Province identifies firms eligible for new OPP detachment construction

Infrastructure Ontario has narrowed the list of companies eligible to bid on the construction of new Ontario Provincial Police detachments in northwestern Ontario and a regional headquarters in Thunder Bay.

Amico Secure Ontario, Bird Capital Limited Partnership and Ledcor OPP will have the opportunity to submit bids on the projects later this year.

A contract is to be awarded before the end of the year.

Twelve new detachments have been identified in the latest phase of improvements to OPP facilities.

Ignace, Kenora, Sioux Lookout and Red Lake are among those on the list.

Infrastructure Ontario notes that the buildings to be replaced are between 40 and 60 years old.

The last phase of improvements was completed in 2023 and saw 10 new detachments, including new ones in Fort Frances and Marathon.

Bird Construction was awarded the contract for those facilities that provide police with modern infrastructure, such as CCTV, holding cells, evidence vaults and improved accessibility.

The first phase of the OPP modernization plan was completed in 2012, with 18 new detachments opening.

In northwestern Ontario, new detachments were opened in Armstrong, Dryden, and Nipigon, along with a new Forensic Identification Services site in Kenora.