Item - 2022.IE30.6

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to amend the agreement with Black & Veatch Canada Company, for the provision of additional project management services for the Integrated Pumping Station Project at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant and as a result by amending Purchase Order Number 6042338 by increasing the value of the Purchase Order in the amount of $1,114,306 net of all taxes and charges ($1,113,918 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current contract value from $10,314,639.45 net of all taxes and charges ($10,496,177.10 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $11,428,945.45 net of all taxes and charges ($11,630,094.89 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

2. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to amend the agreement with Black & Veatch Canada Company, for the provision of additional professional engineering services for the detailed design of the Integrated Pumping Station Project at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant and as a result by amending amend Purchase Order Number 6042339 by increasing the value of the Purchase Order in the amount of $1,340,406 net of all taxes and charges ($1,363,997 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current contract value from $27,472,347.10 net of all  taxes and charges ($27,955,860.41 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $28,812,753.10 net of all taxes and charges ($29,319,857.55 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

3. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to further negotiate the necessary amendments to the contracts with Black & Veatch Canada Company for project management, and professional engineering services for detailed design, of the Integrated Pumping Station Project at Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreements and on terms, conditions and costs satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and as a result to be able to amend the Purchase Orders Numbers 6042338 and 6042339, as may be necessary from time to time, all in accordance with the conditions presented in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 12, 2022) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the General Manager, Toronto Water and the Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management.

4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 12, 2022) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the General Manager, Toronto Water and the Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management remain confidential in its entirety, as it related to commercial or financial information that belongs to the City and has potential monetary value, and it involves a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto, provided that such information or portions of such information may be released publicly two years after the services have been completed.

5. City Council authorize the reallocation of project costs and cashflows within Toronto Water’s approved 2022 Capital Budget and 2023-2031 Capital Plan in the amount of $1.950 million to support the recommended amendments to Purchase Order Number 6042338 and Purchase Order Number 6042339, as presented in Table 2, Budget Adjustment Reallocations, of the Financial Impact Statement presented in the report (May 12, 2022) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management, with a zero Budget impact to Toronto Water.

6. City Council authorize the further reallocation of project costs and cashflows within Toronto Water’s approved 2022 Capital Budget and 2023-2031 Capital Plan in the amounts identified in Confidential Attachment 1, to support the recommended amendments to Purchase Order Numbers 6042338 and 6042339, as presented in Table 2, Budget Adjustment Reallocations, of the Financial Impact Statement, included in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 12, 2022) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the General Manager, Toronto Water and the Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management, with a zero Budget impact to Toronto Water.

The purpose of this report is to request authority to amend Purchase Order Number 6042338 and 6042339 with Black & Veatch Canada Company ("Black & Veatch") for additional project management and professional engineering design services for the Integrated Pumping Station Project at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant in the total amount of $2,454,712 net of all taxes and charges ($2,497,915 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) and to reallocate project costs and cashflows in Toronto Water's Approved 2022 Capital Budget and 2023-2021 Capital Plan in the amount of $1,950,000 to fund increased costs of the proposed amendment.

This amendment is required to complete the project, resolve claims and accommodate an extended timeline for completion of the remaining work.

Authority is also being requested for reallocation of project costs and cashflows in Toronto Water's Approved 2022 Capital Budget and 2023-2021 Capital Plan, and related contractual matters, as outlined in Confidential Attachment 1, so as to support the cost of finalizing the detailed engineering design for what is now a significantly more complex design of the Integrated Pumping Station Project, currently the City's largest and most critical wastewater infrastructure project underway.