General Contractor Services for Smart Campus Integration and Testing Hum (“ScitH

Notice of Intended Procurement
Name of Procuring Entity
Toronto Metropolitan University (the “University”)

Contact Person and Contract Person Coordinates
Tim Sage, 1 Dundas St West, 09th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 2H1, 416-979-5000 ext. 557243

Procurement Documents
The procurement documents are available at www.merx.com.
  
Note that obtaining access to the procurement documents will require prospective suppliers to register and pay a registration fee.  Pricing and Payment Terms are available on the MERX website.


Description of Procurement
The University is conducting a Request for Quotation (“RFQ”) for General Contractor Services for Smart Campus Integration and Testing Hum (“ScitHub”).

The procurement is anticipated to involve negotiation.  An electronic auction is not anticipated. 


Address and Final Date for Submissions
Submissions must be submitted electronically at https://tmu.bonfirehub.ca On or Before April 12, 2024, 11:00:00 AM EDT.

The submissions will not be opened publicly.

Conditions for Participation
The procurement is subject to the following conditions for participation:

Insurance Requirements
 

1. Commercial General Liability Insurance against claims for bodily injury (including death), personal injury and broad form property damage (including loss of use) and including products and completed operations liability and blanket contractual liability for an amount of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) per occurrence. Such insurance shall include the following clauses and/or endorsements.

 

• Pay on behalf of
• Deductible
• Primary and non-contributory
• Cross liability and severability of interests or Separation of insureds; and
• an endorsement naming the Owner, its governors, trustees, officers and employees as an Additional Insured.

 

2. Standard automobile insurance for all vehicles owned, licensed or leased by the Supplier and non-owned automobile insurance, where required, for an amount of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00), per occurrence for each type of coverage. Where the non-owned automobile insurance coverage is provided within a general liability policy, a separate policy is not required;

 

3. Professional liability insurance for an amount of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence, if applicable to the type of Work performed under this Agreement. This insurance policy is required to be maintained until Ready-for-Takeover and for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the completion of the Work; and

 

4. “All risk” property insurance covering the Contractor and Subcontractors’ owned, rented or leased tools, machinery, equipment and property used for the performance of the Work, including equipment breakdown coverage.

WSIB

Provide, maintain and pay for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB) coverage, or alternatively, provide proof of continuous Employers Liability Insurance coverage, equivalent to WSIB coverage in the amount of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00). Prior to commencing the Work, again with application for payment of the holdback amount following Substantial Performance of the Work and again with application for final payment, Contractor shall at all times during performance of the Work comply with all requirements of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act and regulations, and provide evidence of compliance with such  legislation and regulations at the Place of the Work, including payments due thereunder, by submitting its WSIB account number together with a letter from the appropriate WSIB department (indicating that there are no outstanding fees, fines, claims or debts to the Contractor’s WSIB account).


Bonding

Digital Construction Act bonds by a duly licensed surety company authorized to transact a business of suretyship in the province or territory the Deliverables are performed: 
 

• labour and material payment bond in an amount equal to not less than 50% of the Contract Price;
• a performance bond in an amount equal to not less than 50% of the Contract Price; and

Proponents shall refer to the Supplementary Conditions for complete information regarding bonds.


Applicable Trade Agreements
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):

The Canadian Free Trade Agreement, Chapter Five
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, Chapter 19
The Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Chapter 9

Contract Details
The university intends to enter into negotiations, if applicable, and ultimately enter into an Agreement or Agreements for provision of the Deliverables as per Appendix ‘E’ – CCDC 2 Stipulated Price Contract and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Supplementary Conditions of a CCDC 2 Contract.

The term of the Final Agreement is approximately twelve (12) months or the completion of the project, whichever is longer, followed by the warranty period. The substantial completion of the project is expected to be on or before June 30, 2025.

The University will base its selection of qualified suppliers on the following criteria:

Stage 1
Mandatory Evaluation Criteria:

CRITERIA                                                                                                                WEIGHTING (POINTS)
File #1 – Proposal Acknowledgement Form                                                                           Pass/Fail
File #1- Bonding Letter                                                                                                           Pass/Fail

Stage 2
Financial/Pricing Evaluation Criteria:

CRITERIA                                                                                                                WEIGHTING (POINTS)
Pricing Part I -Total Base Bid Fee                                                                                              100
                                                                                                                  Subtotal                    100


                                                                                                        Total Evaluated Score         100





Notes
Suppliers should note that information contained within this notice is subject to change. Suppliers are encouraged to obtain the procurement documents which contain the most current information.  If there is a conflict between the procurement documents and this notice, the procurement documents will take precedence.



 

Bidding and Documents are available on http://www.merx.com. Fees may apply; See https://www.merx.com/public/pricing for more information.