The slow-moving plan to redevelop the office complex at Tunney’s Pasture inched forward late last month after the federal government contracted a firm to prepare a “phasing strategy” to guide the process.
Consultants have been working on a redevelopment plan for the sprawling complex since at least 2009. Five years later, the National Capital Commission approved a vision for the property that included housing units, retail space and new office buildings.
In a solicitation notice published last August, the federal government said it needed “an innovative scheme that builds upon” that vision.
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Late last month, it said it awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to G. Bird Holdings Inc. to prepare “a development phasing strategy that will guide future investment and divestiture decisions for Tunney’s Pasture through the continued implementation of the overall Tunney’s Pasture Master Plan.”
It was one of the largest federal contracts, standing offers and supply arrangements awarded to local firms between Jan. 23 and Jan. 29:
G. Bird Holdings Inc.
1339 Wellington St.
Description: Tunney’s Pasture redevelopment – Investment program plan and phase 1 redevelopment project
Buyer: PWGSC
$6,713,736
Onix Networking Canada Inc.
275 Slater St.
Description: IA experts – web renewal
Buyer: Treasury Board of Canada
$1,932,096
Public History Inc.
270 Albert St.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$1,407,510
Laurier Research Group Ltd.
373 Bronson Ave.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$1,317,000
Schoeler & Heaton Architects Inc.
180 Metcalfe St.
Description: RCMP OP Comm Centre relocation
Buyer: RCMP
$1,241,604
Joan Holmes and Assoc.
7 Hinton Ave.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$1,137,740
Compucom Canada Co.
2280 St. Laurent Blvd.
Description: ADP input-output and storage devices
Buyer: PWGSC
$798,927
Fisher Scientific Co.
112 Colonnade Rd.
Description: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear gas canister
Buyer: RCMP
$400,000
TeraMach Technologies Inc.
1130 Morrison Dr.
Description: ADP input-output and storage devices
Buyer: PWGSC
$369,724
Joann McCann
141 BatterSea Cres.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$349,000
Laurier Research Group Ltd.
373 Bronson Ave.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$325,400
Delsys Research Group Inc.
55 Murray St.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$325,000
Helen Stone Consulting
5 Dorey Crt.
Description: Historical research; policy support; survey interpretation and title searching services – standing offer agreements
Buyer: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
$314,785
D4iS and InnoVision, in joint venture
35A Gamelin
Description: ADP system development services
Buyer: Parks Canada
$222,500
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
501 Smyth Rd.
Description: Air quality (research)
Buyer: Health Canada
$190,991
Aeric Inc.
255 Smyth Rd.
Description: Information products
Buyer: DND
$154,808
Motorola Solutions Canada Inc.
360 Albert St.
Description: Maintenance and repair shop specialized equipment, miscellaneous
Buyer: RCMP
$141,420
Northern Micro Inc.
3155 Swansea Cres.
Description: Customized computer
Buyer: DND
$118,509
Canadian Bank Note Co. Ltd.
18 Auriga Dr.
Description: Security printing, paper documents (including bonds)
Buyer: Natural Resources Canada
$111,870
