Monday, July 17, 2023

Public Works relocation project subject of City's latest RFP call on BC Bid portal

The future new home for the City of Prince Rupert Public Works Department.
Plans to move forward with the project are now posted on the BC Bid website

The path forward for the relocation of the City's Public Works staff from Wantage Road to Saskatoon and Portage is the subject of the latest call for proposals from the City of Prince Rupert through the BC bid program.


The overview of the project from the BC Bid submission outlines the history of the Wantage Road site and the reason for the planned move into the new facility.

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The area that one day will be a second Public Works Yard
at the old McCarthy GM location on Portage Road

The scope of the work for the 1.6 million dollar project included  construction, demolition an other elements with the City looking to enter into a Construction Management for Services agreement with the successful proponent. 

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The timeline towards the project also provides a glimpse towards the target date for completion of the project, with the substantial amount of work to be completed by February 1, 2024

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The plans for the old MacCarthy GM location were first outlined to the community in March of 2022.

The future for the site gas also the subject of note for the City of Prince Rupert Annual report and the recent Capital Budget rollout during the City's budget considerations. 




The city hosted an optional information meeting towards the RFP on July 12th, the deadline for proponents to submit their proposals is 2PM on August 1st.

The full Call for proposals can be reviewed from the BC Bid website.

More notes on the history of the plans for Public Works can be explored from our archive page.

Our archive of past Civic calls for Bids and Tenders can be reviewed here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.





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