The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) awarded the EUR20.9 million (CAD30 million)   contract FE85-2 for Tunnel Design Services for the Scarborough Subway Extension (SSE) to Hatch Mott MacDonald Limited. Duration contrat five years from the

Notification of Award. The 7.5km three-stop subway was approved by the city council in October 2013. It will extend the existing Bloor-Danforth subway line to Scarborough Town Centre, replacing the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line, which went into service in 1985. Click here and visit www.hatchmott.com. 05/15.

Request for Qualifications, deadline 15/04/2020, for the Scarborough Subway Extension Tunnel. The Advance Tunnel  contract involves:

•        Tunnelling works for the approximate 8-km subway extension, from Kennedy Station to McCowan Road/Sheppard Avenue

•        Design and construction of launch and extraction shafts, tunnels, as well as headwalls for emergency exit buildings stations

•        Supply tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and install segmental precast concrete tunnel liners

•        Activities necessary to build the tunnel (e.g. utility relocations, supports for shaft and headwalls, temporary power supply, lighting, ventilation, and drainage).

Question acceptance deadline: 01/04/2020. Contact Infrastructure Ontario, attn Solomon Wedderburn, tel  416-427-0726, email solomon.wedderburn@infrastructureontario.ca. For further tender information please click here. Ref.n. 0000172328. 11/20.

Request for Qualifications, deadline postponed from 15/04/2020 to 29/05/2020, for the Scarborough Subway Extension Tunnel. The Advance Tunnel  contract involves:

•        Tunnelling works for the approximate 8-km subway extension, from Kennedy Station to McCowan Road/Sheppard Avenue

•        Design and construction of launch and extraction shafts, tunnels, as well as headwalls for emergency exit buildings stations

•        Supply tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and install segmental precast concrete tunnel liners

•        Activities necessary to build the tunnel (e.g. utility relocations, supports for shaft and headwalls, temporary power supply, lighting, ventilation, and drainage).

Postponed question acceptance deadline: 15/05/2020. Contact Infrastructure Ontario, attn Solomon Wedderburn, tel  416-427-0726, email solomon.wedderburn@infrastructureontario.ca. For further tender information please click here. Ref.n. 0000172328. 18/20.

Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have identified Strabag as the First Negotiations Proponent (FNP) to design, build and finance the tunnels for the Scarborough Subway Extension project -  Advance Tunnel Contract.  

The Strabag team includes:   

Applicant Lead: Strabag AG  

Construction Team: Strabag Inc. 

Design Team: Arup Canada Inc., Brian Isherwood & Associates Ltd. 

Financial Advisor: Strabag Inc.  

Of the shortlisted teams invited to submit bids, the FNPs were the highest ranked after the proposals were evaluated. The teams were evaluated based on criteria identified in the Request for Proposals process that began in August 2020. Criteria included design and construction methodology, approach to managing the project and the collaborative behaviours of key individuals of the Proponent teams. The identification of Strabag as FNP is the result of an open, fair and competitive procurement process overseen by third-party fairness monitors. For more click ca/36 and  visit https://infrastructureontario.ca and http://www.metrolinx.com/. 09/21. 

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of EUR 512.90 million (CAD757.1 million) to Strabag to design, build and finance the tunnels for the Scarborough Subway Extension project.  The Strabag team includes Strabag Inc (Construction Team), Arup Canada Inc and Brian Isherwood & Associates Ltd (Design Team) and Strabag Inc (Financial Advisor). Construction is expected to begin in spring 2021, with major tunnel boring works to start in spring/summer of 2022. 

The  Scarborough Subway Extension Advance Tunnel scope of work includes tunnelling works for the 7.8-km subway extension, from Kennedy Station to McCowan Road/Sheppard Avenue; design and construction of launch and extraction shafts, tunnel, as well as headwalls for emergency exit buildings and stations; supplying the TBM and installing segmental precast concrete tunnel liners; activities necessary to build the tunnel (e.g. utility relocations, supports for shaft and headwalls, temporary power supply, lighting, ventilation, and drainage). Visit https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/ . 21/21. 

Request for Qualifications, deadline 12/11/2021, for the Stations, Rail and Systems (SRS) designing and building package for the Scarborough Subway Extension project. 

The SRS  contract involves: 

• Three new subway stations, with associated bus terminal facilities, at Lawrence Avenue and McCowan Road, Scarborough Centre and a terminal station at McCowan Road and Sheppard Avenue. 
• Eight emergency exit buildings and other required emergency and life-safety facilities. 
• Transition section between Kennedy Station and the TBM extraction shaft at Eglinton Avenue East and Midland Avenue. 
• Installation, testing and commissioning of all systems equipment including track, ventilation, signals, communications, integrated control system, traction power, and all other permanent mechanical and electrical systems. 
• Four traction power sub stations. 
• Integration with TTC infrastructure at Kennedy Station as well as with the advance tunnel infrastructure works. 

On 28/09/2021 at 12:00:00 AM EDT will be the pre-bidding event. The question acceptance deadline is the 15/10/2021. Contact Infrastructure Ontario, attn Rebecca Zebeljan, email Rebecca.Zebeljan@infrastructureontario.ca. For further tender information please click here. Ref.n. 0000208606. 37/21. 

The following 3 teams have been shortlisted to submit their proposals for the Stations, Rail and Systems (SRS) designing and building package for the 7.8km Scarborough Subway Extension project connecting to the Line 2 subway.   

• Dragados - Applicant lead: Dragados Canada Inc; Design prime team member: AECOM Canada, Ltd.Construction prime team member: Dragados Canada Inc.  

• KSX Integrated Design-Builders- Applicant leads: Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc; Design prime team members: Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc; Construction prime team members: Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc.  

• Scarborough Transit Connect - Applicant leads: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., FCC Construccion SA; Design prime team member: Mott MacDonald Canada Ltd; Construction prime team members: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc, FCC Construccion SA,  

These groups will have until the summer to submit their plans to Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario for evaluation.   

Contact Infrastructure Ontario, attn Rebecca Zebeljan, email Rebecca.Zebeljan@infrastructureontario.ca. Visit Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx. Ref.n. 0000208606. 06/22.  

Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have selected Scarborough Transit Connect as the development partner ((known as the “Dev Co”) to enter the development phase of the Stations, Rail and Systems (SRS) contract for the Scarborough Subway Extension project. The SRS package for the Scarborough Subway Extension is being delivered using a Progressive Design-Build (PDB) model.  

Scarborough Transit Connect is comprised of leading companies with the expertise to deliver a subway project:  

• Applicant Leads: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., FCC Canada Ltd. 
• Design Prime Team Member: Mott MacDonald Canada Limited 
• Construction Prime Team Members: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., FCC Canada Ltd.  

The scope of work includes:  

• Design and construction of three new underground stations and bus terminals at each station. 
• Design and construction of emergency exit buildings and service buildings, and traction power substations. 
• Installation, testing and commissioning of all systems equipment and interconnection with existing TTC systems. 
• Design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of all rail and track components and a pocket track east of Kennedy Station. 
• Coordination with the Advance Tunnel contractor on remaining work.  

The Progressive Design-Build model incorporates a multi-stage design process called a development phase. This phase allows for a collaborative approach between the project owner, the contracting partner and other stakeholders who work closely together to finalize the scope, risk allocation and pricing of various elements of the project. Currently, the development phase for SRS is anticipated to be completed in approximately 18 to 24 months. Once the development phase has concluded, Metrolinx and the Scarborough Transit Connect team will then have the option to sign a final agreement to proceed to the construction phase, which would include agreements on detailed designs and a negotiated price.  

For more visit https://infrastructureontario.ca and http://www.metrolinx.com/. 48/22.