RFP released for Ontario Science Centre relocation

Ontario Construction News staff writer

Infrastructure Ontario has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to design, build, finance and maintain the new Ontario Science Centre project.

Three teams were selected from the Request for Qualifications stage that was posted publicly in May 2024 and closed in August. A rigorous evaluation process, including criteria such as design and construction capability, experience, qualified personnel and financial capacity to deliver a project of this size and scope was undertaken to pre-qualify the following teams to be invited to bid on the RFP:

DiscoverON Partners:

• Applicant Leads: Fengate Capital Management Ltd and Pomerleau Capital Inc.
• Design Team: Cumulus Architects Inc and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker
• Construction Team: Pomerleau Inc.
• Facilities Management:  Honeywell Limited
• Financial Advisor: National Bank Financial, Inc.

EllisDon Infrastructure:

• Applicant Lead: EllisDon Capital Inc.
• Design Team: Belvedere Architecture and BDP Quadrangle Architects Limited
• Construction Team: EllisDon Corporation
• Facilities Management: EllisDon Facilities Services Inc
• Financial Advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.

Ontario Science Partners:

• Applicant Leads: John Laing Limited, Sacyr Infrastructure Canada Inc, and Amico Major Projects Inc.
• Design Team: Hariri Inc & D. Pontarini Inc, Snohetta Architecture, Landscape Architecture P.C.
• Construction Team: Sacyr Canada Inc, and Amico Design Build Inc.
• Facilities Management: Johnson Controls Canada L.P
• Financial Advisor: N/A

The new state-of-the-art facility will also integrate and embody sustainability principles. The facility will be designed and constructed to achieve targets for energy use intensity (EUI), operational and embodied greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI), thermal energy demand intensity (TEDI) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

The project is being delivered using a Design Build Finance Maintain (DBFM) model.