Design and Contract Administration Services for New Vaughan Animal Services Facility

The City of Vaughan is soliciting proposals for a multi-disciplinary consulting team, led by an Architectural Prime Consultant, to provide design and contract administration services for a new Animal Services Facility. Located at the Maple Nature Reserve site (10401 Dufferin Street) within the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, the project consists of a two-storey building between 25,000 and 30,000 square feet. The facility will include public reception and education spaces as well as a public-facing spay/neuter clinic, with an estimated construction budget of 40 million dollars. The project will be delivered using a design-bid-build approach under a stipulated sum form of contract, and the successful consultant must adhere to the City of Vaughan Inclusive Design Standards. The selection process utilizes a cumulative scoring system based on technical and financial evaluations. Technical scoring includes key personnel, firm experience, work plans, and sustainable objectives, with a minimum 75 percent score required in the initial technical stage to advance to a mandatory interview and presentation. Financial proposals will only be opened for proponents who are within five points of the highest-ranked technical proponent. The resulting agreement will be based on the RAIC Canadian Standard Form of Contract for Architectural Services, Document Six, 2018 Edition. All submissions must be made electronically via the City's online bidding system by the deadline of November 18, 2026.