TORONTO - The request for proposals stage has closed for shortlisted teams to submit bids to design, build, finance and maintain the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Phase 1C redevelopment project.

Following a fair, open and transparent request for qualifications process, three shortlisted teams were invited to respond to a request for proposals in February 2016. Two teams-Plenary Health CAMH and EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare-have submitted bids.

Plenary Health CAMH

  • Developer: Plenary Group and PCL Investments Canada Inc.
  • Architect: Stantec Architecture Inc.
  • Constructor: PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
  • Facilities Management: ENGIE
  • Financial Advisor: Plenary Group Canada Ltd.

EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare

  • Developer: EllisDon Capital Inc.
  • Architect: CannonDesign Ltd.
  • Constructor: EllisDon Design Build Inc.
  • Facilities Management: Johnson Controls Canada L.P
  • Financial Advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.

The other shortlisted team, Fengate Bondfield Group, withdrew from the RFP process.

IO and CAMH will now evaluate the bids and select the successful team. The preferred proponent is expected to be announced in early 2017 with financial close and construction following shortly after. 

The redevelopment project will see the construction of two modern buildings along Queen Street West in Toronto that will integrate innovative treatment, research and education facilities with retail spaces, parks and the surrounding neighbourhood. The project will result in the new construction of approximately 655,000 square feet of new build space, which will include:

  • inpatient and outpatient clinical services for people with complex mental illness, including emergency care and therapeutic support
  • research and educational facilities
  • information and resource facilities

The project includes the extension of roads, parks and green space improvements and restoration of the heritage wall around the facility.

This project is being delivered using Infrastructure Ontario's Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) model, an innovative way of financing and procuring large, complex public infrastructure projects. IO and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are working with CAMH to build the new facility, which will be publicly owned, controlled and accountable.

Quick Facts

  • The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Phase 1C project is one of 22 health care projects currently being managed by IO.
  • The project is expected to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver certification for design excellence and sustainability.
  • The project is being delivered using IO's Alternative Financing and Procurement model, an innovative way of financing and procuring large, complex public infrastructure projects, with a track record of being 98 per cent on budget to date.
  • 35 hospital projects have been completed using the AFP model as of March 31, 2016
  • Ontario is making the largest investment in public infrastructure in the province's history -- about $160 billion over 12 years, which is supporting 110,000 jobs every year across the province, with projects such as hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit. Since 2015, the province has announced support for more than 475 projects that will keep people and goods moving, connect communities and improve quality of life. To learn more about infrastructure projects in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON

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Media contacts

Adam Cotter              
Infrastructure Ontario
416-212-0637

Kate Richards
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
416-595-6015

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