RFP issued for Scarborough subway tunnelling work

TORONTO — The Request for Proposals (RFP) to advance tunnelling work on the Scarborough Subway Extension (SSE) will be issued Aug. 20.

The Ontario government will invite the selected teams from the Request for Qualifications process to respond to an RFP which details how they plan to design and deliver the tunnelling work for the SSE. After proposals are evaluated, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx are expected to award the tunneling contract in mid-2021.

To expedite work on the project, tunnelling will begin first, followed by separate contracts for the balance of the work. The SSE project is expected to support as many as 3,000 jobs annually during construction.

In April 2019, the province announced its new transportation plan, with a preliminary estimated cost of $28.5 billion. In addition to the SSE and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension, the plan includes the Ontario Line and the Yonge North Subway Extension. Planning is underway for all four priority projects and procurements will be staged to ensure each project is delivered successfully, indicates a government release.

In early August Ontario announced three teams of bidders per project were shortlisted to advance tunnelling work on two of the four priority transit projects, the SSE and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.

The three teams shortlisted for the Scarborough project are:

ACCIONA

Applicant Lead: Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc.
Design Team: AECOM Canada Ltd., Acciona Ingenieria S.A., CIMA+ Canada Inc., Thurber Engineering Ltd., GALL ZEIDLER Consultants, T2 Utility Engineers Inc., EWE+ General Partnership
Construction Team: Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc.
Financial Advisor: Agentis Capital

EAST END CONNECTORS

Applicant Leads: Dragados Canada Inc., Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Ghella Canada Ltd.
Design Team: TYPSA Inc., EXP Services Inc., Pedelta Canada Inc.
Construction Team: Dragados Canada Inc., Aecon Infrastructure Management. Inc., Ghella Canada Ltd.
Financial Advisor: ACS Infrastructure Canada, Aecon Concessions, HSBC, Ghella Investments & Partnerships

STRABAG INC.

Applicant Lead: Strabag Inc.
Design Team: Arup Canada Inc.
Construction Team: Strabag Inc.
Financial Advisor: Strabag Inc.

“Issuing this RFP demonstrates that we are making progress on these priority subway projects to reduce commute times,” said Kinga Surma, associate minister of transportation (GTA), in a statement. “With the province and municipal governments now firmly supporting our transit expansion plan, we continue to jointly call on the federal government to provide its fair share ― funding at least 40 per cent of our four nationally significant subway projects. Formalizing this funding partnership with the federal government remains a top priority.”