The Corporation of Delta F.09 COUNCIL REPORT Regular Meeting
To: Mayor and Council File No.: 5200-25/GTCF
From: Engineering Department
Date: March 31, 2015
Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum
The following report has been reviewed and endorsed by the Chief Administrative Officer.
• RECOMMENDATION:
THAT Council receives this report for information.
II PURPOSE:
The purpose of this report is to inform Council of the initial submission of possible Asia Pacific Gateway goods movement projects, by the Steering Committee of the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum (Attachment A).
• BACKGROUND:
The Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum ("the Forum") was established in the summer of 2014 to identify possible projects for funding through the $4 billion National Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Plan.
A Steering Committee was formed that includes representatives from: o Transport Canada o Port Metro Vancouver o BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure o South Coast BC Transportation Authority o Greater Vancouver Gateway Council
Four Working Groups were also established to report to the Forum and represent the four Trade Areas in the region (North Shore, South Shore, Fraser River and Roberts Bank) as shown in Attachment A.
The Working Groups comprise of relevant partner agencies, First Nations and municipal and industry stakeholders to address transportation infrastructure needs associated with the expansion of Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway.
Delta falls within both the Fraser River and Roberts Bank Trade Areas and is therefore a member of both groups. Page 2 of 3 Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum 5220-25/GTCF March 31, 2015
II DISCUSSION:
Two studies have been initiated to study potential projects within the Roberts Bank and Fraser River Trade Areas. The Roberts Bank Trade Area Study is being managed by TransLink, while the Fraser River Trade Area Study is being managed by the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The projects identified in these studies will form part of a future submission to the Federal and Provincial Ministers.
Meanwhile, the Forum has compiled a list of projects as a first submission to the Federal and Provincial Ministers. The list comprises 48 potential projects, of which 22 have been screened and recommended by the Steering Committee (Attachment A, Page 8 - 12). Of the 22 projects, five are located within Delta and summarized below:
SFPR Nordel Access/Interchange Improvements (project #11 )
These improvements run from 80 Street in the west, to Nordel Way in the east, and are aimed at mitigating the congestion impacts on current intersections.
Four Laning Deltaport Way (Project #12)
These improvements will double the current capacity of this provincial highway from two lanes to four lanes, from the causeway to the Highway 17 interchange, and provide extra road capacity needed for trucks destined to and from Terminal 2 at Delta Port.
Arthur Drive Bridge Replacement (Project #13)
These improvements include adding one or two additional spans to the south side of the Arthur Drive Bridge, to widen the current Roberts Bank Rail Corridor, so that additional sidings may be added.
41 B Street Interchange Improvements and 27B Avenue (Project #14)
These improvements include adding lanes to the connector road from Deltaport Way to 41 B Street, as well as right turn lanes on Deltaport Way, to mitigate the impacts of Port related industrial traffic to and from the planned industrial development south of Deltaport Way on Tsawwassen First Nation land.
Deltaport Intermodal Yard Expansion Project (Project #15)
These improvements relate to the Deltaport Terminal, Road and Rail Improvement Project (DTRRIP) and provide increased rail and road infrastructure on the causeway owned by Port Metro Vancouver. Improvements will address current road and rail constraints that limit the capacity of Delta Port to meet forecasted demand for additional container movements.
As further project related information becomes available from the Forum or its Working Groups, staff will provide updates to Council. Page 3 of 3 Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum 5220-25/GTCF March 31,2015
Implications: Financial Implications - There are no financial implications to Delta at this time.
• CONCLUSION:
The Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum has sent a letter to the Federal and Provincial Ministers outlining a list of projects in support of further developing the Asia Pacific Gateway in the Metro Vancouver region. Five of the projects are located within Delta. Further projects will be submitted to the Federal Minister as outcomes of the Fraser River and Roberts Bank Trade Area studies later in 2015.
Steven Lan, P. Eng. Director of Engineering
Department submission prepared by: Gordon Botha, P.Eng., Pr.Eng. GWB/td/1i
This report has been prepared in consultation with the following listed department.
Concurring Department Department Name Signature "" Human Resources and Corporate Sean McGill Planning ~v-
• ATTACHMENT: A. Letter to Honourable Denis Lebel and Honourable Todd Stone Attachment A Page 1 of 46
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March 4, 2015
Honourable Denis Lebel, MP Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and International Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada Responsible for the Regions of Quebec, President of the Queen's Privy Council, Government of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario Canada KiA OA6
Honourable Todd Stone Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Province of British Columbia Po Box 9055, Stn Prov Govt Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9E2
Dear Ministers l'ebel and Stone:
Thank you for your letter dated February 2, 2015, providing support to the Gateway Tran sportation Collaboration Forum (GTCF) and direction for u~ to work with your recommended staff.
We are pleased to provide an update on the progress of the GTCF . The Steering Committee and Working " Groups have been actively engaging with municipalities, First Nations and stakeholders to identify potential gateway-related infrastructure projects of national significance in Greater Vancouver.
To provide a brief refresh, the GTCF Steering Committee consists of senior staff and executives from Transport Canada, B.C. Ministry ofTransportation and Infrastructure, Port Metro Vancouver, the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) and Greater Vancouver Gateway Council. Its purpose is to collaboratively evaluate needs and to assist in pursuing trade-related infrastructure solutions and federal funding opportunities, including those under the New Building Canada Plan (NBCP), with a goal to develop and support delivery of transportation and related infrastructure necessary for continued gateway growth that provides overall net benefits to host communities in Greater Vancouver.
As noted in our previous letter, Transport Canada is responsible for facilitating collaboration and consensus among members in support of the committee's mandate. Transport Canada is not participating in the evaluation or endorsement of recommended transportation infrastructure projects,
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nor will it discuss project funding or be a party to the funding application to Infrastructure Canada including those under the NBCP.
The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) is participating on the forum to understand various stakeholders' interests and support coordinated gateway planning and infrastructure development. Similar to Transport Canada, MOTI is not participating on the evaluations or endorsement of recommended transportation infrastructure projects for federal funding. These projects attached do not represent the Province's priorities or recommendations. The GTCF recognizes the value and improved chance of success in adopting a coordinated approach across multiple agencies and stakeholders in pursuing funding for potential projects. As you are aware, the GTCF members and its municipal partners and other supply chain stakeholders and funding partners have achieved impressive results in the past by working together to address transportation infrastructure needs associated with the expansion of Canada's trade with the Asia-Pacific. The Government of Canada's announcement of the NBCP, and in particular the National Infrastructure Component (NIC), presents a generational opportunity for partners to once again collaborate to identify and address transportation infrastructure needs that will support current and future gateway expansion.
Through the GTCF, the partners have come together to find infrastructure solutions for addressing Canada's and B.C's increased demand for trade capacity. In particular, the GTCF is enabling collaboration and priority-assessment across the four Vancouver Gateway trade areas of Roberts Bank (RBTA), Fraser River (FRTA), North Shore (NSTA) and South Shore (SSTA) to more effectively capture potential trade-related infrastructure requirements. Municipalities located in the four Trade Areas, other affected stakeholders and First Nations h<;lve been welcome and active participants in providing input to the Working Groups over the past number of months (please see Appendix 1 for a full list of stakeholders).
The process has included a series of briefings of elected local and regional government officials, municipal planners, meetings with potential proponents, presentations to and from potential proponents, regular Working Group and Steering Committee meetings, and general dialogue and outreach among stakeholders and potential partners with an interest in gateway-related infrastructure to ensure alignment of different interests. Furthermore, the GTCF partners are engaged with and informed by other existing initiatives such as the regional Mayors' Vision, the Pacific Gateway Alliance and the New West Partnership with a goal of strategic alignment. The GTCF plans on continued collaboration with these and other organizations such as WESTAC to ensure all perspectives and system wide considerations are incorporated.
To date the GTCF has assembled a preliminary project list of 48 potential projects (Appendix 2), generated through Working Group engagements with participating municipalities, First Nations, and supply chain industry stakeholders. These projects have been reviewed and are indicative of the significant potential for a number of gateway-related infrastructure projects with national significance
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emerging in Greater Vancouver which can contribute to ensuring the long-term sustainable competitiveness of Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway.
Potential projects that have been brought forward through this process have been screened at a high level for meeting federal funding eligibility such as NBCF and NIC alongside criteria developed by the GTCF Steering Committee. Projects that have been identified as selected for potential consideration include those demonstrating relevance, with greater ability to meet GTCF objectives, and that demonstrate the highest number of benefits across the largest group of partners. Criteria such as eliminating bottlenecks in the Greater Vancouver gateway, enabling new capacity, or mitigating impacts on communities were key considerations. For the complete list of criteria used please see Appendix 2.
In some cases, the proposed projects are located along the same corridor. They are viewed as interdependent and best delivered through a bundled approach to meet the needs of the supply chain. GTCF would encourage using past successful models like the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor program as an example of the benefits of collaboration among partners and greater leveraging of federal investments. This letter outlines suggested project bundling opportunities and each one of them could be a successful program delivered by accessing federal investments.
The advancement of the specific project applications and business cases will be prepared by the project proponents. They will work directly with Infrastructure Canada and be supported by GTCF through the process. Project applications will be further informed by studies and reflective of regional vision and planning documents. A number of studies funded by GTCF members are currently underway. The terms of reference for these studies are provided in Appendix 3. These collaborative multimodal studies will serve as key inputs to GTCF planning and selecdon and as inputs to federal funding business cases.
Metro Vancouver Mayorsi Council is also an important consideration for determining priority projects. In June 2014, the Metro Vancouver Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation released its Vision for Regional Transportation Investments in Metro Vancouver in response to a request by the B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. The Vision includes investments and actions to move people and goods safely and reliably over the next decade and beyond. The Mayors' Vision! anticipates collaboration and funding contributions to the eligible costs of major infrastructure projects from federal and provincial government partners.
TransLink, as a Steering Committee member of the GTCF, has been participating in identifying gateway related projects that are either part of the Mayors' Vision or that will potentially complement the Vision. Projects identified through the GTCF process that are not specifically named in the Vision will undergo a rigorous review including full life cycle cost analysis prior to approval by TransLink. This process has
1 The three major infrastructure projects specified in the Vision are a tunneled rapid transit extension along the Broadway corridor in Vancouver, rapid transit along three corridors in Surrey, and a new tolled Pattullo Bridge.
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already started through dedicated consultant assignments that will be progressing in 2015 . Overall, it is important to note that the Mayors' Vision will form the basis for TransLink's future Investment Plans.
As next steps, GTCF will continue advancing the potential projects identified through this process with Jeff Moore and Cherie Godin as recommended in your letter dated February 2,2015.
On behalf of the GTCF Steering Committee, thank you for your ongoing support of developing and funding critical infrastructure across Canada . We look forward to working with you in delivering generational investments in Canada's trade infrastructure. If you or your staff have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the GTCF secretariat at [email protected] or 604.665.9639.
Sincerely,
Robin Johnston GTCF Facilitator
On behalf of the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum :
Robert Dick, Region al Director General, Pacific Region, Transport Canada Helen Berthin, Director, Infrastructure Develop~ent, Southern Region, B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Sany Zein, Director of Infrastructure and Network Management, TransLink Bob Wilds, Managing Director, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council Peter Xotta, Vice President, Planning and Operations, Port Metro Vancouver
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Hon . Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport Hon . James Moore, Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for British Columbia Hon. Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade Helena Borges, Associate Deputy Minister, Transport Infrastructure and Communities, Transport Canada Yazmine Laroche, Associate Deputy Minister, Transport Infrastructure and Communities, Infrastructure Canada Jeff Moore, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Communications, Infrastructure Canada Jacquie Dawes, Assistant Deputy Minister, Partnership, B.C. Ministry of Transportation and I nfrastructu re Cherie Godin, Policy Advisor, Office of the Honourable Denis Lebel
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Appendix 1: Stakeholder list Note: the Stakeholders listed below were consulted by the GTCF in the development of the long list of potential projects. The subsequent project screening and evaluation was conducted by the GTCF Charter members.
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Members of the Local Government Elected Roundtable (LGER) • Mayor Lois Jackson, Corporation of Delta • Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer, City of Langley • Councillor Linda McPhail, City of Richmond Regional • Councillor Bruce Hayne, City of Surrey • Mayor Darrell Mussatto, City of North Vancouver and Director, Metro Vancouver • Councillor Charlie Fox, Township of Langley • Chief B Williams Tsawwassen First Nation
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Appendix 2: Preliminary Project List, Map, and Evaluation Considerations
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Projects in yellow meet initial se lectio n criteria and are sho wn on the map
Projects in orange require additional details to conclude eva luation
Projects in white are for future consideration
Note: Project numbers are for reference on ly and are not representative of priority.
r _ - , _ Est. Develop ~ ! # T;ade Project Name Description / Justification :Ot~." ~ I !!! Capital ~ B po~n.t 10-- r.ea L.--- __ ------L ______....;:- __~ 1 ~o st. I .. Statl!s ' .e ~e. ~ a 1 FRTA Hwy1 MOTI South Coast is currently conducting a MOTI $250M Concept MOTI , Ca nada, Improvements high level long -term planning study on the Hwy Design PMV, ( between 216 St 1 corridor between 216 St and Hwy 11 in municipalities, and Hwy 11) Abbotsford. The study will look for opportunity Fraser Valley, to increase the ca rrying capacity and efficiency private sector of the corridor. Projects will increase traffic safety, reduce congestion, and reduce travel times 2a FRTA New Elimination of at grade crossings parallel PMV/ TBD West/Coquitlam Brunette Avenue at Cumberland and Spruce railways Road / Rail Street which wou ld all ow for an extension of Improvements the double track approaching the north end of Bundle: New the New Westminster Rail Bridge. Currently the Westminster Rail double track ends as a resu lt of the Spruce Bridge North road crossing. The length between Braid and Approach Rai l & Cumberland street is about 4700 ft. The project Road is linked to increasing asset / bridge utilization Improvements and also has potential to increase Brunette Ave interchange efficiency. 2b FRTA New Upgrades to the following potential locations to PMV $lM per Railways, New West/Coquitlam ensure safety of crossin g without whistling: crossing Westminster, Road / Ra il Quayside Drive; Pedestrian Crossing at Brookes PMV Improvements Street; Furness Street; "'1ercer Street; Ewen Bundle: New Avenue, and; Salter Street . Benefits include Westminster mitigation of noise from rail traffic; increased Whistle Cessation safety of crossings; potential for increased rail efficiency (increased train velocity with upgraded crossing). 2c FRTA New This proj ect is part of the Mayor's Counci l Mu nicipal! Concept New West/ Coquitlam Vision and consists of an improved goods TransLink Design Westminster, Road/ Rail movement corridor to connect Hwy 91 Coquitlam, Improvements (Queensborough Bridge) and Hwy 1 (Brunette Bundle: Hwy 91 & interchange). Benefits include increased access Hwy 1 Connector to ports, railway intermodal yards, multimodal facilities and logistics parks; and increased efficiency and mobility by reducing the E-W congestion on the north bank of the Fraser river. 2d FRTA New Upgrades to the Brunette Interchange. Benefits MOTI TBD Concept MOTI, City of West/Coquitlam include improved E·W and N-S goods Design Coquitlam, Road / Rail movement corridors; increased efficiency of New Improvements Hwy 1 and Port Mann Bridge gateway projects; Westminster, Bundle: Brunette increased access to ports, railway intermodal TransLink Interchange yards, multimodal faci lities and logistics parks; Upgrade and increased efficiency and mobility by reducing the E·W congestion on the north bank of the Fraser river.
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Infrastructure projects to be identified.by PMV's Fraser Surrey Port Lands Area Wide Study ich will: increase capacity of both road and rail access to Port facilities and within the Fraser Surrey Port Lands and surrounding area; provide upgraded access to Provincial highway network; and facilitate private sector investments in facilities and trade development. Infrastructure projects to be identified by PMV 's PMV $250M Fraser River Port Lands Area Wide Study which : increase capacity of both road and rail to Port facilities and within the Fraser Improvements
Pattullo Bridge TransLink TBD Concept TransLink, Replacement Design MOTI, Surrey, New Westminster Sumas Road/Rail stages of project visioning. The project TBD I mprovements d increase connectivity of CN mainline with Bundle: Sumas CN line connecting to the US border at Sumas CP Rail may enable greater interswitching potential Connection t Sumas and relieve redundant train movements from the Lower Mainland rail
Sumas Road/Rail would enhance E-W road Railways* $30-45M Function Abbotsford, Improvements across the CP and SRY rail lines al Design Canada, Bundle: Sumas rallel Hwy 11 and improve railway trucking Rail Overpasses It is anticipated that the removal of communities and Road (s) would enable the Realignment nt of greater interswitching with SF at Sumas and greater access to for SRY ck. CPR / TBD Concept Railways, PMV, Burnaby Design Burnaby, TransLink
p of ng roadways with Hwy 10 need to Township $206M Concept Transport Langley Projects additional requirements to prevent of Langley Design Canada, CP, (Grade queueing onto the railway tracks and MOTI, separation of ntributing to train/vehicle collisions. Crush TransLink, Crush Cr, 216 St, rescent, 216 Street, and Glover Road are all PMV,SRY,CN Glover Rd; rterial roadways in the Township of Langley Upgrade at serve as primary corridors to the Smith; Closure at illoughby area. Traffic volumes on these Worrell) roadways range from 3,000 to 8,000 vehicles per day and are expected to increase ificantly. 216 Street will provide a regional to the future interchange at Hwy 1 under development. The other two ings, Smith Crescent and Worrell crescent local roadways and suggested for closure or rades to a infrastructure. RBTA SFPR Nordel Project identified by MOTI and PMV to mitigate MOTI $60-70M Concept Transport Access/ impacts from Roberts Banks Terminal 2 project. Design Canada, CP, Interchange MOTI is undertaking due diligence to determine MOTI, Improvements impacts and solutions. nsLink, SRY,CN
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Upgrades (Iailing and intersection/ interchange) Province, Port to the Mary H ill bypass will be warranted based Coquitlam, on population and trade growth and can Coquitlam, facilitate goods mo',(ement in the region. neighbouring - The Mary Hill bypass (HWY7B) also provides a municipalities, key East-West connectivity in the network for PMV Freight and passengers. - Provides access to Port, intermodal, logistics, and industrial facilities - Increases efficiency of Gateway project (HWY 1 and Pitt River) Project studies will need to identify the required upgrades necessary but could include intersections to interchanges, increased lane dual left turns and grade separation. FRTA SHORT SEA SHIPPING BY BARGE and VESSEL Seaspan $10 - Concept Lower for intermodal and LNG Ferries $lSM Design ' Mainland, Upgrade to the existing Tilbury marine facility Corp* COD, to provide for: Vancouver • the loading and unloading of filled LNG Island Shippers containers to vessel and barge for export to the FORTIS BC US. Facility will be located adjacent to the I existing FORTISBC LNG facility at Tilbury. operators • transhipment point for containers between the mainland and Vancouver island, Facility will be capable of handling bulk and containers via lift, RORO, or pass-pass system. The site is adjacent to the existing Seaspan drop-trailer terminal • a transhipment movement of containers to and from an deep sea terminal FRTA SEA CONTAINER SHIPPING BY BARGE 2000 $S-lOM Concept nals* Design facilitate loading and unloading o.f containers to and from barges for delivery to the deep-sea container terminals. - new capacity that potentially increases the utilization of current deep sea ports - Potential to sh ift road traffic to marine traffic, thus reducing emission, decreasing congestion, and increasing public benefits FRTA Sea SHORT SEA CONTAINER SHIPPING BY BARGE $20M Function pping Bundle: with an affixed RTG including al Design naan Mobile RTG A mobile RTG will be permanently affixed on a 10% floating barge. This barge will be bringing ntinge import containers from Centerm (DP World) to ncy Mitchell Island and various points throughout private sector, the Lower Mainland, and exporting full loaded PMV containers back to the terminal. - new capacity that potentially increases the utilization of cu rrent deep sea ports - Potential to shift road traffic to marine traffic, thus reducing emission, decreasing congestion, and increasing public benefits
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aging retaining wall adj acent Riverview replacement, which provides an nity, through widening to improve accessibili for all users. FRTA struct municipal road bridge crossing over City of $24M Concept City of Coquitlam River to connect Lincoln Ave in Coquitlam Design Coquitlam, and Coquitlam Port Lincoln Avenue is parallel to Lougheed Coquitlam, ighway in the northeast sector. TransLink o minimize the need to widen Lougheed i hway (east of Barnet), a new bridge g of the Coquitlam River and arterial improvements are proposed to distribute across a grid network in northeast m and Port Coquitlam. ides direct access to the Evergreen Line Station located in Coquitlam. h City of Coquitlam and the City of Port uitlam identify the need for this new bridge Master Transportation Plans. T~,-.o,o"o access to Rapid Transit FRTA Fraser River i I Dredge of the Fraser River to 12.8 m to Fraser $90M Concept PM V, Private Channel km mark- A material enhancement Surrey Design sector, Deepening to increase the depth of the Fraser Docks LP* Canada, Project navigation channel, from km 0 to 34, Province, its current draft of 1'1.5 meters (m) tidal Metro to 12.8 (m) tidal assist. - The Project will Vancouver vessels currently ca lling the Fraser River municipalities, loaded to their maximum capacity and to modate increased vessel draft for new opportunities and market demands. the capacity of the two navigational
FRTA Improved of a new four-lane arterial road City of $17M Co nceptu TransLink, Gateway Access ing facilities along the former CP Rail Richmond (2007$) al Design PMV, YVR, YVR& between Gilbert Road and Capstan (Cross- Canada Post Richmond City new roadway will provide economic Section) Centre via an alternative route to/from YVR City Centre thereby reducing time t in congested road conditions. The new would enhance air cargo connectivity n YVR and City Centre 'al/commercial zo nes. The project will traffic congestion and improve goods to/from YVR from the two existing ry routes from Richmond : Russ Baker (on Sea Island), which is typically ested with commuter traffic during peak . and the city's main commercial retail No.3 Road, which is currently the on ly s north-south route across the City and frequently congested .
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of a new interim vehicular/ TransLink, ani cycling connection that includes a Design PMV, YVR cross-section. The new roadway ves access between City Centre and YVR the Canada Line Lansdowne on and the Richmond Olympic Oval that ouse the Richmond Olympic Experience Museum (opening in June 2015), thereby ng the international tourism potential of
FRTA No.2 Road of the roadway segment with selective City of $7M nk, Upgrade: , intersection improvements, new Richmond Steveston control, and shared continuous cycling- Highway-Dyke pedestrian facilities. r Road ty FRTA Matsqui Bridge i I trackage on North Side of the CN Railways* $20M Approach mainline East of the Mission Bridge (immediately south of River east of the ing) approach to enable longer train length storage/staging accessing the Mission Bridge without blocking the CN mainline. rrent concept would be to enable up to 000' train. RBTA City of Surrey is the primary connection between TBD TBD Projects (168 Bank and the interior of British Street and 184 mbia and the rest of Canada, so is a key Street Grade e corridor in support of Asia-Pacific trade. Separations) corridor is essential to the national supply 'n that supports a large portion of the trade between Canada and the Asia-Pacific region as it is to t he loca l economy and quality of life in e Lower Mainland. Although the RBRC m recently delivered a number of mpleted road and rail improvements, dditional improvements along this Corridor are needed to ensure improved community livability and enab le efficient rail operations as PMV prepares to double container capacity at Roberts Bank. The proposed two grade ration projects need to be considered in context of a comprehensive package of rovements on a nationally significant trade
RBTA 16 Avenue 16 Avenue east of Highway No. 99 is a 20 km TBD TBD of Surrey, Widening East of long two-lane semi-rural arterial road that nsLink, Highway No. 99 the municipalities of White Rock, nsport Surrey, Langley, and Abbotsford (as King ada Road). Much of the corridor is within the ricultural Land Reserve (ALR) but provides cal connections as a goods movements rridors as it intersects Provincial Highways :1 No. 99, No. 15, and No.3; connects to three ports of 'entry border crossings with the United States; and is immediately south of the mpbell Heights industrial employment area in ~ I rrey. The importance of the corridor has with the recent completion of a grade interchange at Highway No. 99. ately 16 Avenue is anticipated to be to a four-lane cross-section to improve network capacity as well as providing improvements to rural sections.
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Regional/ Strategic Growth: Evaluate projects that demonstrate support for local and regional land use and transportation plans
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Road Benefits: Eva luate projects that increase mobility
Ra il Benefits: Evaluate projects that improve rail efficiencies/ capacity
Terminal/ Port Benefits: Evaluate projects that improve Terminal and/or Port operations
Environmental Benefits: Evaluate projects that minimise environmental impacts
Social & Community Benefits: Evaluates projects that provide benefits to the community, and/or limit negative impacts to surrounding neighbourhood and community
Land Use and Economic Development Benefits: Evaluate projects that provide land use development opportunities and benefits
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South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Reference Number: Q14-149
Title: Roberts Bank Trade Area Shldy Issue Date: November 6, 2014 Closing Time: 2:00:00 p.m., Pacific time, November 27,2014, subject to section 5.2.
Pre-Proposal TransLink may conduct a pre-proposal information meeting. Details (if applicable) will be Meeting: posted on the TransLink web-site at: www.translink.ca. TransLink does not intend to conduct a pre-proposal information meeting.
Submission Five (5) complete sets, plus one (I) electronic copy on CD or USB in .pdf and native file Instructions: format of each proposal should be submitted as follows: • o Each set should be separated into two (2) envelopes or other suitable package as follows: No. I - Proponent Profile and Work Plan/Technical Submission No.2 - Cost Submission/Commercial Terms o Proposals must be delivered to the following address (the "Closing Place"): RFP Reference No. Q14-149 TransLink Strategic Sourcing Department 2nd Floor (Mailroom) - 287 Nelson's Court New Westminster, BC V3L OE7 o Proposals and their envelopes should be clearly marked with : I. name and address of the Proponent, and 2. reference number indicated above.
Proposals received by facsimile (fax) or e-mail will not be accepted.
Acceptance Period: From the Closing Time to 60 days £i'om the Closing Time.
Inquiries: All inquiries should be submitted in writing to the attention of the Procurement Department by fax at: (778) 375-6630 or e-mail at: [email protected] no later than three (3) business days prior to the Closing Time, quoting the above reference number.
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RFP No. Q14-149 Title: Roberts Bank Trade Area Study Index
INDEX
CONTENTS
PART A - GENERAL PART B - PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PART C - CONTENTS OF PROPOSAL PART D - EV ALUA TION AND SELECTION PART E - ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPENDICES
APPENDIX I Scope / Specifications
APPENDIX 2 Submission Guidelines F Ofm of Cover Letter Part A Proponent Profile Pmi B - Qualifications and Work Program Part C Costs and Pricing
APPENDIX 3 Contract Terms
APPENDIX 4 Evaluation Criteria
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APPENDIX 1 SCOPE/SPECIFICATIONS
1. BACKGROUND
1.1. The Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum (GTCF) was established in Summer 2014 to collaboratively identify projects and pursue solutions and funding opportunities under the New Building Canada Plan (NBCP) for priority Gateway-related projects in the Metro Vancouver region. The GTCF will primarily focus on the $4 billion National Infrastructure Component (NIC) of the NBCP, to support projects of national significance, that have broad public benefits, and that contribute to Canada's long-term economic growth and prosperity.
1.2. The GTCF Steering Committee includes:represelltatives from: • Transport Canada • Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) • British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) • The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) • Greater Vancouver Gateway Council (GVGC).
1.3 . Reporting to the GTCF Steering Committee, four Working Groups have been established to represent the four Trade Areas in the region (North Shore, South Shore, Fraser River and Robetis Bank, see Figure 1). The Working Groups work with partner agencies, First Nations, municipal and industty stakeholders to address transpOliation infrastructure needs associated with the expansion of Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway.
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104. The Roberts Bank Trade Area, located primarily south of the Fraser River, spans across six (6) municipalities (Corporation of Delta, City of Surrey, City of White Rock, City of Langley, Township of Langley and City of Abbotsford) and the Tsawwassen First Nation. The Trade Area is home to the PMV Roberts Bank tenninals and the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor (RBRC) providing a key link between the port terminals and the NOlth American rail network.
1.5. The Roberts Bank Road/Rail Interface Study was completed in 2007 to identify strategic candidates for road-rail grade separation along the RBRC. Upon completion of the study, a total of nine road rail projects proceeded to implementation, with joint funding from twelve partners including local, regional, provincial, and federal governments as well as private indushy. All projects were scheduled for completion by 2014, including:
I» 41 B Street Rail Overpass at Deltaport Way • 80 Street Rail Overpass • Panorama Ridge Whistle-cessation
I» 152 Street Rail Overpass
I» 192 Street Rail Overpass
I» 54 Avenue Rail Overpass • 196 Street Rail Overpass I» Mufford/64 A venue at Highway 10 Overpass • 232 Street Rail Overpass
1.6. In light of the projected growth of container traffic in Canada's Asia-Pacific Gateway, PMV is proposing to develop Tenninal 2, a 2.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), three-berth container terminal, which will double the Roberts Bank container capacity to 4.8 million TEUs.
1.7. Communities along the RBRC have expressed concerns that the 2007 study only provided traffic forecasts to 2021, up to a container capacity of 3.0 million TEUs at Roberts Bank. The expected traffic growth (for both container and bulk) at the Roberts Bank terminals may have additional impacts on the trade corridor and its neighboring communities, along with population growth and development increases in the medium to long tenn.
1.8. Under the initiative of the GTCF, the Robetts Bank Trade Area Study provides an opportunity to revisit the rail corridor and community needs to align local interest in quality of life with the national interest in trade competitiveness. Identification and delively of road-rail grade separation and network improvement opportunities in the Trade Area is essential to the national supply chain, the local economy and quality of life for residents in Metro Vancouver.
2. PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
2.1. As the lead agency in the Roberts Bank Trade Area (RBT A) Working Group, TransLink is commissioning the Robelts Bank Trade Area Study, with the goal to address the trade and community needs in the Trade Area, with a focus on road, rail and road/rail interface issues impacting the trade growth, national, regional and local economies, and quality of life for local residents.
2.2. The Study has the following key objectives:
• To determine the impacts of trade growth in the Trade Area on road and rail operations;
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• To systematically identify and evaluate candidate projects that Improve network perfonnance and support trade growth in the Trade Area;
II To provide conceptual design and cost estimates for candidate projects based on historical projects of similar scope; • To conduct consultation with Study Partners t" First Nations, and relevant stakeholders including (but not limited to) affected municipalities, terminal operators and railway companies; and
II To provide benefit/cost analysis, project beneficiaries and justification for recommended projects to meet project objectives. 2.3. The Study will utilize previously collected data from the RBRC Road/Rail Interface Study done in 2007 in order to be more cost effective. New data will also be collected as required to meet the CU11"ent study objectives and scope.
3. SCOPE OF SERVICES
3.1. As a key initiative under the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Fomm (GTCF), this study will be collaboration between TransLink, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastmcture (MoTI), Transport Canada and Port Metro Vancouver (PMV). Overall project management will be undertaken by TransLink with support from the Study Partners in the RBTA Working Group. The RBT A Working Group will provide regular study updates to the GTCF Steering Committee, which will provide review and approval functions throughout the Study.
3.2. The Contractor shall perform the following tasks:
(a) Task A: Review of Previous Studies
" This task shall involve a comprehensive review and synthesis of previous studies and relevant work in the RBTA, including port, rail, road, regional, municipal and community plans, First Nations and other stakeholder initiatives. This will provide the context of the Trade Area Study and establish the significance of the Trade Area as part of Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway.
(b) Task B: Current Condition Assessment
" The purpose of the Current Condition Assessment is to evaluate the current conditions of the Trade Area, including a review of the current land use, existing multi-modal facilities and services, as well as road and road-rail interface issues impacting trade growth and community quality of life. Current traffic volumes, intersection signal timing plans, base mapping, and other relevant information will be provided by the Study Partners and local municipalities. New data collection may be required to supplement the existing information at key locations. In parallel to this Trade Area Study, PMV will be conducting a Rail Network Assessment to identify rail network and operational issues in the region. The results of the Rail Network Assessment will be provided to the Contractor for integration into the Trade Area Study.
1 The Study Partners are TransLink, Be Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Port Metro Vancouver.
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(c) Task C: Future Condition Assessment
" The purpose of the Future Condition Assessment is to forecast the future conditions of the Trade Area in the horizon year 2030, including the expected traffic growth (for all commodities) at the Roberts Bank terminals and associated impacts on the Trade Area, changes in road and rail infrastructure networks, as well as population growth and development increases in the medium to long telm. It is expected that the EMME regional transportation demand forecasting model will be used to produce peak hour traffic forecasts for the Future Condition Assessment in 2030. Traffic operations analysis at key locations and intersections may also be required to identify any road and road/rail interface issues such as delays and network bottlenecks. The results of PMV's Rail Network Assessment will be provided to the Contractor for integration into this component of the Trade Area Study.
(d) Task D: Issue Identification and Project Evaluation
" Based on the results of Tasks A, Band C above, key road, rail and road/rail interface issues will be identified, and a number of potential infrastructure improvement concepts will be developed. The improvement concepts shall be developed to meet the study objectives of supporting trade growth, improving road and rail network operations, and enhancing community livability. Initial screening of these concepts will be conducted based on the following:
1. Previous technical work 2. Review of the National Infrastructure Component (NIC) eligibility reqUlrements. 2 3. Review of project benefits and preliminaty costs, including econOllllC, social/community and environmental considerations.
" After the initial screening, a list of projects will be advanced for fUlther evaluation, using a multiple account evaluation approach. Concept drawings of improvement options, project benefits and impacts, and planning-level cost estimates will be prepai'ed for Steering Committee review and stakeholder consultations.
(e) Task E: Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation
II The Contractor shall work with TransLink and the Study Partners to determine stakeholder engagement requirements throughout the Study. In addition to the Study Partners, the stakeholders include affected municipalities, First Nations, terminal operators and railway companies within the Trade Area. It is expected that a minimum of two rounds of consultation (either via one-on-one meetings or in group workshops) will be conducted by the Contractor and the Study Partners: one during Task I to introduce the Study, to seek input on issues relevant to the Study, and to collect background information; and one during Task D to confilm the issues identified and the projects to be evaluated. The Contractor will be expected to chair the stakeholder meetings, prepare the materials for discussion, prepare meeting notes and follow-up actions, and integrate the consultation feedback into the Study.
2 NIC eligibility guidelines - http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/nic-vin-prog-eng.html
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(f) Task F: Study Recommendations and Reporting
" Based on the project evaluation and stakeholder consultation feedback in Tasks D and E, a short list of projects will be recommended to be considered for advancing to funding applications to relevant federal funding programs. Upon approval by the RBT A Working Group and the GTCF Steering Committee, the recommended projects will be further developed to meet the required application and business case guides, including project description (including conceptual design and associated cost estimates) and expected project outcomes and benefits. The Consultant may provide recommendations on the project governance, funding contribution agreements, legal/pennitting and P3 requirements as specified in the relevant funding applications and guidelines. These requirements, however, will be the responsibility of the GTCF Steering Committee and Working Groups upon completion of the Trade Area Study.
4.0 DELIVERABLES
4.1. The Contractor shall prepare four (4) Technical Memos, a Draft Final Report, and a Final Report at the end of the key study tasks, as follows:
List of Key Deliverables
TASK DELIVERABLE AandB Technical Memo I: Current Condition Assessment
C Technical Memo 2: Future Condition Assessment
D Technical Memo 3: Issue Identification and Project Evaluation
E Technical Memo 4: Stakeholder Consultation RepOlt
F Draft Final Report and Final Report
4.2. All deliverables shall be supported with maps and graphics, such as:
(a) Land use and key multi-modal facilities maps or diagrams; (b) Road/Rail traffic control, laning configurations, traffic volumes and analysis diagrams at key locations; (c) Plans, profiles and typical road/rail cross-sections depicting any proposed improvement projects; (d) Projects recommended for funding application, upon confirmation with the GTCF Steering Committee, will be developed to the conceptual design level, including project footprint and preliminmy right-of-way requirements.
4.3. All draft deliverables shall be reviewed by TransLink and the Study Paltners, and all comments shall be addressed prior to submitting the final deliverables.
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5.0. REPORTING
5.1. Since TransLink is managing this Study on behalf of the Study Partners, the Contractor shall repOlt directly to the TransLink Project Manager, who will act as a central point of contact for all matters related to this Study.
5.2. Regular progress meetings (on a monthly basis or as required throughout the Study duration) will be held between the Study Partners and the Contractor, in order to solicit timely feedback and to gain direction on the ongoing work program.
5.3. The Contractor shall be responsible for scheduling and conducting the monthly progress meetings (or at key project milestones) with a progress report, including:
(a) Work completed to date and work planned for next period; (b) Current status of the Study (including scope, schedule and budget); (c) Areas of concerns (issues encountered, potential schedule impacts, etc.); and (d) Meeting agenda and minutes from the previous progress meeting.
6.0. SCHEDULE
6.1. The anticipated project Milestones are:
ANTICIPATED MILESTONE DATE Project Start-up December 2014 Technical Memo I: Current Condition Assessment February 2015 Technical Memo 2: Future Condition Assessment March 2015 Technical Memo 3: Issue Identification and Proiect Evaluation April 2015 Technical Memo 4: Stakeholder Consultation RepOlt May 2015 Draft Final RepOlt July 2015 Final Report August 2015
7.0. EVALUATION
7.1. The evaluation team will comprise the representatives from the following:
CD Ministry of TranspOltation and Infrastructure
I» Port Metro Vancouver
I» TransLink
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Request for Qualifications
Fraser River Trade Area Multi-Modal Transportation Network Study Request for Qualification No. MOTI-6673
Issue date: January 9, 2015
Closing location: COURIER/BY HAND: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 3D - 940 Blanshard Street Victoria, B.C. V8W 3E6 Attention: Dami Akinbayo
Closing date and time: Five (5) complete hard copies and one PDF of each Response must be received before 2:00 PM Pacific Time on January 29, 2015
Contact person: Dami Akinbayo, Project Analyst E-mail: [email protected] Attachment A Page 29 of 46
Table of Contents
1. OVERVIEW OF THE REQUiREMENT ...... 3 2. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS DEFINITIONS ...... 4 3. WORK BY OTHERS ...... 6 4. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ...... 7 4.1 Enquiries ...... 7 4.2 Closing Date ...... 7 4.3 Late Responses ...... 7 4.4 Signed Responses ...... 8 4.5 Changes to Response Wording ...... 8 4.6 Respondent Expenses ...... 8 4.7 Acceptance of Responses ...... 8 4.8 List of Short Listed Respondent Not Binding ...... 8 4.9 Definition of Contract ...... 8 4.10 Modification of Terms ...... 8 4.11 Ownership of Responses ...... 9 4.12 Confidentiality of Information ...... 9 4.13 Collection and Use of Personal Information ...... 9 4.14 Additional Information on the RFQ ...... 9 4.15 Respondent Meeting ...... 9 4.16 Debriefing ...... 9 4.17 Form of Contract ...... 10 5. SERViCES ...... 10 5.1 Services to be Provided ...... 10 5.2 Proposed Schedule ...... l 0 6. REVIEW CRITERIA ...... 11 6.1 Review Committee ...... 11 6.2 Evaluation Process ...... 11 6.3 Mandatory Criteria ...... 11 6.4 Desirable Criteria ...... 12 7. RESPONDENT'S RESPONSE ...... 13 7.1 General Response Content and Format...... 13 7.2 Details of Response Content ...... 13
ATTACHMENT A RESPONSE COVER LETTER
ATTACHMENT B SAMPLE EvALUA TION MATRIX AND RANKING
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1. Overview of the Requirement
The purpose of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is to short-list up to three qualified consultants for full proposal submissions in response to a Request for Proposals for the transpOliation planning services necessary to assess, plan, and recommend strategies to improve the multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional transportation trade network in the Fraser River Trade Area in the Lower Mainland that will support continued trade volume growth while sustaining quality of life for the local communities.
1.1 Project Background
Canada and BC's economies continue to demonstrate increased demand for trade capacity. Built on past successes of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Conidor Initiatives with programs such as the Robetis Ban)< Rail Conidor Program, North Shore and South Shore Trade Area Programs, the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum (GTCF) was established in the summer of 2014 to collaboratively identify and prioritize the development of transportation and related infrastructure necessary to support continued gateway growth and to provide overall net benefits to host communities.
The GTCF Steering Committee includes representatives from Transport Canada; the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (BC MoTI); TransLink; Port Metro Vancouver (PMV); and the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council.
RepOliing to the GTCF Steering Committee, four Working Groups are established to represent the four Trade Areas in the region: NOlih Shore, South Shore, Fraser River and Roberts Bank, as illustrated in Figure 1. The Working Groups work with partner agencies, First Nations, municipalities, and industry stakeholders to address transpOliation infrastructure ne~ds associated with the expansion of Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway .
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Figure 1: GTCF Trade Areas
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The Fraser River Trade Area (FRTA) includes railway, port terminals and industrial activities on the north and south shores of the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland. On the north shore it crosses Richmond, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Bumaby, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, and Mission. On the south shore it traverses Delta, Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford. The FRTA is home to Port Metro Vancouver's Fraser Richmond POli Lands and Fraser Surrey Port Lands, and to railway lines and facilities belonging to Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway Company, the Southem Railway of British Columbia and the Burlington Northem Santa Fe Railway Company as well as three deep sea marine terminals. The majority of the trans load, container handling and warehousing facilities within the Lower Mainland are also located in the FRT A.
The FRT A is an important transportation hub and plays a key role in moving goods throughout the Lower Mainland. Recent transportation improvements in the FR T A, such as the South Fraser Perimeter Road, have helped relieve network congestion and improvement connectivity and travel time reliability on the south shore of the Fraser River. However, connectivity, congestion, and road/rail conflicts issues on the north shore of the Fraser River, such as connection between Highway 91A and Highway 1, and the Highway lIBmnette interchange area, continue to cause significant municipal and industrial concem.
In addition to localized rail traffic, the FRTA is also an important strategic link to the rail traffic originating or destined to the Burrard Inlet as illustrated in Figure 2. Network level rail congestion in the FR TA will reach critical levels and limit future growth of the entire Greater Vancouver Gateway without further improvement.
Under the GTCF, BC MoTI, together with Transport Canada, PMV and TransLink, are undertaking a joint transportation network study of the Fraser River Trade Area (the "Study") to examine the challenges and opportunities for improvement. BC MoTI will be leading and managing the Study on behalf of the Study Partners.
2. Request for Qualifications Definitions
Throughout this Request for Qualifications, the following definitions will be used:
a) "BC Bid" means the electronic tendering service maintained by the Province; b) "BC Bid Website" means the website maintained by BC Bid at www.bcbid.ca. or any replacement website; c) "Contract" means a written contract executed by the Province and the Contractor as a result of an RFP; d) "Contractor" or "Consultant" means a Qualified Respondent who is the successful Proponent to an RFP who enters into a Contract with the Province; e) "must" or "mandatory" means a requirement that must be met in order for a Response to receive consideration;
4 Attachment A Page 32 of 46 f) "Province" means Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia and includes the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure; g) "Qualified Respondent" means a Respondent possessing the qualifications described in this RFQ; h) "Respondent" means an individual or a company that submits, or intends to submit, a Response; i) "Response" means a statement of qualifications submitted in reply to this RFQ; j) "RFP" means a Request for Proposals for provision of the services described in Section 5 that may be issued to all Qualified Respondents; k) "RFQ" means the process described in this Request for Qualifications; 1) "should" or "desirable" means a requirement having a significant degree of importance to the objectives of this RFQ; and m) "Study Partners" mean the Province, Transport Canada, Port Metro Vancouver, and TransLink.
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3. Work by Others
There have been previous, on-going, and upcoming studies and work related to the Fraser River Trade Area. The Study should review, synthesize, and build upon those studies. Although BC MoTI will provide the Consultant with a complete list of the studies, the Consultant is advised that the following three initiatives have direct relevance to the FRTA Study.
3.1 The PMV Lower Mainland Rail Network Analysis Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) maintains a rail simulation model for the entire Greater Vancouver Gateway for the purpose of assessing operational and infrastmcture needs associated with continued Gateway growth. This model very closely considers commodity growth, operating protocols and network infrastructure. Inputs into this model are derived through direct engagement with the railways and terminals. PMV, thi-ough direct engagement with the railways and terminal stakeholders, led rail network assessments in 2013 and 2014 in order to identify potential rail operational improvements and infrastructure requirements necessary to support projected future growth within the Greater Vancouver Gateway.
The rail study will provide estimates of projected train movements, likely frequency and duration of blockages/occupancies of existing grade crossings as well as descriptions of functional requirements for rail improvements. Additional effOlt will be required to integrate these rail requirements into conceptual roadlrail interfaces improvement options.
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3.2 The PMV Fraser Richm ond Port La nds Area-Wide Transportation Study and The PMV Fraser Surrey Port Lands Area Wide Transportati on Study Port Metro Vancouver is presently undertaking the Fraser Richmond Port Lands Area Wide TranspOltation Study and the Fraser Suney POlt Lands Area-Wide Transportation Study, both of which are meant to facilitate the future development of long tem1 comprehensive transportation plans that address the movement of POlt related goods in these areas. These studies are anticipated to be completed by early 2015. Results of the two studies will be available to the Consultant at the onset of the Study. All teclmical information that is not commercially sensitive will be made available to the Consultant including modelling results.
3.3 Oth er Studies It is envisioned that the Study will be modelled after the successful Roberts Bank Rail Corridor (RBRC) study, and the North Shore Trade Area (NSTA) stud)!.
Also under the initiatives of the GTCF, TransLink is leading a new Roberts Bank Trade Area (RBTA) study to revisit the Roberts Bank rail corridor and community needs to accommodate projected trade volume growth in the Roberts Bank Trade Area. The RBTA study commenced in January 2015 and is targeted for completion in August 2015 .
4. Request for Qualifications
4.1 Enquiries All enquiries related to this RFQ are to be directed, in writing, to the contact person at the e-mail address on the front cover of this RFQ and must be received prior to five (5) business days before the closing date of the RFQ. Infom1ation obtained from any other source is not official and should not be relied upon. Do not contact anyone else in the Ministry other than the contact person listed. In addition, do not contact any of the other agencies that are pmticipating on the GTCF Steering Committee as described in Section 1.1. Enquiries and answers will be recorded and may be distributed to all Respondents at the Province's option.
4.2 Clos ing Date Five (5) complete hard copies plus one (1) electronic copy in PDF format of each Response must be received at the Closing Location before the Closing Time and Date, as indicated on the front cover of this RFQ. Responses should not be sent by facsimile or e-mail. Responses and their envelopes should be clearly marked with the name and address of the Respondent, the RFQ number, and the project or program title. ", 4.3 Late Responses Late Responses will not be accepted and will be retumed to the Respondent.
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4.4 Signed Responses The Response must include a cover letter substantially similar to the Response Cover Letter set out in Attachment A. The cover letter must be signed by a person authorized to sign on behalf of the Respondent and to bind the Respondent to statements made in the Response to this RFQ.
4.5 Changes to Response Wording The Respondent will not change the wording of its Response after the closing date and time specified on the front cover of this RFQ and no words or comments will be added to the Response unless requested by the Province for purposes of clarification.
4.6 Respondent Expenses Respondents are solely responsible for their own expenses in preparing a Response and for subsequent negotiations with the Province, if any. The Province will not be liable to any Respondent for any claims, whether for costs or damages incurred by the Respondent in preparing the Response, loss of anticipated profit in connection with any final Contract, or any other matter whatsoever.
4.7 Acceptance of Responses This RFQ is not an agreement to purchase goods or services. The Province is not bound to enter into a Contract with any Qualified Respondent. Responses will be assessed in light of the qualification review criteria. The Province will be under no obligation to receive further information, whether written or oral, from any Respondent.
4.8 List of Short Listed Respondent Not Binding A short listed Respondent may withdraw its name from the list of short listed Respondents by notifying the Province in writing. The Province may withdraw a name of a short listed Respondent from the list of short listed Respondents by notifying that Respondent in writing.
4.9 Definition of Contract Notice in writing to a Respondent that it has been identified as a short listed Qualified Respondent will not constitute a Contract nor give the Respondent any legal or equitable rights or privileges relative to the service requirements set out in this RFQ or in any subsequent RFP. Only if a Qualified Respondent and the Province enter into a subsequent full written Contract, as a result of an RFP, will a Respondent acquire any legal or equitable rights or privileges relative to the service requirements.
4.10 Modification of Terms The Province reserves the right to modify the terms of this RFQ at any time in its sole discretion. This includes the right to cancel this RFQ or the short listed Respondent at any time without issuing an RFP and the right to cancel the RFP at any time without entering into a Contract.
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4.11 Ownership of Responses All documents, including Responses, submitted to the Province become the property of the Province. They will be received and held in confidence by the Province, subject to the provisions of the Freedom ofInformation and Protection ofPrivacy Act.
4.12 Confidentiality of Information Information pertaining to the Province obtained by the Respondent as a result of participation in this RFQ and any subsequent RFP is confidential and must not be disclosed without written authorization from the Province.
4.13 Collection and Use of Personal Information Respondents are solely responsible for familiarizing themselves, and ensuring that they comply, with the laws applicable to the collection and dissemination of information, including resumes and other personal information concerning employees and employees of any subcontractors. If this RFQ requires Respondents to provide the Province with personal information of employees who have been included as resources in response to this RFQ, Respondents will ensure that they have obtained written consent from each of those employees before forwarding such personal information to the Province. Such written consents are to specify that the personal information may be forwarded to the Province for the purposes of responding to this RFQ and use by the Province for the purposes set out in the RFQ. The Province may, at any time, request the original consents or copies of the original consents from Respondents, and upon such request being made; Respondents will immediately supply such originals or copies to the Province.
4.14 Additional Information on the RFQ All subsequent information regarding this RFQ, including changes made to this document, will be posted on the BC Bid Website. It is the sole responsibility of the Respondent to check for amendments and additional information on the BC Bid Website.
4.15 Respondent Meeting No Respondents' meeting is planned for this RFQ at this time.
4.16 Debriefing Debriefings will not be provided to Respondents. Upon completion of the RFQ evaluation, the evaluation team chair will provide in writing the Respondent's overall points and rankings in each of the major evaluation categories, (i.e. Corporate Experience, Personnel Qualifications, Team Structure, Team Availability, Project Sheets, and Resumes), and the total number of respondents to the RFQ. Points and rankings of other Respondents will not be provided. See Attachment B - Sample Evaluation Matrix and Ranking.
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4.17 Form of Contract Any Contract with a selected Qualified Respondent will be in accordance with the tenns and conditions of the Province of BC's, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Consulting Services Contract, including insurance requirements.
5. Services
5.1 Services to be Provided
Contractors will perfonn and be responsible for the following services and duties:
(a) Review potential future trade growth and detennine the impacts on current road and rail operations in the FRTA; (b) Review and synthesize previous studies and work that the stakeholders and Study Partners have done, and conduct new road traffic and roadlrail interface analysis; (c) Identify existing and future issues such as capacity, efficiency, operation, safety, economic, environmental, communities impacts, and other issues, related to trade development activities (e.g. tenninal development, other urban development, road and rail network and road/rail interfaces improvements); (d) Develop options and recommend effective infrastructure projects that would improve network perfonnance and support trade growth while addressing community concerns about trade growth impacts in the FRT A; Although not required, consultants are also encouraged to propose any non-infrastructure strategies to address the existing and future issues related to trade growth; (e) Conduct Multiple Account Evaluations on the recommended projects which will include quantitative measures (traffic perfonnance, network utilization, cost, safety, property impacts) as well as qualitative measures (environmental, agricultural, and social/community impacts); (f) Identify and document benefits and beneficiaries, provide benefit/cost analysis and justification for recommended projects to meet Study objectives; (g) Provide conceptual level designs, and cost estimates for recommended projects using the Wolski method; and (h) Undertake engagement and communications with Study Partners, First Nations, and relevant stakeholders including (but not limited to) adjacent municipalities, telminal operators, railway companies and business associations throughout the Study.
5.2 Proposed Schedule The following activities and dates are proposed by the Province and shall be used by the Respondents.
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Activity Proposed Completion Date
Close RFQ January 29, 2015 Issue RFP to Short Listed Consultants FebrllalY 2015 Close RFP March 2015 Select Preferred Consultant March 2015 Negotiations with Selected Consultant March 2015 Contract in Place with Preferred Consultant April 2015 Study Complete December 2015
6. Review Criteria
6.1 Revi ew Committee
Review of Responses will be by a committee formed by Be MoTI and its Study Partners. Consultants will not be used for the evaluation process.
6.2 Evaluation Process The Province and its Study Partners will evaluate the Responses against the mandatory and desirable criteria provided below. Responses will be checked for compliance with the Mandatory Criteria. Responses that do not meet the mandatory requirements will receive no further consideration. Responses that have met the mandatory criteria will be assessed on the Desirable Criteria. Responses not meeting a minimum score (if specified) in any category will not be considered further. The Province reserves the right to interview Respondents when reviewing these criteria for clarification purposes. Based on the evaluation, 'the Province will identify up to till'ee (3) Respondents that best meet the criteria and will become the short listed Respondents. Reference checks may be done by the Province and its Study Partners during the evaluation process. The Province reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the Respondent. If any of the references are unsatisfactory to the Province and its Study Partners, the Consultant may be excluded or removed from the short listed Respondents. Subsequent to the identification of the short listed Respondents, the Province will issue an RFP to the short listed Respondents with the intent of soliciting proposals for the work and selecting a single Respondent that best meets the criteria that will be provided in the RFP.
6.3 Mandatory Criteria The following are mandatory criteria. Responses not clearly demonstrating that they meet all the mandatory criteria will receive no further consideration during the evaluation process.
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Mandatory Criteria a) The Response must be received at the closing location by the specified closing date and time. b) The Response must be in English and must not be sent by facsimile or email. c) Five (5) hard copies plus one (1) electronic copy in PDF format of the Response must be submitted. d) The Response must include a cover letter substantially similar to the cover letter set out in Attachment A. The cover letter must be signed by a person authorized to sign on behalf of the Respondent and to bind the Respondent to the statements made in the Response to this RFQ.
6.4 Desirable Criteria Responses meeting all mandatory requirements will be evaluated against the following desirable criteria. A Respondent not reaching the minimum score (if specified) in a given category will receive no further consideration during the evaluation process.
Points Desirable Criterion Available
Corporate Experience 20 Personnel Qualifications for the Assignment 40 Team Structure 15 Team Availability 10 Project Sheets 10 Resumes 5 TOTAL 100
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7. Respondent's Response
7.1 General Response Content and Format
The intent of the RFQ is to obtain a statement of qualifications. Therefore the following are not permitted within the body of the response and will not be considered as part of the evaluation.
OJ conceptual design development
II methodology descriptions
II proposed schedules
II quality management descriptions
II project understanding
II graphics and photographs (other than project sheets, resumes and organization charts) Note: The above information may be requested or permitted as part of a proposal, to be submitted later by those parties short listed as a result of this RFQ.
The body of the Response should be no longer than 8 to 12 core pages - including the Response Cover Letter and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4.
All pages (excluding resumes and organization charts) are to be printed single sided on 8.5 x 11 paper with minimum 0.75" margins on four (4) sides, minimum of single space between lines, with single blank lines between paragraphs, and using Arial font 11 or larger. All pages should be consecutively numbered.
Any pages submitted beyond the limits specified above will be disregarded.
Additional or unsolicited information provided in the response will be disregarded.
7.2 Details of Response Content
The following format, sequence and instructions should be followed III order to provide consistency and ensure each Response receives full consideration.
Response Cover Letter (should be one (1) page - see attached Attachment A Response Cover Letter)
II Signed by an authorized company executive
II Commitment to meet all requirements including scheduled delivery times
II In accordance with Mandatory Criteria in 6.3.
Section 1.0 - Corporate Experience
II Provide corporate experience which the Respondent proposes is the most relevant to the assignment that clearly demonstrates the Respondent's corporate ability to undertake some or all of the roles to provide the services and that the Respondent possesses the corporate capability, reputation and experience required to carry out the Services anticipated by the RFQ, including,
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o Building and managing multi-disciplinary teams of professionals, technicians and engineers to deliver multifaceted projects cost effectively; o Studies of a similar scale, and/or complexity (e.g. multi-partner, multi- jurisdictional transportation study) ; o Multi-modal transportation network planning at a conceptual level; o Transportation infrastructure conceptual designs; o Desktop geotechnical and environmental reviews; o Capital cost estimating using the Wolski method; and o Multiple account evaluations.
III Provide references that can and will confirm the satisfactory performance and scope of the citied experience.
Section 2.0 - Personnel Qualifications for the Assignment (including sub consultants)
II Specify core team members including relevant experience, work on past projects, professional registration etc. -cross-referenced to the Project Sheets in Appendix A. Professional Engineers who will be responsible for the work are required to be registered within APEGBC.
III The core team anticipated for this assignment include the following: o Project Manager/Study Lead, to lead the planning and delivery of all Services, and act as the Consultant's main point of contact with the Province. This individual may take on additional role in the Consultant team; o Lead Transportation Engineer, responsible for transportation network analysis and planning to accommodate the anticipated trade growth; o Lead Design Engineer, responsible for conceptual level designs of transportation infrastructure (including road, interchange and structure) as required; o Rail Planner/Engineer, providing expertise in rail network operation analysis and design, and possibly simulation results interpretation as required; and o Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Specialist: to lead, organize, and coordinate stakeholder engagement and communication throughout the assignment.
Section 3.0 - Team Structure
III Outline team structure and key staff, including sub-consultants(s), for the assignment.
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Section 4.0 - Team Availability
II Describe the availability of core team members for the amount of time expected to be required for the assignment. Include disclosure of each core team member's current time and project commitments, the expected duration of those commitments, and their role in those commitments. Demonstrate that the labour hours required of core members for the assignment are reasonable and manageable in light of other concurrent assignments.
II Confirm the availability of staff over the project duration. Advise BC MoTI if any key project team member will be pre-occupied at a particular time frame.
Appendix A - Project Sheets (maximum of eight (8) attached project sheets of one page each) .. Include project sheets which the respondents team proposes are the most relevant to the assignment.
III Information included on project sheets should be relevant to past projects and current work with other Study Partners, but should not address specifics for the Study that this RFQ is pertaining to. Appendix B - Resumes (maximum of eight (8) attached resumes of one page each single sided).
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Appendix 4: GTCF Charter
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OBJECTIVES/MANDATE:
• To work collaboratively with stakeholders in supporting applications for infrastructure projects of national significance that promote economic growth. • To develop and seek funding and approval for transportation and related gateway infrastructure projects necessary for continued growth and that provide overall net benefit to host communities. • To support projects that sustain and promote international trade (including Asia Pacific).
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
• Obtain commitment from all Forum participants and agreement on common goal(s). • Commitment of participation from all Steering Committee members for duration of the Forum. (continuity) . • Partners recognize that additional resources will be needed in order to successfully achieve and fulfill the Forum's objectives/mandate.
SCOPE
• Identifying, facilitating, and if necessary contributing funding and resources for necessary studies. • Identifying and prioritizing candidate projects. • Supporting applicant stakeholders in preparing their application. • Geographical: Trade Areas.
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ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Steering Committee • Understand stakeholder interests and issues. • Build on past successes. • Identify and pursue viable funding sources. • Develop evaluation and prioritization criteria jointly with Working Groups. • Evaluate and prioritize projects jOintly with Working Groups. • Facilitate the securing of funding. . • Identify application requirements and develop template.
2. Working Group • Identify candidate projects. • Confirm requisite studies required. • Conduct analysis and justification (issues, needs assessment, solutions). • Prepare documentation applications. • Develop evaluation and prioritization criteria jointly with Steering Committee. • Evaluate and prioritize projects jointly with Steering Committee. • Maintain and update status of project tracking log . • Monthly update report to Steering Committee. • Day-to-day stakeholder liaison.
ORGANIZATION
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Stakeholders (Mu ni cipa liti es, Metro Vancouver, Railways, Term ina ls. YVR) an d Fi rst Nations
TARGET DATES/MILESTONES (schedule attached)
• Short term deliverables > Now to Dec 2014 (Tranche 1) o Agreement on project submissions (2-3 submissions: road plus rail) o Supporting studies/analysis underway o Initiation of application submission documents including business case(s), P3 screening application if required
• Longer term deliverables > 2015 (Tranche 2)
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RESOURCES
• Named representatives for Steering Committee and Working Group members • Partners to contribute resources needed for successful execution of the Forum's objectives/ mandate
CONSTRAINTS/ ASSUMPTIONS
• Municipal Elections - Nov 2014 • TransLink Referendum - Spring 2015 • Federal Election - Oct 19, 2015
RISKS
• Gaining consensus amongst partners and stakeholders on candidate projects and IC submissions • Decision-making constraints surrounding elections (municipal and federal)
DELIVERABLES
• Inventory of projects for consideration • Candidate projects for submission including those eligible for National Infrastructure Component (NIC) funding and other funding programs • IC National Infrastructure Component (NIC) applications and related business cases • Studies/reports • Relevant correspondence and letters of support
As a Federal Government Department, Transport Canada will not be participating in the evaluating or endorsement of the recommended transportation infrastructure projects, Transport Canada will also not discuss project funding or be party to the funding applications to Infrastructure Canada under the NBCP,
GTCF Charter adopted on October 24, 2014 by Steering Committee membe,rs. Organization chart revised January 20, 2015.
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