2024-066-TS - Engineering Feasibility, Design and Prime Consulting Services for KHSW/E Air Han

Notice of Intended Procurement
Name of Procuring Entity
Toronto Metropolitan University (the “University”)

Contact Person and Contract Person Coordinates
Tim Sage, 1 Dundas St West, 09th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 2H1, 416-979-5000 ext. 557243


Procurement Documents
The procurement documents are available at www.merx.com.
  
Note that obtaining access to the procurement documents will require prospective suppliers to register and pay a registration fee.  Pricing and Payment Terms are available on the MERX website.


Description of Procurement
The University is conducting a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for Engineering Feasibility, Design and Prime Consulting Services for KHSW/E Air Handling Unit Refurbishment.


The University intents to execute the Professional Services Agreement for Prime Consultant Services, attached as Appendix E in the RFP document.

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://tmu.bonfirehub.ca on or before October 2, 2024, 11:00:00 AM EDT.

The submissions will not be opened publicly.

Conditions for Participation
The procurement is subject to the following conditions for participation:

Insurance Requirements
 

4. 1. 1. Commercial General liability insurance in the amount of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) for any one occurrence for bodily injury, property damage including loss of use, or death. Such insurance shall, at a minimum, include coverage of broad form property damage, contractual liability, completed operations and product liability and such other types of insurance as would be carried by a prudent person performing such services and as the University, may from time to time, require. Such policy shall include the University as an additional insured, include a cross liability/severability of interests clause, and include a waiver of subrogation rights which the Architect’s insurer may have against the University;
      2. Standard automobile liability insurance covering vehicles owned by the Architect and non-owned vehicles with limits of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00);
      3. Valuable papers and media coverage insurance to cover the loss or damage to the full replacement value of drawings, reports, data, plans and specifications and other materials collected, prepared or developed under this Agreement in an amount of no less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00);
      4. Professional liability insurance to cover against Claims made for errors or omissions of, or negligent acts, attributable to, or relating to the performance of the Architect's Services under this Agreement, with limits of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) per claim and a deductible or a self-insured retention not to exceed $25,000.00 per claim. Such policy shall not exclude prior acts relating to the Architect's Services under this Agreement. Such insurance shall be maintained from the inception of this Agreement until two (2) years following the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or completion of the Architect’s Services. The Architect agrees to advise the University by written declaration of any and all Claims pending against such insurance prior to commencement of the Services and on a monthly basis thereafter as a condition of payment; and
5. “All risks” property insurance covering the Prime Consultant and Subcontractors’ owned, rented or leased tools, machinery, equipment and property used for the performance of the Work, including equipment breakdown coverage.