Item - 2019.IE2.5

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council declare Aplus General Contractors Corporation ("Aplus") and any affiliated persons, as defined in Chapter 195, ineligible to bid on or be awarded any City of Toronto contracts  as a supplier of goods and/or services or as a subcontractor to such a supplier, including any options, renewals or extensions of existing contracts, for a total period of three (3) years commencing upon the date the current temporary suspension  imposed through the delegated authority of the Chief Purchasing Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management Division expires.

This report recommends that City Council declare Aplus General Contractors Corporation ("Aplus") ineligible to bid on, or be awarded any City of Toronto contracts for a period of three (3) years given the significance of its unacceptable and poor performance and management. This recommendation is based upon repeated unacceptable and poor performance and management by Aplus on Contract MCP-13-18WS, Tender 2-2015, Ellesmere Pumping Station Power Generators Upgrade.

The poor performance by Aplus was documented through five contractor performance evaluations completed between November 2016 and November 2018. Further, refusals to comply by Aplus resulted in four notices of default being issued by the City against Aplus. Based on this poor performance, the Chief Purchasing Officer suspended Aplus for a period of 6 months, beginning October 30, 2018 until April 30, 2019, pending Council's decision with this report.