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 not later than 1:00:00 p.m., local time as established by the Research Council of Canada. 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK – A general, and not necessarily complete or exact, description of the work is as follows:  The Work includes, but is not limited to, upgrades to the expansion of the YRT Bus Facility located at 55 Orlando Avenue in the City of Richmond Hill.

Bids will be accepted from the following list of pre-qualified contractors as per Pre-qualification No. PQ-19-351:

•    Aquicon Construction Co. Ltd. 
•    Buttcon Limited
•    Ellisdon Civil Ltd.
•    Matheson Constructors Limited
•    Pomerleau Inc.

Any Bids received from Bidders not listed above shall be rejected from further consideration.

A Bidders site visit has been scheduled for May 26th and 27th, 2021 commencing at 10:30 am at the YRT Bus Facility located at 55 Orlando Avenue in the City of Richmond Hill to allow subtrades to visit the site.
Attendance MUST be confirmed via email as to which date you wish to attend to susan.hope@york.ca as or access will be denied.

All Bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of $250,000.00 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. 

Bidders are advised that the Region has implemented the Certificate of Recognition (CORTM) safety program, endorsed by the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA), as a requirement on Regional construction projects. Bidders must be registered for the CORTM Safety Program with the IHSA in order to submit a Bid in response to this tender, and/or to be considered for award of the Contract.

Any Bids received from Bidders who have not registered for the CORTM Safety Program with the IHSA shall be rejected from further consideration.

For further details about COR including the registration process and fees, please contact the Centre for Health and Safety Innovation at 1-800-263-5024 or visit their website at www.ihsa.ca/cor.

Questions related to this RFP shall be submitted to the Region through the Bidding Website by clicking on the ‘Submit a Question’ button. The Region’s Purchasing Analyst for this RFP is: Susan Hope, CPPB, Senior Purchasing Analyst, Procurement Office Tel: 1-877-464-9675 ext. 71695, Email: susan.hope@york.ca.   

Accommodations requests under AODA should be directed to York Region Procurement Office at 1-877-464-9675 EXT 71900 or email purchasing@york.ca.