Special to Niagara Construction News
Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of the Solicitor General have prequalified three companies to bid on a project to design, build and finance new Ontario Provincial Police detachments and a regional headquarters.
Companies were prequalified based on criteria identified in a request for qualifications process that began in May 2025. Selection criteria included relevant construction experience as well as the financial capacity to deliver the complex project. Prequalified companies are:
- Amico Secure Ontario
- Bird Capital Limited Partnership
- Ledcor OPP
A request for proposals is to be issued to the companies in early 2026. IO and the ministry in a statement said they will evaluate the proposals, select a company and negotiate a final contract. The successful company is to be announced later in 2026. A fairness monitor will oversee the procurement process.
This third phase of the OPP modernization plan for its facilities will see detachments and a regional headquarters in Thunder Bay constructed.
The new detachments will be located in:
- Ignace
- Niagara
- Bracebridge
- New Liskeard
- Kenora
- Lancaster
- Red Lake
- Sioux Lookout
- Killaloe
- Espanola/McKerrow
- Wawa
Structures being replaced are an average of 40 to 60 years old and well past their expected lifespan, the statement says.
The new detachments will range in size and all sites will include closed circuit television systems, a secure sallyport gateway, exhibit/evidence vaults, along with holding cells.
The new detachments will be designed and built to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standard, which recognizes buildings with reduced environmental impacts.
Phase 2 of the OPP modernization program, completed in 2023, replaced ten aging detachments across the province, including sites in Orillia, Huron County, Mississauga, Hawkesbury, Manitoulin Island, Marathon, Moosonee, Parry Sound, Fort Frances and Cambridge.
The facilities were built by Bird Construction under Infrastructure Ontario’s public‑private partnership model and were designed to LEED Silver standards, featuring modern infrastructure such as CCTV, holding cells, evidence vaults and accessibility improvements.
