Renovation of a fire / police facility in Toronto, Ontario. Completed plans call for the renovation of a fire / police facility.

Ontario Provincial Police Modernization Phase Three Part 1 1.1 Project Description: The Ontario Provincial Police Modernization Phase 3 (OPPM3) Project is to be delivered under the Design Bid Finance (DBF) model. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) includes both municipal and provincial policing responsibilities in Ontario. It is one of Ontario's largest deployed policing services, comprising 6,000 uniformed and 2,400 civilian members through 148 detachment locations, 13 forensic identification units, 4 Provincial Communications Centres (PCC), 5 regional headquarters, one divisional headquarters, one General. Headquarters, and other specialized facilities. 1.2 Scope of the Project: The OPPM3 project is divided into two (2) parts for the design and construction of twenty-six (26) detachments and (2) regional headquarters across Ontario, with an estimated total GFA of 600,000 sqft of new construction. This RFQ is for Part 1 of the project only and will involve a total of approximately 300,000 square feet of new construction, which includes twelve (12) new detachments and one (1) regional headquarters. The regional headquarters will house command staff and provide regional support for the detachments. The scope also includes project financing and the coordination of procurement, receipt, installation, and commissioning of furniture, fixtures, and equipment. The majority of the detachments operate on a 24/7 basis and typically include four functional areas: 1. Reception Zone: Administrative support, Detachment Commander, Operations Manager, offices, community meeting room, storage, public interview room, utilities, and reception area. 2. Operations Zone: Offices for uniform constables and sergeants, detective constables and sergeants, locker and shower rooms. 3 Security Zone: Crime unit storage, evidence processing, storage vaults and bulk storage. 4. High Security Zone: Sally port, secure booking area, prisoner personal effects storage, guard station, fingerprint room, holding cells, video interview, and legal counsel room. A service area for utilities is also required. Specific requirements include CCTV, keying, millwork, phone/data systems, etc Site locations for Part 1 Headquarters (North-West): Near Thunder Bay, ON Detachments: Ignace, Niagara, Bracebridge, New Liskeard, Burlington, Kenora, Lancaster, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Killaloe, Wawa, Espanola/McKerrow Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General have issued a request of qualifications (RFQ) for interested parties to submit their qualifications to Design, Build, and Finance 12 new detachments and one regional headquarters for phase three of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Modernization project. Twelve new detachments will be constructed to replace aging infrastructure and upgrade OPP facilities. In addition, a new OPP headquarters for the northwest region will be built in Thunder Bay. The new detachments will be located in: - Ignace - Niagara - Bracebridge - New Liskeard - Burlington - Kenora - Lancaster - Red Lake - Sioux Lookout - Killaloe - Espanola/McKerrow - Wawa The RFQ is the first step in the process to pre-qualify a team to help Design, Build, and Finance the project. Submissions will be reviewed to shortlist teams with the suitable design and construction experience, as well as the financial capacity to deliver a project of this size and complexity. Shortlisted teams will then be invited to respond to a request for proposals (RFP), which is expected to be released in early 2026. Interested companies must register on merx.com to download the RFQ. Official bid documents must be obtained from www.merx.com Question Deadline 07/07/2025 at 8:00 PM ET