40 College Street - Amendment to Purchase Order Number 6054325 with 1246175 Ontario Limited operating as Active Mechanical Services for the Replacement of Building Automation Systems

The amendment is required to cover the cost to replace additional heating, ventilation and air-conditioning ("HVAC") systems equipment and pneumatic (or compressed air) components onsite. These unforeseen site conditions could not have been discovered during the due diligence and design phases of the building automation systems replacement project due to the 24/7 operations and limited testing mandate for the building. This additional work package must be added to the project scope in order for the new modern building automation systems to function properly. This building automation systems replacement project forms part of Corporate Real Estate Management's State-of-Good-Repair program, aligns with the City's TransformTO Climate Change Action Plan and supports future carbon reduction and / or Net Zero projects along with ModernTO Office Modernization goals. General Government Committee approval is required in accordance with 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 net of Harmonized Sales Tax allowed under staff authority as per the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, Section 71-11.1.

of all applicable taxes and charges ($407,040 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current purchase order from $3,850,134, net of all applicable taxes and charges ($3,917,896 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), to $4,250,134 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($4,324,936 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).