TORONTO - Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services announce the request for proposals stage for building teams to submit proposals to design, build, finance and maintain the new Toronto South Detention Centre has closed.
The Toronto South Detention Centre will be located on the south portion of the Mimico Correctional Centre property in Etobicoke. The project includes a 1,650-bed maximum security facility for adult inmates, including those with special needs. It will replace the Toronto Jail which is an aging facility that is often over capacity.
Over the next several months, Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services will evaluate the bidders' proposals based on criteria set out in the request for proposals. The successful bidder is expected to be announced in late fall 2009 when the evaluation process is complete. The cost of the winning bid will be announced publicly following financial close.
“The new Toronto South Detention Centre will provide our community with the modern infrastructure crucial to protecting public safety,” said Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
Infrastructure Ontario is working with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services to develop the facility. Infrastructure Ontario is a Crown corporation dedicated to managing some of the province's larger and more complex infrastructure renewal projects - ensuring they are built on time and on budget.
Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca for more information.
Contacts:
Terence Foran
Infrastructure Ontario
416-325-2939
Stuart McGetrick
Communications Branch
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
416-325-9686
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