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Item No. 7.6

Council Report: CM 6/2020

Subject: Engineering/Architectural Consultants Engaged via Roster – July 1 2019 to December 31 2019 - City Wide

Reference:

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

THAT this report BE RECEIVED by Council for information in compliance with section 163 of Bylaw 93-2012 (the "Purchasing Bylaw").

Executive Summary:

N/A

Background:

Background: Section 163 of the Purchasing Bylaw provides:

163 ... "The responsible CLT Member and Manager of Purchasing and Risk Management (now Purchasing Manager) shall provide a semi-annual report to Council disclosing all consultants engaged through any rostering process in Part IX of this Bylaw."

This report is provided in satisfaction of these requirements.

Discussion:

Section 163 of the Purchasing Bylaw permits direct contract awards to firms listed on the engineering roster for professional services valued under $100,000.

This method recognizes the fact that professional services for public works services are frequently utilized and are often of a repetitive or similar nature. Accordingly, proceeding with a request for proposals for each such project would be unnecessarily time- and resource- intensive. Instead, qualified professionals competed for inclusion on a roster and were categorized based on area of expertise, and contracts are