RCMP E Division Headquarters Relocation Project Fact Sheet

Background

• Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have undertaken a project to build a new facility to house the RCMP's E Division Headquarters.
• The new headquarters facility will be located at 14200 Green Timbers Way in Surrey, B.C., commonly referred to as the Green Timbers site.
• Presently, RCMP E Division Headquarters personnel are inefficiently housed in aging facilities at the Fairmont site at 37^th Avenue and Heather Street in the City of Vancouver, and at numerous other locations throughout Metro Vancouver.
• The Fairmont facility was non-purpose built, is significantly overcrowded, poorly located operationally and reaching the end of its useful life.
• The Green Timbers site will provide a central, integrated, purpose-built headquarters facility for E Division.

Project documents

• Project report
• Fairness monitor final report
• Request for proposals

Project overview

• The RCMP E Division Headquarters Relocation Project is a major Crown initiative to relocate and consolidate existing RCMP headquarters units throughout Metro Vancouver to a new site in the City of Surrey.
• The project is a public-private partnership (P3) between the Government of Canada and Green Timbers Accommodation Partners and represents PWGSC's largest federal accommodation project in Pacific Region to date.
• The new 76,162 square-metre facility will meet current safety and security standards and provide office and purpose built accommodation for over 2,700 E Division Headquarters personnel.
• The facility will meet LEED^® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Canada gold certification, incorporating the latest in green technology and standards for construction and facility management.

Key dates

• February 6, 2008
  Advance vendor notification issued
• July 8, 2008
  Request for qualifications (RFQ) issued
  
• October 23, 2008
  Short-listed proponents announced
• March 31, 2009
  Request for proposals (RFP) issued
• April 22, 2010
  Project agreement signed
• May 7, 2010
  Official groundbreaking ceremony
• December 23, 2012
  Construction completed

Project agreement

• Green Timbers Accommodation Partners has agreed to a fixed price of $966 million to design, build, finance and maintain the facility for a term ending 25 years after construction.
• Included in this amount is $263 million for design and construction (including $120 million which will be paid by Canada during the construction phase) and $703 million for project financing, building maintenance, and lifecycle repair and renewal over the term of the agreement. Additionally, Canada will pay $8.9 million in insurance costs over the 25 year period for a total of $975 million.
• Green Timbers Accommodation Partners has also agreed to a time schedule that will see the construction of the facility completed by December 23, 2012.

Current status

• Under construction

Artist renderings (indicative only)

A larger version of Artist renderings is available on a separate page.

Links

• May 7, 2010 Groundbreaking ceremony news release and backgrounder