WINDSOR, ONT. — The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) has announced it has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) inviting qualified proponents to submit formal proposals to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Gordie Howe International Bridge project.
The project has four components — two ports of entry in the United States and Canada respectively on 278 total acres of land; the six-lane bridge itself with land approaches from the ports of entry that will cover 2.5 kilometres; and a new interchange off the I75 at Detroit.
The new bridge will complement the existing Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit, currently Canada’s busiest border crossing in terms of international trade.
The project is expected to cost more than $4 billion. Once the RFP process is complete in 18 months and the project site is turned over to the winning P3 team, the build will take four years, a WDBA executive said in an interview in September, possibly taking the completion of the bridge into 2022.
Three proponents were pre-qualified through the Request for Qualifications stage.
The proponents are:
Bridging North America
ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc.; Fluor Canada Ltd.; Aecon Concessions; RBC Dominion Securities Inc.; Aecom; Carlos Fernandez Casado S.L/FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores, S.A.; Moriyama and Teshima Architects; Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects, LLP; Dragados Canada Inc.; Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc.; Turner Construction Company; Aecon O&M; DBI Services, LLC; and URS Federal Services, Inc. an Aecom company.
CanAm Gateway Partners
Fengate Capital Management Ltd; BBGI CanHoldco Inc.; EllisDon Capital Inc.; Bechtel Development Company, Inc.; Arup-Hatch Mott McDonald Design JV; Bergmann Associates Inc.; NORR Ltd; Bechtel Canada Co.; EllisDon Civil Ltd.; Traylor Bros., Inc; EllisDon Facilities Services Inc.; Egis Projects S.A.; and Roy Jorgensen Associates Inc.
Legacy Link Partners
SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc.; VINCI Concessions S.A.S; John Laing Investments Ltd.; HDR Corp.; Leonhardt, Andra and Partners (if cable stayed); Aas-Jakobsen (if suspension); Alfred Benesch & Company; Golder; American Bridge Canada Company; SNC-Lavalin Constructor (Pacific) Inc. (SLCP); VINCI Construction Grands Projets; Barton Malow; DRICCA (joint venture with Ajax Paving, Dan’s Excavating, C.A. Hull Co Inc., Toebe Construction, Amico Infrastructures Inc.); SNC-Lavalin Operations & Maintenance Inc.; VINCI Concessions; and SNC-Lavalin Security Consulting Inc.
The WDBA will host business-to-business meetings in Windsor and Detroit to provide opportunities for discussions on sourcing and vendor needs. The Windsor meeting will be held Nov. 30 and the Detroit meeting will be Dec. 1. Pre-registration is required to attend — visit wdbridge.com.
The RFP runs 4,000 pages and sets out the conditions and specifications required to deliver the project, a WDBA media statement indicated. The proponents will prepare and submit their binding technical and financial proposals, including a fixed price and schedule. Proposals will then be evaluated by a team of WDBA officials, partner organizations and experts. Once a preferred proponent is identified, the parties will work towards a financial close.
The WDBA is a not-for-profit Canadian Crown corporation created to manage the procurement process. The project will be substantially financed by the Canadian government.
"The Request for Proposals is perhaps the single most important document that WDBA will deliver," said Michael Cautillo, WDBA president and chief executive officer, in the statement. "Much progress has already been accomplished on both sides of the border and we continue to work to prepare the sites for this historic infrastructure project in advance of the construction to be undertaken by the private-sector partner."
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