Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for interested parties to design build, finance, operate and maintain the GO Rail expansion project.
The contract includes the operation of train services including train driving, timetable planning, train control and dispatch for all operators across the GO-owned network; design, build, finance, integration, maintenance of the railway corridor. Also, includes the refurbishment, maintenance, servicing and cleaning of all rolling stock and procurement of new rolling stock. The project also involves the construction of new maintenance and train storage and/or layover facilities and thd reconstruction of Union Station track and platforms.
The RFQ is the first step in the procurement process to select a team to deliver the project. IO and Metrolinx will evaluate submissions to prequalify project teams with the relevant design, construction, rail operations, maintenance, system integration experience and financial capacity to undertake a project of this size and complexity.
The project is being delivered as a Design Build Finance Operate Maintain (DBFOM) contract using Infrastructure Ontario’s Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) model, which transfers risks associated with the design, construction, maintenance, operations and financing of the project to the private sector.
This project is part of the province’s GO Expansion (RER) program. GO RER will provide faster and more frequent service on the GO Transit Rail network with electrification on core segments, including the Union Pearson Express.
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