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Bid Classification: 
Services
Bid Type:  Request For Proposal
Bid Number:  RFPQ 2025-031
Bid Name:  ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
Bid Status:  Awarded
Bid Awarded Date:  Thu Dec 18, 2025 (EST)
Published Date:  Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:30:01 PM (EDT)
Bid Closing Date:  Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:00:01 PM (EDT)
Question Deadline:  Mon Apr 7, 2025 4:00:00 PM (EDT)
Duration in months:  72
Negotiation Type:  Refer to bid document
Condition for Participation:  Refer to bid document
Electronic Auctions:  Not Applicable
Language for Bid Submissions:  English unless specified in the bid document
Submission Type:  Online Submissions Only
Submission Address:  Online Submissions Only
Public Opening:  No
Description: 

The County of Simcoe is seeking submissions from qualified and experienced vendors.  Only online submissions will be accepted for this opportunity.

Request for Prequalification No. 2025-031

For: ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

The County of Simcoe is an upper tier municipality located north of the Greater Toronto Area and is comprised of 16 towns and townships and the separated Cities of Barrie and Orillia.
 

The County’s programs and essential services include social housing, land ambulance and emergency planning, waste management, public transportation, a County road system, Ontario Works, Lake Simcoe Regional Airport, Children’s Services, Long Term Care and Seniors Services, Museum, Archives, County forest management, Tourism, and land use policy planning.
 

The County operates 40+ service locations, including paramedic stations, roads garages, Ontario works offices, landfill sites and transfer stations, truck maintenance shops, a museum, an archives facility, an administration centre, an airport, numerous social housing sites, and four Long Term Care homes.
 

The County of Simcoe is requesting Responses from Applicants interested in placement on the County’s Qualified Supplier List for the provision of architectural services for a three-year term.
 

This Request for Prequalification process is intended to create a list of prequalified architects who will be invited to bid on future County of Simcoe construction and renovation projects.
Construction/project values will range from $10K to $100M+ and include new construction and renovation in buildings such as paramedic stations and posts, Long Term Care facilities, administrative office space, maintenance and garage buildings, solid waste facilities, archives, museum, and social housing.
 

Applicants wishing to be included on the Qualified Supplier List will meet the requirements listed herein and will have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience providing architectural services including but not limited to:
• New construction projects, green or brown field sites
• Alteration, and/or renovation projects including dealing with hazardous materials
• Pre-Design including studies such as Feasibility, Energy Modelling, Cost Estimates, Program Development, space relationships
• Schematic Design
• Design Development including experience with LEED, WELL or other related environmentally focused design systems
• Construction Documents
• Bidding or Negotiation
• Contract Administration
• Post Construction
 

All successful Applicants will be placed on the Qualified Supplier List. The placement of an Applicant onto the Qualified Supplier List does not guarantee future work and the County is not obligated to award work or enter into any contract with any successful Applicant now or throughout the term of this Agreement.
 

Qualified Suppliers who are awarded subsequent work will be required to sign an OAA 600-2021 A contract with the County of Simcoe to provide full consulting services as outlined in the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) and the County of Simcoe supplementary conditions to the OAA Agreement as outlined in Schedule A.
 

Only those Applicants placed on the Qualified Supplier List will receive further notices of procurement opportunities covered by this RFPQ process.

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  • Construction
    • Building & Renovation
    • Demolition
  • Facilities, Redevelopment, Trades, Machinery, Construction, Architectural or Engineering
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