Award of Document Number 4879606963 to Gensler Architecture & Design Canada Inc. for the Feasibility Study to Re-imagine the City of Toronto's Civic Centre Public Spaces for Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM).

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The decision

2025-02-19 · Bid Award Panel · adopted

As filed

The Bid Award Panel adopted the following: 1. Bid Award Panel grant authority to award the contract in accordance with the Contract Details set out in the report (February 13, 2025) from the Chief Procurement Officer: Solicitation Number: Request for Proposal Doc4879606963 Description: For the feasibility study to re-imagine the City of Toronto's Civic Centre public spaces, for Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM).

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The term of the agreement is to be for a period of one (1) year from date of award, with an option in favour of the City to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for an additional term of up to one (1) year. Should the option be exercised, then the Executive Director, CREM will request the Chief Procurement Officer to process the renewal under the same terms and conditions, with no increase in the contract value. Recommended Supplier: Gensler Architecture & Design Canada, Inc. Contract Award Value: $936,780 net of all applicable taxes and charges $1,058,561 including HST and all applicable charges $953,267 net of HST recoveries The contract is expected to start on March 3, 2025 and end on March 2, 2026, with an option in favour of the City to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for an additional one-year period from March 3, 2026 to March 2, 2027, with no increase in the contract value.

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Solicitation Issued: December 10, 2024 Solicitation Closed: January 24, 2025 Number of Addenda Issued: Two (2) Number of Bids: Two (2) Table 2: Summary of Bids Received including bid price. Supplier Name Gensler Architecture & Design Canada, Inc. Quadrangle* * Supplier did not achieve the minimum technical score and was not considered for the pricing stage. Range of Scores: N/A

Staff recommended

The Chief Procurement Officer recommends that the Bid Award Panel grant authority to award the following contract: Solicitation Number: Request for Proposal Doc4879606963 Description: For the feasibility study to re-imagine the City of Toronto's Civic Centre public spaces, for Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM). The term of the agreement is to be for a period of one (1) year from date of award, with an option in favour of the City to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for an additional term of up to one (1) year.

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Should the option be exercised, then the Executive Director, CREM will request the Chief Procurement Officer to process the renewal under the same terms and conditions, with no increase in the contract value. Recommended Supplier: Gensler Architecture & Design Canada, Inc. Contract Award Value: $936,780 net of all applicable taxes and charges $1,058,561 including HST and all applicable charges $953,267 net of HST recoveries The contract is expected to start on March 3, 2025 and end on March 2, 2026, with an option in favour of the City to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for an additional one-year period from March 3, 2026 to March 2, 2027, with no increase in the contract value.

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