03-02-2023, 04:57 PM
(03-02-2023, 03:12 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(03-02-2023, 01:39 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: The contract provides that the system shall be capable of continuing to operate in conditions such as those we have. Therefore, as far as I’m concerned, they have to buy whatever equipment is required in order to meet the contract.
Those specs in the contract might only apply to things that GrandLinq designed/built/supplied. For example, if the region supplied trains that were totally incapable of operating freezing rain, I can't imagine GrandLinq would then be on the hook for the system not working. I think that's reasonable, that GrandLinq doesn't owe penalties if something they didn't supply doesn't meet requirements.
There's definitely issues with P3s, but this might be the fault of the region/Metrolinx. There's a reason these contracts normally include vehicles.
Grandlinq took the contract...if they didn't feel the equipment was capable of satisfying the contract, they shouldn't have taken the contract, but they did, so now it's on them to fulfill it.
The only circumstance that they wouldn't be on the hook is if the region was in breach of contract, i.e., the region stated they would supply some equipment to manage the weather and the region failed to do so, but AFAIK that is not the case.