Award of Purchase for Town Hall Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS)

The following are key points for consideration with respect to this report:

• The new dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) is an equipment replacement for the original make-up air unit (MUA) that is servicing the Town Hall.
• The DOAS has been tendered separately and in advance to respond to long lead times and supply chain challenges in securing this type of equipment.
• The Town received only one bid from a supplier. The bid from HTS Engineering is $117,450.00 +HST and is within the expected amount projected in the budget.
• This new equipment is an integral part of the low carbon design approach to equipment replacement and will contribute significantly to the reduction of GHG emissions in the facility

• This report impacts and/or helps address climate change and the Town’s Net Zero target through corporate energy savings.
• The replacement of the existing gas fired makeup air unit with an electric dedicated outdoor air system with built in heat recovery, along with other components of the project is expected to result in 32 tCO2e of annual GHG savings.
• This is approximately a 47% reduction in Town hall’s annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
• This project was originally identified through the Town Hall Low Carbon Design Brief which was conducted in 2020 to develop a 10-year plan to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2030. More specifically, this project is the first step in the pre-selected Pathway 2, Stage 1 of the Low Carbon Design Brief.