OPP Modernization
- Location:
- 16 communities across Ontario
- Project Type:
- DBFM - Design Build Finance Maintain
- Infrastructure Type:
- Justice
- Contract Price:
- $292.7 million
- Estimated Value for Money:
- $51.3 million
About the Project
- The project involved the construction of 18 new Ontario Provincial Police detachments, regional headquarters and forensic identification services in 16 communities across Ontario.
- The new facilities, which in many cases have replaced buildings that have exceeded their useful life, feature up-to-date amenities to better support the demands of modern police operations and meet the needs of the community.
Status:
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Request for QualificationsFeb 26, 2009
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Short-list Bidders SelectedJul 27, 2009
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Request for ProposalsAug 25, 2009
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Winning Bidder SelectedSep 15, 2010
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Construction BeginsSep 15, 2010
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Construction EndsNov 23, 2012
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Winning Bidder
Shield Infrastructure Partnership; Developer: HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions North America; Design: NORR, Shore Tilbe Perkins + Will, MCW Consultants, Banerjee & Associates, MMM Group; Construction: Bird Design Build; Facility Management: Honeywell; Financial Advisor: HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions, Concert Real Estate.
Features
New facilities were constructed in:
- Armstrong - Detachment
- Burk's Falls - Detachment
- Chatham - Forensic Identification Services
- Dryden - Detachment
- Iroquois Falls - Detachment
- Kapuskasing - Detachment
- Kenora - Forensic Identification Services
- Long Sault - Forensic Identification Services
- Mount Forest - Forensic Identification Services
- Nipigon - Detachment
- North Bay - Regional Headquarters and Forensic Identification Services
- Orillia- Regional Headquarters
- Peterborough - Forensic Identification Services
- Smiths Falls - Regional Headquarters and Forensic Identification Services
- South Porcupine - Forensic Identification Services
- Walkerton - South Bruce (Brockton) - Detachment
Community And Green Benefits
- New OPP facilities provide Ontario with more efficient and effective policing infrastructure that enhance community safety and support Ontario's justice system.
- Each of the new facilities incorporated environmentally sustainable construction practices and energy efficient design. As a result, all of the new OPP buildings achieved the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standard, except the Long Sault Forensic Identification Services facility, which achieved LEED Gold.
Economic Benefits
- The project helped provide economic stimulus by creating and supporting jobs across Ontario; construction labour for the project was drawn from across the province.
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Announcements
- Request for Qualifications Issued - Feb. 26, 2009
- Short Listed Proponents Named - July 27, 2009
- Request for Proposals Issued - Aug. 25, 2009
- Request for Proposals Closed - March 25, 2010
- Preferred Proponent Selected - July 22, 2010
- Winning Bidder Named - Sept. 15, 2010
- Substantial Completion - Nov. 23, 2012