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                             ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

                                           Date: June 6, 1995
                                           Dept. File No. A872.51

   TO:       Vancouver City Council

   FROM:     Manager of Facilities Development

   SUBJECT:  Garage Shops - Award of Roofing Contract

   RECOMMENDATION

        THAT  the  contract  for  reroofing the  Garage  Shops  Building be
        awarded  to Continental  Roofing at  a cost  of $511,071  plus GST;
        source of  funding to be  as follows:   Accounts 19  03 6101  999 -
        $350,000, 47 05 8464  999 - $107,445, and 19 03  6102 999 - balance
        including GST.

   GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

        The General  Manager of  Corporate Services RECOMMENDS  approval of
        the foregoing.

   COUNCIL POLICY

   Council approval is required for contracts over $200,000.

   BACKGROUND

   The 1994 Basic Capital Budget, 1994 Supplementary Capital Budget and the
   1995 Basic Capital Budget provided a total of $833,100 for reroofing the
   Garage  Shops, Stores,  and Operations buildings  in the  Manitoba Works
   Yard.  To date,  the Stores and Operations Buildings  are being reroofed
   at a cost of $261,100, leaving an unexpended balance of $572,000.

   DISCUSSION

   By  open public invitation, tenders were sought for reroofing the Garage
   Shops buildings,  including a separate  price for a  modified insulation
   system.  The following  prices were received for  the modified scope  of
   work:

        Continental Roofing                                       $ 511,071
        Design Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.                           517,900
        Arbutus Roofing                                             519,241
        Transwest Roofing (1994) Ltd.                               531,438
        Bollman Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.                          532,200
        Marine Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.                           540,998
        Broadway Roofing Company Ltd.                               554,000
        Cambie Roofing Contractors Ltd.                             567,400
        Campbell & Grill Ltd.                                       615,890
        More-Ply Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.                         661,373




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   On the basis of low bid  and compliance with the tender requirements, it
   is  recommended that the contract  be awarded to  Continental Roofing (A
   Division of Roof Maintainer  Inc.) in the amount  of $511,071 plus  GST.
   This price is  within the  unexpended amount available  for the  roofing
   project.  Tenders are valid to July 22, 1995.


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