Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS) have shortlisted three teams to design, build, and finance nine new detachments for phase two of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Modernization project.                                                                                     

Following a request for qualifications process that began in January 2017, the following companies were shortlisted based on their design and construction experience, as well as the qualified personnel and financial capacity, to deliver a project of this scope and complexity:

• Bird Capital Limited Partnership
  • Developer: Bird Capital Limited Partnership
  • Architect: NORR Architects
  • Engineering Teams: MCW Consultants Ltd.
  • Design-Builder: Bird Design-Build Construction Inc.
  • Financial advisor: Bird Capital Limited Partnership
• DBF Pomerleau Team
  • Developer: Pomerleau Inc.
  • Architect: Roderick Lahey Architect Inc., The Ventin Group Ltd
  • Engineering Teams: J.L. Richards & Associates Limited
  • Design-Builder: Pomerleau Inc.
  • Financial advisor: Pomerleau Inc.
• EllisDon Infrastructure Justice
  • Developer: EllisDon Capital Inc.
  • Architect: WZMH Architects
  • Engineering Teams: WSP Canada Inc., SmithGroup JJR
  • Design-Builder: EllisDon Design Build Inc.
  • Financial advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.

Nine new detachments will be built to replace buildings at the end of their useful lifespan. The new detachments will be located in:

• Huron County Detachment, 325 Albert Street, Clinton
• Port Credit Detachment, 2735 Argentia Road, Mississauga
• Hawkesbury Detachment, 1425 Cameron Street, Hawkesbury
• Manitoulin Island Detachment, 488 Boozeneck Road, Little Current
• Marathon Detachment, 101 Peninsula Road, Marathon
• Parry Sound Detachment, 1 North Road, Parry Sound
• Fort Frances Detachment, 200 McIrvine Road, Fort Frances
• Moosonee Detachment,  16 Butcher Road, Moosonee 
• Orillia - TBD

As part of an ongoing fair, open and transparent procurement process, the shortlisted companies will be invited to respond to a request for proposals (RFP), which is expected to be issued in summer 2017. IO and MCSCS will then evaluate the RFP submissions, determine a preferred proponent and work toward a final contract to build all nine detachments.