RFQ issued for Ottawa LRT project

Written by jrood

The City of Ottawa in Ontario Canada released a Request for Qualifications for Ottawa Light Rail Transit Project: Tunney's Pasture to Blair Station as outlined and approved by City Council on May 25, 2011. The document outlines the evaluation criteria that will be used to identify respondents with the skills and experience to deliver Ottawa's Light Rail Transit project. Respondents will need to demonstrate their success in design, management, construction, system integration, testing, commissioning and maintenance of high capacity Light Rail Transit projects of similar scope and size as the OLRT project. An independent Fairness Commissioner will oversee the evaluation process to protect the city's interests and ensure an equal playing field from potential bidders. There are also lobbying restrictions in place to prevent firms from lobbying council or staff outside of the formal submission process. Respondents will have until September 13, 2011 to make submissions. The city will take one month to complete evaluations and will publish a short list of qualified respondents in October, 2011. The pre-qualified respondents will be invited to respond to the OLRT Request for Proposal. The RFP process will last nine months, after which the winning firm will complete negotiations with the city. The final contract is due to be signed by December 2012 and construction will be completed within five years.

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