RFTC-1600-26 - Construction of New Community Housing Development located at 62 Bayview Parkway, Town of Newmarket

The Region will ONLY accept ELECTRONIC BID SUBMISSIONS submitted through the Region’s Bids and Tenders website for this Request for Tender. HARD COPY BID SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Bids must be submitted and received by the Region no later than 1:00:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. 

PREQUALIFICATION REQUIRED: The following is a list of prequalified contractors that have been approved to bid on this Request for Tender under Request for Prequalification No. RFPQ-1535-24 and RFPQ-3797-26: 

• Canadian Turner Construction Company LTD. 
• Multiplex Construction Canada Limited
• Aquicon Construction Co. Ltd. 
• Pomerleau Inc.

Any submission received from vendors not listed above shall be rejected from further consideration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Construction of a new community housing development (227-unit six (6) and nine (9) storey community housing building and related site works) located at 62 Bayview Parkway, Town of Newmarket, 

For complete bid details, refer to the RFT documents.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENT: 

• OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (OHSMS) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: Any bids received from bidders who are not certified by at least one valid OHSMS Certification , shall be rejected from further consideration. Acceptable forms of proof of valid OHSMS Certification types are limited to the following: 
  • Certificate of Recognition (COR®) issued by the IHSA;
  • Letter of COR® Equivalency issued by the IHSA; 
  • Letter of Reciprocity issued by the IHSA; 
  • ISO Certificate (issued by an entity accredited by an accreditation body recognized by the IAF) that contains all of the following information:
    • the standard for which the certificate has been issued (ISO 45001:2018 or more current version)
    • appropriate scope for Ontario based operations (the scope on the certificate must match the scope of the procurement, as determined by the Region in its sole discretion) 
    • certificate expiration date 
    • certificate number; and
  • any other OHSMS certification accredited by the Chief Prevention Officer under section 7.6.1 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

For complete details please Refer to Appendix A section B.6 and D.1.

• DEPOSIT:

Bid Bond(Digital Bond):  All Bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of not less than 10% of the Subtotal Contract Amount generated on the Bidding Website in the Schedule of Prices (the “Bid Price”) in the form of a digital Bid Bond from a recognized guarantee or surety company acceptable to the Region and authorized by law to do business in the Province of Ontario. The form of Bid Bond acceptable to the Region is attached as Appendix E . In lieu of the Bid Bond form attached as Appendix E, the Region may at its sole discretion accept Bid Bonds that are substantially in the form of Appendix E or substantially in the form issued by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC220 Form) or the Surety Association of Canada. For complete details please Refer to Appendix A section C.1.

Undertaking to Bond(Digital Bond): Bidders shall submit a digital Undertaking to Bond. The Undertaking to Bond shall be in the form of a digital Undertaking to Bond from a recognized guarantee or surety company acceptable to the Region and authorized by law to do business in the province of Ontario. The form of Undertaking to Bond acceptable to the Region is attached as Appendix F. In lieu of the Undertaking to Bond form attached as Appendix F, the Region may at its sole discretion accept Undertakings to Bond that are substantially in the form of Appendix F or substantially in the form issued by the Surety Association of Canada, including digital Agreements to Bond or Consents of Surety. For complete details please Refer to Appendix A section C.2. 

MEETING: Not applicable.

For complete bid details, refer to the RFT documents.

QUESTIONS:  Questions related to this RFT should be submitted to the Region through the Bidding Website by clicking on the 'Submit a Question' button.

ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS: Accommodation requests under AODA should be directed to the Region's Procurement Representative via email to michelle.doiron@york.ca.