Request to Review Supplier Suspensions and Reinstate IPAC Paving Limited and Pave-1 Construction Limited

IPAC Paving Limited and Sebastian Corbo as an individual and any entities owned, directed, or controlled by Sebastian Corbo (including Road Mill Construction) were permanently suspended by Council on November 27, 28, and 29, 2012. The suspension was based on Sebastian Corbo pleading guilty to a charge of paying a secret commission in relation to providing money to a former Toronto Transit Commission employee to facilitate IPAC Paving Limited obtaining paving work from the Toronto Transit Commission. City Council on August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2014, also permanently suspended Pave-1 Construction Limited, an affiliate of IPAC Paving Limited, from being awarded or granted any future City contracts, or otherwise profiting from any City contracts. John Corbo has maintained ownership and sole directorship of both Pave-1 Construction Limited and IPAC Paving Limited since 2014, distancing the operations from prior activities, as corroborated by federal compliance records. Road Mill Construction is no longer in operation. The current City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement and the Supplier Suspension Procedure prescribe a maximum supplier suspension period of five years. It also provides suspended suppliers the option to apply for reinstatement upon completion of at least half of their total suspension period. However, as no formal mechanism exists in the Supplier Suspension Procedure for reviewing a permanent suspension imposed by City Council, it is recommended that City Council now reinstate IPAC Paving Limited and Pave-1 Construction Limited as eligible suppliers in accordance with Chapter 195 and the Supplier Suspension Procedure.