable five-year term.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council to amend Non-Competitive Contract 47023030 with A Supreme Nursing and Home Care Services Inc., for nursing services by increasing the overall value in the amount of $100,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($101,760 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $800,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($814,080 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $900,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($915,840 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) and extending the term to April 30, 2026. Extending the term of this contract to April 30, 2026 will extend the contract beyond the allowable five-year term.

This contract amendment will allow nursing services in directly operated shelters to continue while a new competitive procurement process for nursing services is completed. The estimated completion date for the competitive procurement process is the fourth quarter of 2025. Toronto Shelter and Support Services is in the process of hiring a complement of nursing staff, but challenges with staff retention requires that contract nursing services must remain available.