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-1350-23:  

• 2274084 Ontario Ltd. o/a GMP Contracting
• Alliance Verdi Civil Inc.
• Amico Infrastructures Inc.
• Belor Construction Ltd.
• Brennan Paving & Construction Ltd.
• Clearwater Structures Inc.
• Clearway Construction Inc.
• Dufferin Construction Company, A division of CRH Canada Group Inc.
• EBC Inc.
• EllisDon Civil Ltd.
• Fidelity Engineering & Construction Inc.
• Green Infrastructure Parners Inc. (GIP Construction and Materials Limited)
• Graham Bros. Construction Limited
• Marbridge Construction Ltd.
• Toronto Zenith Contracting Limited

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

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This Request for Tenders (the “RFT”) is an invitation by The Regional Municipality of York (the “Region”) to prospective bidders to submit bids for: The construction of two pedestrian bridges (North and South) located at 5028 Queensville Sideroad – Centennial Tract of the York Regional Forest. The North bridge requires long approaches., as further described in Section A of the RFT Particulars (Appendix A) (the “Work”). Bidders are advised that the Work will be performed during the 2025 construction season.

For complete bid details, refer to the RFT documents.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENT: 

• CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION (COR™): Any proposals received from proponents who are not Certificate of Recognition (COR™) certified, who have not obtained COR™ equivalency or who have not submitted a valid Letter of Reciprocity shall be rejected from further consideration. 
• 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 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 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. 

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 Sakshi.Anand@york.ca.