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Environmental Consultant for UTSC Field House and New Road Alignment

Solicitation number UTSC2025-26

Publication date

Closing date and time 2025/12/18 14:00 EST

Last amendment date

Status Status Expired

Description
NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (the “University”)

CONTACT PERSON AND CONTRACT PERSON COORDINATES
Susan Dyson
Procurement Manager, Financial Services
University of Toronto Scarborough
Susan.dyson@utoronto.ca

PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS
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DESCRIPTION OF PROCUREMENT 
University of Toronto Scarborough is seeking qualified Environmental Consultant to provide engineering services for the UTSC Field House development and construction, including but not limited to: i. preparation of a Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment and submission and approval of a Record of Site Condition; and ii. Preparation of all required environmental background information as needed for the Field House development such as Technical Site Assessment, borehole analysis, salt content delineation, soil characterization, geotechnical, percolation and hydro geotechnical to support new construction and allow the Project to be built in a design build delivery model; and iii. Any required methane/soil gas assessment.
 
The Environmental Consultant shall also provide advice on whether an Environmental Assessment (Municipal Class Environmental Assessment) is required for the construction of a new University road (the “New Road”), which may become a public road in the future; and ii. If an Environmental Assessment is required for the New Road, may be requested to prepare and fulfill all requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act (Ontario) and “Municipal Class Environment Assessment (2024)”, as may be amended from time to time.

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://utoronto.bonfirehub.ca/opportunities/99923
 on or before December 16, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. (local time).
The submissions will not be opened publicly.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The procurement is subject to the following conditions for participation. 
Member of Good Standing of the Professional Engineers Ontario  Pass/Fail

APPLICABLE TRADE AGREEMENTS
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
The Canadian Free Trade Agreement, Chapter Five
The Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Chapter 9
The Canada-European Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement

CONTRACT DETAILS
Contract expected to be a two year term.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
The University will base its selection of qualified suppliers on the following criteria:
Experience and Qualifications (25%)
Project Understanding (25%)
Ability to Meet Time Constraints (20%)
Pricing (30%)
Member of Good Standing of the Professional Engineers Ontario  Pass/Fail

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.

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    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 0 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2026/06/30.

    Trade agreements

    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
    • Please refer to tender description or tender documents

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    Contracting organization

    Organization
    University of Toronto Scarborough
    Address
    1265 Military Trail
    Scarborough, Ontario, M1C 1A4
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Susan Dyson
    Email
    susan.dyson@utoronto.ca
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    Language(s)
    English
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding

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