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:
- Date to Council: February 24, 2020
- Author: Alex Vucinic
- Purchasing Manager
- 519-255-6100 ext. 6280
- avucinic@citywindsor.ca
- Purchasing Report
- Date: January 15, 2020
- Clerk's File #: AB2020
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