Request for Tender - PW-RFT-004-2026

Request for Tender

PW-RFT-002-2026
Centre and Edge Line Painting

Objective

The City of Temiskaming Shores is desirous to procure roadway centre and edge line painting services within the City of Temiskaming Shores in conjunction with the City’s spring maintenance operations.

Scope of Work

At the Contractors earliest opportunity and weather permitting, the work shall consist of retracing existing 10cm wide pavement markings comprised of 50,000 linear metres of yellow centre line roadway markings as well as 41,000 linear metres of white edge line commencing at north boundary limits of Temiskaming Shores and ending at southern boundary limit.

Any and all new work shall be pre-marked and written approval or clearance obtained from the City’s Road Supervisor or his designate prior to application of paint.

The work shall be carried out by means of specialized zone striper equipment.

The glass bead application rate shall be a minimum of 0.8kg per litre of paint. All work shall comply with M.T.O. standards and specifications as stated within.

The Contractor shall commence work as soon as possible after work areas have been swept by the City and shall endeavor to complete the work by July 1^st, 2024, weather permitting. Note: Due to traffic volumes within the downtown core, it will be necessary to perform these tasks early on any given week day, (weekends included) in order to accomplish the work within the shortest possible time frame.

The Contractor shall provide protection for the traffic paint after application until the paint is sufficiently dry to prevent smearing by traffic. The protection equipment shall be so positioned to maintain a safe, uninterrupted movement of traffic. Caution lights must be affixed, or fitted into barriers used during linear meters of dusk or darkness, as per Traffic Control Manual for Roadway Work Operations – Ministry of Transportation Book 7.

The Contractor shall furnish all equipment, tools, safety devices, labour and supervision required to perform the specified work. The Contractor will carry out the work in accordance with the Ministry of Transportation Traffic Control Manual for Roadway Work Operations 1981.

The minimum requirements are as follows:

(a)  “Road Work”, TC-2A, signs must be placed for both directions of traffic.

(b)  Minimum “Traffic Cone” weight is 70 cm.

(c)   Two “Flaggers” will be required at any time that two lanes of traffic cannot be safely detoured around the work site. The only exception will be for low traffic volume, local streets where flagging may not be required at the discretion of the Manager of Operations for Public Works.

(d)  All Contractor’s employees working on or directly adjacent to the traveled roadway must wear approved safety clothing as specified in Book 7.

The Contractor shall be held responsible for any damage including fire as the result of their performance of the work described herein. The Contractor undertakes and agrees to comply with all orders or other regulations in force on the site where the work is to be performed relating to safety. The Contractor must adhere to all safety rules, regulations and labour codes in effect in all jurisdictions where the work is to be performed.

Submission

Bids must be submitted electronically, using the Electronic Bid Submissions Portal on the City’s website:

https://forms.temiskamingshores.ca/Clerk/Bid-Opportunities 

Submissions must be in pdf format and can be no larger than 50 MB.

Subject Line: "PW-RFT-004-2026 Centre and Edge Line Painting”

Addressed to: Logan Belanger, Clerk

Proponents will receive an automatic email response to indicate that the submission has been received, and to contact the Municipal Clerk for submission opening details. Contact the Clerk at 705-672-3363 ext. 4136 or at clerk@temiskamingshores.ca , should the Proponent not receive a confirmation email.

The City has no liability to the Proponent/ Bidder for any problems encountered, or failure of the Bidder to successfully submit a bid prior to the bid closing time and date. As such, allow sufficient time for a Bid Submission and attachment(s) (if applicable), to resolve any issues that may arise. Bidders are cautioned that the timing of their Bid Submission is based on when the Bid is received by the City.

Questions

Any questions with respect to the specifications are to be directed to:

Mitch McCrank, CET, PMP
Director of Transportation Services
City of Temiskaming Shores
325 Farr Drive
Temiskaming Shores, ON P0J 1K0
Phone: (705) 672-3363 ext. 4113
Email: mmccrank@temiskamingshores.ca

The closing date for the submission of the Tender will be at 2:00 p.m. local time on February 24, 2026.

View or print a copy of the full Request for Quotation. 

PW-RFT-004-2026 Centre and Edge Line Painting