Lansdowne Partnership Plan - Authorization to Proceed to the Next Steps in the Redevelopment Report

The recitals

• fairness and the appearance of fairness must be strictly upheld and enforced in the City of Ottawa procurement process
• this principle is all the more important in high-priced, high-profile procurement projects
• the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group has played a key role in the development of the staff report, and has provided input on amendments to it, that will establish the procurement initiatives for the implementation of Lansdowne 2.0
• the City has an established an official partnership with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, especially pertaining to the operations and development of Lansdowne Park
• the appearance of fairness demands that no entity with close ties to the city on a specific file be allowed to place bids on a procurement project linked to that file
• the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group played a key role in the development of the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal
• fairness and the appearance of fairness in procurement requires that any entity that played a role in developing a proposal for public procurement be precluded from bidding on that proposal, lest there be the appearance of fixing or “wiring” the procurement request in favour of the partner who assisted in developing the request