RFPQ2026-2 - CLMA Main Branch Renovation - Prequalification of General Contractors

Municipality of Claringtonbuyer
Oct 16, 2026 closes in 7 days
Mid-size contractorcrew scale · GROUND's inference
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General building posted Sep 25, 2026
Scope

What the buyer describes

The Municipality of Clarington’s objective is to conduct a fair, open and transparent prequalification process providing for equitable treatment of Proponents, while maintaining a high standard of integrity throughout the process. This procurement is subject to the Canadian Fair-Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement (OQTCA), and the Buy Ontario Act. General Contractors must meet the qualifications and demonstrate their experience in completing projects of similar size, scope and complexity. Companies who meet the prequalification criteria as contained within the document will be invited to bid on the subsequent Tender for the comprehensive renovation and modernization of the existing facility to improve accessibility, functionality, operational efficiencies, public service delivery, and the long-term sustainability of the building. It is essential that general contractors intending to bid on this project have the expertise, experience, technical skills, bonding / surety requirements, financial standing and sufficient capital and capacity to successfully complete the Tender work The Municipality intends to prequalify General Contractors for this upcoming project. Refer to Section 4 – Evaluation Criteria and Selection Process for details on how proposals received will be evaluated. Only General Contractors meeting the established passing threshold will be eligible and invited to submit a bid for the Tender.

GROUND estimate · inference, not a quote

Most likely final-price range

$1,013,274 – $2,515,662 middle half of 6 past jobs whose scope reads like this one
$1,376,088median of those jobs
Most similar past jobBuyerPriceWho
RFT#18-26 - General Contractor - Belwood Hall Renovation Project Township of Centre Wellington $1,013,274 low bid PAC Building Group
26-003 RFT - Fire Station 1 Main Floor Renovation from the Prequalified City of Guelph $97,600 low bid Gordner Construction Ltd
C13-14-25 - Tender for Prequalified General Contractor Required for Alexander Field... City of Hamilton $814,290 low bid STF Construction Ltd
C13-04-25 - Tender for Prequalified General Contractor Required for NG-911 Renovation... City of Hamilton $1,308,617 low bid Icon Builders Inc
C9-01-26 - Tender for General Contractor Required to Complete Renovations at 371... City of Hamilton $2,515,662 low bid STF Construction Ltd
Q26-013 - General Contractor - 36 King Street W. HVAC Replacement and Interior Office... City of Kitchener $1,443,559 low bid STF Construction Ltd

Built from keyword-matched historical jobs: "awarded" rows are executed contract values, "low bid" rows are unofficial bid-opening totals. Similar scope is not identical scope — treat this as the bracket to sanity-check your own takeoff against, never as the estimate itself. Trade-wide, general building low bids run $785,887 median across 783 openings — full history on the board.

Competition

32 companies have registered

2490179 Ontario Ltd · A & A Design and Construction Inc. · Absolute General Contracting · Anacond Contracting Inc. · Area Construction Inc · Atwill-Morin (Ontario) · BDA Inc. · Century Group Inc. · Chart Construction Management Inc. · Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd. · DOME SERVICES GROUP · Fast Mechanical Plus · Fondafor Inc · Frontier Group of Companies Inc. · GTC CANADA LTD · Gerr Construction Limited · and 16 more

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