Meet our lawyers and professionals in this area
Daniel Ferguson
Partner
Glenn Ackerley
Partner
Krista Chaytor
Partner
Bradley McLellan
Counsel
Les O’Connor
Counsel
Jeff Scorgie
Partner
Michael Swartz
Partner
Areas of Expertise
- Bidding contracts
- Competitive procurement processes
- Disputes
- Fairness obligations
- Government procurement
- Judicial review
- Litigation
- Negligent procurement
- Privilege clauses
- Remedies
- Requests for proposals
- Substantive contracts
- Tender documents
- Trade agreements
Representative Experience
- Significant work regarding renewable energy stations in Ontario through government-sponsored and private projects, including financing and all project documents from project inception to turnkey milestone; also advised on significant litigation and dispute resolution issues on various projects. This was a high-profile project related to the Province of Ontario’s green energy program.
- Significant work for clients concerning drafting RFEI’s, RFQ’s and RFP’s, legal advice to Evaluation Committees and Steering Committees, and advice to municipal councils and other public bodies on procurement issues, including most recently, a major LCBO/Infrastructure transaction.
- Glenn Ackerley, partner, WeirFoulds LLP, acted as the Fairness Advisor regarding the site selection for a New Single-Site Acute Care Hospital in Windsor, Ontario.
- Significant work for public and private sector clients in connection with RFP and contract templates and optimal risk allocation in these documents.
- Significant work regarding renewable energy stations in Ontario through government sponsored and private projects, including financing and all project documents from project inception to turnkey milestone; also advised on significant litigation and dispute resolution issues on various projects. This was a high profile project related to the Province of Ontario’s green energy program.
- Recently involved in the procurement of a large multi-year transit project for a regional transit authority, and developed the specialized design-build agreement which was finalized with the winning proponent for the project.
- Significant work for clients concerning drafting RFEI’s, RFQ’s and RFP’s, legal advice to Evaluation Committees and Steering Committees, and advice to municipal councils and other public bodies on procurement issues, including most recently, the LCBO/Infrastructure transaction referred to later on under Real Estate.
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